Request: Smoked Lights.

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jh3p
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Anyone out there with precision grey color + smoked tail lights, can you please post pictures? I know smoked lights are a must on the black one, but im not so sure how it looks on precision grey.

Also, any ideas for what to do with the head lights? I saw one that had a eyelid-like tint on the headlights and it looked okay, but once again, it was a black altima.

thanks a lot.


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I think the one here may be dark slate, but you get the picture!http://s2.photobucket.com/albu...rlays/

In regards to the headlights, I'm going over to Andrew (bluebatmobile) Sunday to get my headlights measured for a custom tint setup. To me, it's purposeless to get tinted lights with an HID setup, takes all of the benefits away. So I'm going to get the 3/10 tint custom made to cover the top portion of the headlight, yet the low beams will be unaffected. I'll post pictures when I get it done!

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Lurchdubious
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rjdmmfl1 wrote:So I'm going to get the 3/10 tint custom made to cover the top portion of the headlight, yet the low beams will be unaffected. I'll post pictures when I get it done!
i'm excited to see those pictures! that would be sweet.

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i will be smoking my head lights soon... you mite think it will lower my vision, but infact, when the head lights are on it makes almost no difference

i compared them (one smoked and one not smoked...yet) looks 95% the same, only when ur lights are off, it looks smoked

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rjdmmfl1
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LegendRacer wrote:i will be smoking my head lights soon... you mite think it will lower my vision, but infact, when the head lights are on it makes almost no difference

i compared them (one smoked and one not smoked...yet) looks 95% the same, only when ur lights are off, it looks smoked
I've heard quite the opposite from a number of individuals that have smoked their headlights... to each his own, but I'm not taking any chances!

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rjdmmfl1 wrote:
I've heard quite the opposite from a number of individuals that have smoked their headlights... to each his own, but I'm not taking any chances!
its easy to remove... and install takes about 20 minutes for 1 headlight

if its not good...i just remove it ... cost me 30 bucks for a huge pice plus shipping...

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wat i really wanted was the black housed headlights... but they cost to much to be done...so i mite wait for a aftermarket black housed one...

and my cheap style right now is smoking it :D

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LegendRacer wrote:wat i really wanted was the black housed headlights... but they cost to much to be done...so i mite wait for a aftermarket black housed one...

and my cheap style right now is smoking it :D
you can always black house your headlights yourself i did this on my camry lol. with spraypaint some sand paper and blue tape. it might sound ghetto, but it actually comes out real nice and clean.

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nismofool wrote:
you can always black house your headlights yourself i did this on my camry lol. with spraypaint some sand paper and blue tape. it might sound ghetto, but it actually comes out real nice and clean.
its quite easy to do if i can get the lense off, etc...

but there was a thread on nico about how u need to "oven" ur headlights to melt the glue and then paint it, then use silicon to get it back together... ALSO getting it back together needs to be done well or else water gets inside or there will be steam inside the headlights...

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Se my gallery for my overlay options. I have lots of pics I'll be adding the next few weeks .

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2brian0
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I smoked my entire headlights originally and decided to cut my overlays into what you see now (kind of my own version of eyelids). It drastically reduced my headlight output. If my windshield wasn't tinted, I may have kept them but I'm still not sure. Just beware and yes your right, they are extremely easy to remove so nothing lost there.

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I FAILED

my blow dryer died on me while doin the work...and i couldnt scretch the tint to the right shape

but the thing is this tint is really good... its 95% transparent... i turned my headlight on, and it still looked very bright!

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smoked tails on the precision grey will look nice; good contrast. Seen them on a radiant silver, and I smoked mines on my dark slate(not overlays), but I haven't seen a pic with them done on a precision grey, but I'm sure they'll look great.

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If you have dark accents on your car, they will look good .

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