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Old Aug 9, 2011 | 08:31 PM
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Lol haters gonna hate.


The lights are pretty bright through them. I followed my car and I was well over 50 feet behind during the day and I could see the brake lights fine.
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Old Aug 9, 2011 | 10:03 PM
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..... who else can't stand them??? I honestly hate it. unless its done perfectly like yogregb's
I guess I'll take that as a compliment, I think! thx...
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Old Aug 9, 2011 | 11:15 PM
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im not a fan of completely black tail lights.. dark cherry is my preferred for fully smoked, and 180's gtr style tail lights are my favorite if you are going to do the cut outs!
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Old Aug 9, 2011 | 11:58 PM
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Originally Posted by LegitMW
Haha I love the cherry red lights doggy did for me. Looks so much better than the bright red stocks. Just hate people who black them out completely
+1 cherry red is the way to go! Now
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Old Aug 9, 2011 | 11:59 PM
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Originally Posted by 1NEETO
Lol haters gonna hate.


The lights are pretty bright through them. I followed my car and I was well over 50 feet behind during the day and I could see the brake lights fine.
nice trunk! vinyl? well I'm not hating just expressing me opinion, what matters is that you like it so be happy! lol
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Old Aug 9, 2011 | 11:59 PM
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Originally Posted by yogregb
I guess I'll take that as a compliment, I think! thx...
haha yea it is! love your car...
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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 12:42 AM
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Originally Posted by alpine37
blue bats gtr overlays are realllyy nice and i like the idea but i would never put film on my taillights, painting it urself makes it clean
I'd like to take this moment to note that nearly everyone that's looked at my tail lights has complimented me on my tail light paint job. They're shocked when I tell them that it is actually a set of Bat's overlays. Come to think of it, I'm pretty sure the Bat himself was deceived by this at one point. Plus they can be removed cheap and easy if you run into a ticket. It falls down to the skills of the installer and the quality of the tint, really.

Anyway, they are a bit dark for my taste now and I'm going to move a few shades lighter to something a bit more 'black cherry'.
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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 12:52 AM
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Originally Posted by voltic
I'd like to take this moment to note that nearly everyone that's looked at my tail lights has complimented me on my tail light paint job. They're shocked when I tell them that it is actually a set of Bat's overlays. Come to think of it, I'm pretty sure the Bat himself was deceived by this at one point. Plus they can be removed cheap and easy if you run into a ticket. It falls down to the skills of the installer and the quality of the tint, really.

Anyway, they are a bit dark for my taste now and I'm going to move a few shades lighter to something a bit more 'black cherry'.
pics? wow now I want to get my taillights done lol.. -_- but I can't paint them since I'm a lease.
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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 02:43 AM
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Originally Posted by alpine37
pics? wow now I want to get my taillights done lol.. -_- but I can't paint them since I'm a lease.
There is a thread around here somewhere that has a ton of Blue bat overlay pics
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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 02:55 AM
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Hey alpine FYI the paint is removable with laquer thinner. I've had to remove a few cause of tickets
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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 04:49 AM
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To be honest, I'm not a huge fan of it on the Gs, I'm not sure what it is. I had this on my old VW:



vs. the the stock:



Which I thought offered a shade that complimented the color of my car, and think helped improve the overall appearance. On the G, though, I think it's such a smooth flowing car as is that it doesn't really need the help. Never been a fan of all black tails either, but I think that the white car in someone's sig on the first page pulls off the "smoked" look nicely. Just my $.02.

Edit: This is the car, I think this looks really clean.

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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 05:49 AM
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Originally Posted by alpine37
nice trunk! vinyl? well I'm not hating just expressing me opinion, what matters is that you like it so be happy! lol
Lol not vinyl, it's good ol CF.
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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 06:04 AM
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Originally Posted by alpine37
pics? wow now I want to get my taillights done lol.. -_- but I can't paint them since I'm a lease.
Come to think of it, I don't have a recent rear picture. I'd take a new one but I'm away from my car for another month or so. Anyway, the overlays really are good if installed properly, but the darker smoke that Bat offers is too dark for what I want now.
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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted by cardoza
To be honest, I'm not a huge fan of it on the Gs, I'm not sure what it is. I had this on my old VW:



vs. the the stock:



Which I thought offered a shade that complimented the color of my car, and think helped improve the overall appearance. On the G, though, I think it's such a smooth flowing car as is that it doesn't really need the help. Never been a fan of all black tails either, but I think that the white car in someone's sig on the first page pulls off the "smoked" look nicely. Just my $.02.

Edit: This is the car, I think this looks really clean.

wow I really like it, flows well with ur car. eh I won't touch my taillights for now...
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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Doggy
Hey alpine FYI the paint is removable with laquer thinner. I've had to remove a few cause of tickets
yea another reason why I don't want to touch my taillights is because of where I live the cops are up ur @ss 24/7... but im guessing they won't mind a dark cherry color
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