went DARKer with the taillights

[99-5.0explorer]

i personaly would like to see the pictures

 

[TJM623]

i'd like to see 2...

 

[celly]

All controversy aside, I wanted to see the tails. Re-post them, please.

 

[99-5.0explorer]

seeeee some of use are interested in others mods!!! post'em up !!!!

 

[96limitedX]

well theres no reason to ruin it for everyone becasue of a select few..here you go

w/brake light on

 

[celly]

Those do look a bit on the dark side. Mine are a bit lighter and I just scored a set of stockers this weekend to maybe do a 3rd set. I may re-do this set with only one coat of Nightshades as opposed to two. I actually have another set which were just too dark and now sit in a spare parts pile in my garage. Was thinking of sanding them down and starting again. There definitely is a safety element to consider, no matter how cool they look.

One thing to keep in mind to everyone ripping on AK, photos tend to make the tails look darker than they really are. Mine are very visible in daytime and night, and are just a tad lighter than his.

 

[MONMIX]

The next step should be to darken the sides of the lift gate next to the glass.

The faded paint there a bit too much contrasts with the darker tail lights.

Other than that it looks good to me

 

[96limitedX]

yeah..i need to repaint the d-pillers gloss black..maybe i'll do that later this week.

 

[99-5.0explorer]

i think it looks cool!!! i like it, it lights up bright einought...

 

[toddious]

yeah..i need to repaint the d-pillers gloss black..maybe i'll do that later this week.

any idea the best paint to use for this? i have seen soo many explorers down here in florida where this is faded. mine isn't yet, because it's from ohio, but i'm sure it will be before long.

 

[etc]

I threw krylon fusion paint, probably overkill, but it was only three/four bucks a can. Then some clear on it.

 

[toddious]

holds up to the sun pretty well? thanks for the tip, todd.

 

[Burns]

what was used to get the tail lights like that? i would like to have that.

 

[etc]

holds up to the sun pretty well? thanks for the tip, todd.

It's been probably four months now, everything seems tip top.

 

[96limitedX]

what was used to get the tail lights like that? i would like to have that.

testors transparent model paint..can be had at any hobby store..and about any color. i used blue becasue the truck is blue

 

[jimbo74]

i would post something mean in this thread but i can not, i have already been warned by the management......


so anyways, its blue.... been pulled over yet? US DOT stipulates red, clear, or yellow on vehicles lighting -- unles a law enforcement vehicle.....

 

[96limitedX]

i would post something mean in this thread but i can not, i have already been warned by the management......


so anyways, its blue.... been pulled over yet? US DOT stipulates red, clear, or yellow on vehicles lighting -- unles a law enforcement vehicle.....

did you even read what i said? its blue tint. as you can see the lights still light up red. the blue tint just gives it a cool rasberry color when the sun hits it insted of doing black tint like eveyone else. it does not in any way shine blue

and i had them tinted lighter with the blue tint for over a year and had many cops behind us..never a problem

 

[99-5.0explorer]

i would post something mean in this thread but i can not, i have already been warned by the management......


so anyways, its blue.... been pulled over yet? US DOT stipulates red, clear, or yellow on vehicles lighting -- unles a law enforcement vehicle.....

BTW its amber not yellow! and as long as they shine red there fine(which they do seem to do), anyways the stock lens do say DOT on them!!LOL