mine are the smoked JDM sidemarkers from Rick's accessories

 

I used the yellow Lamin-X for my Accord's fog lights. I think they got too hot however and developed slight spotting after awhile - BUT it held up incredibly well to the weather/rock chips/etc and stayed stuck

I think for taillights they'd work perfectly - not enough heat to do any damage.

 

I received these and installed them today. They're a bitch to install given the curves and line angles in the tails, but I eventually got them on and they look good! I'll post pics when I get the chance

 

I used the "spray paint crap" and i think it looks fine... your able to apply a very thick dark coat .. then i used rubbing alcohol and papaer towels and kept rubbing the taillight until i got it to the level of tint that i wanted... then a final coat of wax buffed in to make it glossy.


I bought the "precut" taillight tint... Biggest pain in the ass to put on and wont come out right because of all the curves.. (Not for the do-it-yourselfer OR backyard mechanic) You have to be VERY good. i ended up wasting 20 bucks on it and peeled it off..

1 can of VHD tint i think it was called for $10 FTW

And for the record.. the video of the M3 .. the taillights came out like shit.. and thats their demonstration video.. on a relatively EASY taillight with not much curve to it..

 

must say i'm not a fan of tinted tails...

 

Yes they are a PIA to install, but I was able to get them to stretch and conform to the taillights just fine, and I'm by no means a professional tint installer or anything. There are some bubbles in them right now, but w/ a few days in the sun (thank goodness I live in south FL!), most of them should come out; the rest I can use a thin pin to poke a little hole and press out the air, then all will be good!
For those that may get the Lamin-X, I would only go for the lightest tint shade they have (I think it's called gunsmoke), because any darker would verge on too dark IMO

 

i think thats my cue!

i'll keep it nice, but whenever i see someone with tinted tails in front of me and my POS daily driver, i feel strongly urged to rear end them and say that i couldn't see their brake lights. for all i know, i wouldn't be at fault since its an illegal mod, right? or am i wrong, cuz if im wrong (and i AM at fault) then i'll just high-beam them instead...

you have no idea how much my right foot itches to press harder when i see a nincompoof with tinted tails in front of me.

 

bite me!

For one, the tint on my tails doesn't darken the brake lights at all, I checked today and my wife didn't even know that I tinted them. Secondly, there's a third brake light, so in conclusion, it doesn't do anything to hinder the safety-ness of the car IMO

 

This is worse than the keyhole covers mod. They both reduce functionality of something in the car but this one is a hazard for other people. No matter how you put it, you can not argue that this will leave it equal or any more visible than left alone.

I don't get an urge to purposely rear-end someone with tinted tail-lights but I do get the urge to call them out on it. Good thing we got the internets for this.

 

Hey now the keyhole covers mod is great!