Tail Light Covers

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 12:42 pm

I was wondering if anyone has those black tailight covers from modernperformance.com are legal or not. I been told they are illegal both night and day, also been told they are legal only during the day. I live in Kansas.

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 4:03 pm

raul-01 wrote:

I'd like to report emoticon abuse.

(And it's very possible they are illegal day and night. All depends on how anal the police are where you live, really.)

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 1:41 am

I saw a Ford f150 with some so I was like wtf. I followed it to a Burger King...Some fat dude came out and went inside...I really had to take a shit so I went into the bed of his truck and laid a brown egg. the end

eVilcreations · Post by **eVilcreations** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 7:24 am

raul....I'm from KS, livin in NC right now with the USAF......Depending on where you live in KS, you shouldn't have a problems with the covers. I have a close friend in Wichita that used NightShades on his stock tails and never had a problem with it. I believe he still has them if you would want to trade him your stock ones for those. It would look much better tinted than with those covers. Just let me know.

Josh

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 3:38 pm

EvilCreations wrote:It would look much better tinted than with those covers. Just let me know.

Josh

Yeah, plus the covers tend to fly off at speeds over 80 mph. Not fun. I had a set on my '92 Olds Bravada and I was going to a fire call one time and saw one whip off the back of my truck... Luckily there was no one behind me.

WiTeOuT · Post by **WiTeOuT** » Sun Jun 05, 2005 1:29 am

03sxt wrote:
EvilCreations wrote:It would look much better tinted than with those covers. Just let me know.

Josh
Yeah, plus the covers tend to fly off at speeds over 80 mph. Not fun. I had a set on my '92 Olds Bravada and I was going to a fire call one time and saw one whip off the back of my truck... Luckily there was no one behind me.

HAHAHA, I love parts flying off cars at high speeds! The other day a Camaro came up next to me on I-65 reving his exhaust...and WHOOOSH!!!....there went his T-tops!!!

OH SKIP! You should have seen his face...hahah.

BACK to the subject at hand. I agree with everyone else.....Nightshades better than covers.

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 3:25 pm

So you recommend the NightShades spray that you spray on your tail lights and it never comes off..That would suck if you did a shitty job spraying it. Does it come off at all?

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 3:27 pm

Skyjerm82 wrote:HAHAHA, I love parts flying off cars at high speeds! The other day a Camaro came up next to me on I-65 reving his exhaust...and WHOOOSH!!!....there went his T-tops!!!

OH SKIP! You should have seen his face...hahah.

That is awesome! Of course, it woulda' sucked to be him and anyone behind him, but it's still funny.

raul-01 wrote:So you recommend the NightShades spray that you spray on your tail lights and it never comes off..That would suck if you did a shitty job spraying it. Does it come off at all?

I'm not too sure about the NightShades being 'repairable' if you mess up because I've never used it... But just like anything else you do to your car - You should definitely take your time to make sure it gets done right. And do real thin coats like you would if you were painting anything.

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 3:42 pm

I don't know how well that shit works, probably won't buy it, seems pretty ghetto to me

Mopar00Neon · Post by **Mopar00Neon** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 4:31 pm

See my thread in the picture post thread. I just got done useing niteshades on the amber part of my exports. Ive also used it on my side markers. If you take your time, it turns out really nice and smooth. If you plan to do the entire tail light, get some clear coat to put over it. When doing side markers, I never had a problem with them looking kind of flat, and not glossy, but on larger surfaces, you can tell its sprayed unless you use clear coat, and give them a good polish.

And yes, if you mess up. Use some lacquer thinner and a rag. It will come right off, and the lacquer wont damage the light surface. DO NOT SAND THE LENS!

As for the camaro and the T-top thing. Ive see the exact same thing happen while I was driving behind the guy. luckily i was far enough away, and the glass actually whipped up in the wind, and landed in the grass next to the road... unbroken.

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 1:27 am

I saw the post and liked how you got the amber, black on the tail lights.But Iam gonna keep mine stock for now. In the future when I get more money...and get a better job I will get some of those carbon fiber altezzas.

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 7:54 am

raul-01 wrote:I don't know how well that shit works, probably won't buy it, seems pretty ghetto to me

NightShades is used by a few people here and I've heard of quite a few others using it for various light lenses. They all say that it's great stuff. I'm pretty sure Diablo0 used it on his side markers?

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 2:54 pm

the side markers would be the only place I would use it.

tnt_viper · Post by **tnt_viper** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 11:34 pm

what I have heard it's illegal to do anyof that. since the reflectors wont reflect anymore, you'll get a ticket for it. plus when you brake the light wont be as bright and they could give you a stupid ticket for it, like it's a hazard.

dblsg · Post by **dblsg** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 1:04 pm

raul-01 wrote:So you recommend the NightShades spray that you spray on your tail lights and it never comes off..That would suck if you did a shitty job spraying it. Does it come off at all?

get a spare set of tails, and experiment with those....it its a shitty job....you still have the originals

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 12:09 am

screw the spray shit all together

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