So i was bored had a can of spray tint and decided to do something Im on the fence about how it looks

 

Hmmm, haven't seen that type of modded taillight before on the E60. Pretty intresting what it did to the look of the horizontal tubes within the light and catching the black of the tin at the outer ends.

Doesn't look terrible, but - IMO - would need to be polished/buffed to a shine to look great - don't leave it the flat/matte look of the spray as-is.

 

yes I have the clear coat I couldnt do it because I had to pick up my kids and had to put the tails back on to drive there......Ok these are pre lci tails so I dont have the tubes but in the plastic lense there is an outline of a tube which is what I painted over by masking the rest of the tail around them I guess it gives a little more defined look anyway Ill see how they turn out once they are actually completed with the gloss!

Im uploading a video now

 

ehh hard to see looks ok to mee just need to finish it up!

 

I need to buy lci tails theres no getting around it!

 

Looks cheap

 

+1 tinted tails have for the most part always looked cheap and "ghetto" to me

 

I agree 100 percent It does look cheap! it also doesnt have the effect I was looking for I thought by masking certain parts of the tailight it would look better, the intention was to get those thin line to be darker than the rest of the tailight giving seperation of the bigger sections so it would stand out more. it just didnt do what I expected. I worked hard on the masking, took like 3 hours getting it perfect, lining it up, adjusting, cutting the circle area where the line ended Oh well Now I need to clean it off...........I need to get LCI tails no doubt about it

 

I had pre-lci lights painted with a black paint by someone, and he sprayed it in the open so it got debris in it. I had it on for a while but got tired of it after a while. If you are going to spray them at least clear them, it would look better. But I went with LCI tailights(OEM) and think it looks much better, I decided not to tint them either since they look so nice by themselves.

 

thats the prob with vht nightshade, tough to get anything other than a blacked out look. I think smoked turn signals looks good if done properly but imo lci with no tint is the way to go amigo