smoked tail's question.

[Danaldson]

i popped my tail lights out today because i accidentally dropped a bulb inside of it and i was wondering if there was a way to paint the stock golf tail lights so they appear to be like a gti tail (with the smoked turn signal). I looked on the diy part of vortex and wasn't able to find much information, other than this one which is for an mk3 http://www.corrado-club.ca/mods/tailtints.html . anyways, would i have to paint the outside of the taillights like this guy in the diy link? or would there be a way to paint the inside. if not, i may just have to settle to pick up some gti tails somewhere.

[jaysleeves]

Re: smoked tail's question.

maybe this will help...if not this stuff they have similar products out there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-roeYDJaEZs

I'd just get OEM tails if it were me! Check out Volx Tuning they have Ocean Tails for GTI for a good price.

[P Arkus]

Re: smoked tail's question.

Save yourself the headache of "Testing" things out, and just save up for OEM. In the end, OEM will ALWAYS look better over whatever kind of spray/technique you will find. And if you're saving up for OEM, do something that suits your style:

EX. OEM GTI, OEM Ocean, Euro OEM, Hella smoked tails, whatever you want!

[popp]

Re: smoked tail's question.

just use lite smoked 3m film. Shadow sells it for DIY or Jeff can supply and install it for you.......





here's mine I did.....


and my headlights for good measure....

[P Arkus]

Re: smoked tail's question.

I retract my previous statement. Didnt know your Taillights were 3M. Looks awesome Popp!

[Fizzo20]

Re: smoked tail's question.

Being that I'm cheap and I only owned this car for a short time, I used VHT nightshades and it turned out alright. For a jetta though. Just mask off whatever you want to keep red. I say you do this while you wait for legit GTI tails to ship to your door