Tailight Replacement
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Tailight Replacement
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My crew is black and I was planning on painting it the same color (satin black) as i did my center grill piece
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~2001 S-10 Crew Cab Black~
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Please don't! Those type of tails should be kept on riceboy cars, not trucks.
Something that looks good depending on the color or your truck is tinting your stock taillights. I had them done on my S-10.
Steve
Something that looks good depending on the color or your truck is tinting your stock taillights. I had them done on my S-10.
Steve
[size=75]2002 S-10 ZQ8- Too much to list= SOLD - 2003 Bonneville SLE - [url=http://images9.fotki.com/v187/photos/4/41590/841111/DSC00158-vi.jpg]2000 Jimmy Diamond Edition[/url] - 2006 Trailblazer LT V8 - 2006 Malibu SS[/size]
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I didn't do mine, a guy on another S-series forum was selling the service. What he does is first sands the lights smooth with a fine grit sandpaper to remove dot stampings etc. He then uses black paint in a spray gun and applies light coats until the desired darkness is achieved. Once he's done painting he then applies a couple coats of clear. The result is very nice.Swoosh wrote:Ooh!!! I like the tinted stock lights. How do you go about doing that? Is it done with regular window tint or is there a different approach?
The guy that did my S-10 lights I don't think does it anymore but I know of another guy from that forum that does. I'm going to have him to the lights on my Jimmy. The tinted tails look better on darker colored vehicles.
[size=75]2002 S-10 ZQ8- Too much to list= SOLD - 2003 Bonneville SLE - [url=http://images9.fotki.com/v187/photos/4/41590/841111/DSC00158-vi.jpg]2000 Jimmy Diamond Edition[/url] - 2006 Trailblazer LT V8 - 2006 Malibu SS[/size]
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Here's a before and after I did when I installed them
BEFORE:
AFTER:
Actually with the red truck color, the stock blended in better than the tinted!
BEFORE:
AFTER:
Actually with the red truck color, the stock blended in better than the tinted!
[size=75]2002 S-10 ZQ8- Too much to list= SOLD - 2003 Bonneville SLE - [url=http://images9.fotki.com/v187/photos/4/41590/841111/DSC00158-vi.jpg]2000 Jimmy Diamond Edition[/url] - 2006 Trailblazer LT V8 - 2006 Malibu SS[/size]
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Thanks It was my toy but once the baby came along a regular cab with bucket seats kinda became useless. I sold it with a whopping 14k miles on it after almost 2 years. I didn't want the Bonneville to be the vehicle we always had to drive so I bought the Jimmy that way we would have 2 vehicles we could all ride in.Swoosh wrote:Thanks for the info. I may consider it, but you're right about the red tails blending better with the red paint. By the way, your ZQ8 sure was a beauty.
[size=75]2002 S-10 ZQ8- Too much to list= SOLD - 2003 Bonneville SLE - [url=http://images9.fotki.com/v187/photos/4/41590/841111/DSC00158-vi.jpg]2000 Jimmy Diamond Edition[/url] - 2006 Trailblazer LT V8 - 2006 Malibu SS[/size]