Quote: Originally Posted by orange_vl i blacked out everything from the outside, no sanding, just a good wash with wax and grease remover, ull find that will dull off the plastic so theres a bit of adhesion there, its called night shades, you get it from autobarn, bout 16 bucks a can or so. cheers bro

<--------------------how is this for a home job? I got a defected with them but, didn’t have to change the actual lights.....just the globes! BTW: have a bigger picture but dont know how to post........ Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

send pic to [email removed] and ill host for ya dark enough for ya?? Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by Fly_by_vl <--------------------how is this for a home job? I got a defected with them but, didn’t have to change the actual lights.....just the globes! BTW: have a bigger picture but dont know how to post........ email me the pic to [email removed] and Ill post it for ya. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

pics, courtesy - Fly_by_vl Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Dont have the cannon anymore!!!!! Thanks TUFBT-1 Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

so when you paint the lights you paint over the whole thing??? or do you mask out all the side edges that are already black including the middle area??? from what i understand is you only paint the sections where the lights actually are???

Fly by vl…that looks pretty dam good, looks nice and glossy in your avatar, glossy centre garnish too….mine are as dark as yours but have been sprayed with clear over the top, I didn’t do it they came off SKDMUP but I must say it looks really nice although very illegal. But what I wanna know is where the hell did you get brighter globes from?? Ive been trying to find them for mine which are off my car at the moment because they aren’t bright enough in daylight. And boost you can paint over the whole thing you don’t need to tape the outer plastic although you can if you wanto as it might end up slightly less glossy then the way it was.

yeah true true cheers buddy

Naa not over the whole thing, what for… just were the actual light is!! I just used maybe 3 light coats of nite-shades (still got a bit left) and get “truck” globes… they are much brighter!! BTW: they are brand new VK Berlina lights…

Quote: Originally Posted by Fly_by_vl Naa not over the whole thing, what for� just were the actual light is!! I just used maybe 3 light coats of nite-shades (still got a bit left) and get �truck� globes� they are much brighter!! BTW: they are brand new VK Berlina lights� hahahahhaha lol yeah were do i find these truck globes ahahhaa

Quote: Originally Posted by Fly_by_vl Naa not over the whole thing, what for� just were the actual light is!! I just used maybe 3 light coats of nite-shades (still got a bit left) and get �truck� globes� they are much brighter!! BTW: they are brand new VK Berlina lights� hahahahhaha lol yeah were do i find these truck globes ahahhaa

how would truck globes work? trucks are 24v commodore is 12v so truck globe would actually run much duller. only way i know of is to use brakelight globes for your parkers and indicators but then your stuffed for brake lights

although it does look sexy as. I hope your willing to drive around uninsured. if you go to hand in a claim, and they see those lights, your not covered.

Quote: Originally Posted by Petros although it does look sexy as. I hope your willing to drive around uninsured. if you go to hand in a claim, and they see those lights, your not covered. Insurance is only not paid if the part in question was a contributing factor to the accident, and as all rear end accidents are seen to be the fault of the following driver it would be impossible to void insurance with tailights that are sensibly tinted and still clearly visible at a long distance. Berlina's had black lines on the lights, and Im absolutely sure that they are in fact insurable through most mainstream, and specialty, insurance companies.

maybe so, but im sure as you will agree, is that insurance will NOT pay out if it doesent have to. and if they look over the car, which they will- you would hope that they dont notice it. sure berlinas had those lines, however they were approved prior to production. dont get me wrong, on my first vl I had my tail lights blacker than a beat up wife! just letting you know the risks

How do you know what a beat up wife looks like? Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by VLHERO How do you know what a beat up wife looks like? He's Greek!! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

hes a hungry greek!

"masking off all the grooves in between the ridges" i dont really understand this bit, can some1 plz explain it to me better. thx.