To tint or not to tint?

[mullethunter3]

Hey guys, it's summer time and that means summer car projects for me. A small project I'm toying with is whether or not to tint my ambers and tails. I'm fairly indecisive about this. I like the stock look, but I like black more. I think my ambers stick out too much. But if I tint the ambers, I tint the tails. (Excepting the white reverse light, imo, it looks more stock that way.) So, help me decide!

Here's the stock look from the front:


Here's the front with 35% tint on the ambers:


Here's the front with 50% tint on the ambers:


And the back stock:


35% tint on tails:


50% tint on tails:


Help me decide guys.

[RSF5]

I retract my vote. I thought you were talking about windows. I say go with clears all around.

[BMWLotAttendant]

Looks good stock. Leave it be.

Although, if I were to tint anything it'd be 1st windows....then if anything...50% tail lighs only.

Or, instead of tinting, save more to get new wheels/tires!

[Dudesky]

I have smoked front and clear tails, but I also like the look of stock ambers in the front. That's why I saved them in case I change my mind. However, the one thing I hate is amber tails.

I say if you have amber, don't modify the lenses. If you wanna change things, then switch altogether to clear or smoke.

[witeshark]

I always like lights that have no tint

[brien4787]

Smoked front corners, clears in the back!
I wouldn't tint the amber...

[theSMELSINATOR]

i say clear front corners.

[xsperf]

Originally Posted by brien4787

Smoked front corners, clears in the back!
I wouldn't tint the amber...

yea thats my vote too, or just clears all around

[drz]

I retract my vote too. I evidently never paid attention when they tried to teach me to read before I signed anything. I thought you were talking about your windows. I say no tint. Black is one of the colors that best pulls off the ambers.

[nick_318is]

Dont tint, if you want to change get clears or smoked lenses.

[mullethunter3]

Originally Posted by nick_318is

Dont tint, if you want to change get clears or smoked lenses.

Not singling Nick out, but I don't think you guys are listening to me. What I will end up with is smoked lenses on the ambers and tails. A friend of mine did it on his 3000GT VR-4. It looks nice. Here's a before and after. He did the front ambers too. They look very nice..




He did the tinting himself. Very nice, and he's agreed to teach me/do it for me.

Also, I hate clear corners. I cannot stress that enough.

What I'm asking for is what you all think as far as smoked corners go, like in the six pictures I photoshopped for you all.

Also, if you look at the pictures, all my windows are at 20% tint. So, no, I'm not trying to tint my windows again. Thanks anyway though.

[drz]

Yeah. Once I read the first post and saw the pictures I realized what you were saying. That is why I said above that in my opinion you should not do the tinting.

[nick_318is]

Men dont ever really listen to women, sorry.

[maximk2]

Yeah, dont tint lights. It will only make a civic look better, but not a BMW. Bimmers have beautiful lights, which should stand out.
It is almost mandatory to tint windows as much as the law lets you though.

[ClassicE36Bimmer]

It's up to you, but I like tinted windows, not really tinted lights.