[Revo1GLI]

Hey what's up? My name's Anthony, I'm 21 and drive a red 06 GLI. I actually just got rear ended and its in the body shop so I'm pretty pissed off. I'm new to this site but I'm on vortex alot. First thing I wanna ask though is if there's anyone who self-tinted their jetta tails please let me know how cause Im not puttin out 900$ for OEM 08 tails.


Thanks for your input.



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[GT R4C3R]

hey man welcome. im sure neverfast or power will have an answer...they can answer pretty much any question on any model.

 

[NeverFast]

I have heard about people spraying their tails to get them dark. I dont think I would trust my hand to do it but my friend did it to his cars and they look great. I know you can buy the paint for it almost any were (car supply places) but again I dont know that I would do it to mine. Here are a few DIY links I found for you:

This one is not a jetta but the lights look nice and the instructions are highly detailed:
http://www.350z-tech.com/zwiki/How_to_Smoke_Taillights

http://members.tripod.com/~Jetta_GLi/taillights.txt

 

[Revo1GLI]

yeah I read the DIY for the spraying too but some ppl say its unreliable. I painted my fogs yellow with krylon so Im not worried about my steadiness. I'll give it a shot, thanks for the help guys.

 

[MikeatJettaJunkie]

That sucks about getting hit, sorry to hear. I remember on the SaturnFans website, a couple guys actually "baked," their tails in the oven to tint them. I forget what steps they took though. Pretty unorthodox if you ask me, but what do I know.

 

[Revo1GLI]

yeah I actually have heard that too but the only thing with baking them is a month down the road the seals start to leak and then you get water in the tails, I'll most likely go with the spray, the DIY was pretty simple really