370z Tail light BLACK HOUSING

Z11

has anyone tried blacking out the housing of their tail lights, and im referring to the jspec and jdm clear lens tail lights.

i know they have these for the 350z the black housing altezza which i bought and the letter Z leds light up. but the 370z has been out for 4 years now and nothin....

Spikuh

Look in the DIY section.

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nmjaxx9

smoke em, tail tint looks good if you do it rite.

DarkJak

I was pondering over this mod myself earlier today. AFAIK, no one has done them yet. Not a lot of people get a the JDM housings, which you'd need to make the blackened housings show, and doing tail lights is harder than headlights because they are harder to take out. Definitely doable though, and the process should be pretty similar.

AlexRaymond19

Tail lights are harder to take out then headlight?!?! Are you sure? Or do you mean take appart

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DarkJak

Should just take longer to take out. More parts to remove before you can get to all the tabs and bolts holding it in.

DIY: of complete FOG LAMP install

See here. Not too bad, just more than what you need to do for the headlights.

DIGItonium

The housing and lens is zap bonded similar to the "Z" side marker lights. You would have to dremel the entire piece to separate the housing or it will crack the lens. Then you need to glue and seal it up real good to keep moisture out.

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Z11

whats zap bonded? i wonder what tool should be used to cut out the lense without cracking? stupid 370ztuner.com wont respond and i think they have exactly what i want, says coming out soon but its been over a year i think.... under lighting product and scroll down and it says blacked out housing Altezza tail lights.. well if they dont respond to a phone call, there goes my long distance money, and what the hell, ill buy the lights and risk losing over $700+tax+shipping+duties....

CDepp

something like this?

Ref: (I photoshopped the Euro Taillights)

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DarkJak

That makes me all sorts of horny.

Smoking the JDM ones gives a similar look, although maybe thinner than the guy did here.
Update! JDM tailights smoked... sanded again and buffed!!!

DEpointfive0

Took the words out of my mouth


The shame is that no pics can show the LEDs are actually red

Z11

something like that. but better !
this is what i had on my BLACK 350z and it looked crazy. Google Image Result for http://www.procarparts.com/images/NS0335-12720TLX.JPG

i cant sit around for that site to reply.. hope i dont lose my almost $1000...

ill be pissed if i crack the lens and then the next day they come out with the blacked out housing tail lights online.. ill snap

nmjaxx9

just be careful if you are using VHT that stuff is hard to get off.

Z11

im going to use krylon fusion on the housing, not the lens, i have to cut out the lens on the jdm tails

Z11

im not familiar with photoshop yet, but can you make a photoshop of that tail light on a black Z and a pic of the entire back of the car with those tails?