Custom Tail light overlay or tint spray

ALLTRBO · Apr 16, 2003

Yeah, that's definately opinion, because I think the Talon rear and lights look way better.

Besides, everyone and their mother has an Eclipse.

Lasersharp65 · Apr 16, 2003

Honestly i am not bashing the talon lights at all, Its just with the toenail spoiler I have the lights dont get set off by anything like the 97-98 spoiler does.

ALLTRBO · Apr 16, 2003

So get a '97-'98 spoiler!

PC Talon · Apr 16, 2003

I think this is the best way to change up the back of a Talon.
I wanted black but the body guy did it in green, oh well.
BTW, I used nightshade paint on the reverse lights.

cucumber · Apr 17, 2003

I kinda like it. :dunno:

Talonboy95 · Apr 17, 2003

do u guys know if its possible to get them letters they use for the "Talon" on the back light ? ..thinking i can make my own slogin up like the eclispes

slow car · Apr 17, 2003

oh yeah me too... hot as hell

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ALLTRBO · Apr 17, 2003

Talonboy95 said:
do u guys know if its possible to get them letters they use for the "Talon" on the back light ? ..thinking i can make my own slogin up like the eclispes

What are you talking about?
If you're asking where to get the TALON letters off of the center taillight piece from a 2G, then read the whole thread.

If you mean something else, clarify please.

imoore · Apr 17, 2003

Here's a picture, albeit blurry, of my red painted tail lights. I think all red is the best "mod" you can do to the Talon lights. A friend of mine has an identical 97 Talon and he has the lights tinted and he prefers red to his.

I used Tesors Translucent Candy Apple Red paint @ ~$4/can.

ALLTRBO · Apr 17, 2003

That looks pretty good!
Does it match up with the other red exactly? I can't tell from that pic. Also, what do the turn signals look like while blinking? I think orange+red would make a less appealing color at night, especially when it's right next to the red taillights.
Just curious, as i'm considering doing this. (It's more legal than tinted taillights).

imoore · Apr 17, 2003

Well to match up the color, I masked off all the plastic and then all the red as precisely as I could. I took a long time making sure the masking was perfect, I spent about 30-45 min/light. Then I light sprayed a coat of the red on and let it dry, then again and dry, and so on until the reds matched. Then once it was all dry, I sprayed the whole lense (the stock red plus the new red) with a clearcoat in order to get the textures to match.

Under bright light at an angle, the lights look slightly different, ie. it looks slightly red-orange. But I have been asked by several different people if I had some sort of special edition talon because the color matched so perfectly.

At night I can't tell at all that they aren't supposed to be that way.

talontsiawd · Apr 18, 2003

imoore said:
Well to match up the color, I masked off all the plastic and then all the red as precisely as I could. I took a long time making sure the masking was perfect, I spent about 30-45 min/light. Then I light sprayed a coat of the red on and let it dry, then again and dry, and so on until the reds matched. Then once it was all dry, I sprayed the whole lense (the stock red plus the new red) with a clearcoat in order to get the textures to match.

Under bright light at an angle, the lights look slightly different, ie. it looks slightly red-orange. But I have been asked by several different people if I had some sort of special edition talon because the color matched so perfectly.

At night I can't tell at all that they aren't supposed to be that way.

Just paint the orange and the red at the same time. Mask the licensce plate area, the plastic casing and the reverse lights and your set. I did three coats red and three coats clear. the orange doesn't show through at all. I think it would be cool the paint the black plastic where the license plate is body color also but i havn't bothered to try it because my car is black to begin with.

Custom Tail light overlay or tint spray

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