Tinting the rear lights

Since my car is black and the whole theme I've got going for it is also black... I want to tint the tail lights.

Are there any companies that have applications for the CLK?

Just paint them yourself. They are easy to remove..

-Take the back cover off, twist and remove the bulbs, remove the lens.

-Clean very well with paint thinner.. Tape up any spot you don't want to spray (usually reverse lights).

-Then use the black model car "window tint" paint from Michaels or any big art store.
Apply very light coats (this stuff is thin and runs easy). Take your time spraying!! Remember how many coats you apply and apply the exact amount to the other lens or anything
else you tint. The more coats the darker obviously.

-Then once you get the desired darkness, clear the entire lens (remove tape). Remember to take your time when painting anything, error comes when you don't allow enough time
to dry. If you are hesitant, just wait longer.

This is much more cost effective, you will spend around $10 bucks for paint/clear. This is much better than the 300+ you will spend, if you can even find anyone who makes these. Plus if you mess up or simply don't like it you can remove it with paint thinner and some scrubbing. I will be doing this shortly when I get some time and I will post some pics. -Tyler

Did u tint the lights?If so can u plz post them cause im wondering how they would look like..I think they will look amaaaazing if u just tint them light coat..

I didn't. Maybe the guy who posted the DIY did.

I'm going to probably buy the tint film in bulk (like $50 worth) and put it on, sometime

I was just wondering but how much did u sell that 318ti for?

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ORIGINAL: mbz300sdl

I was just wondering but how much did u sell that 318ti for?

I sold it for $7,000 (with well over $10K of upgrades)... so that was the last time I'm going to ever invest so much money into a car

Funny thing was that I brought it to the BMW dealership and they were offering me $1,200 for it. They said that it was worth much less than regular Trade-in value, BECAUSE of all the modifications... so I just waited for about 6 months until a real enthusiast showed up and picked it up without even bargaining. Didn't test drive it or anything. Just wrote me out a check , got in and drove off.

My brother wanted to do that to mine. I think it would look great

go to your local body shop, a good one.

tell them you want to tint your taillights. They can do it for you for around 50-70 bucks. It will come out professional and glossy!

one thing I was thinking about... these lights have the backup lights integrated in them. So if I tint the whole assembly, it would affect the light output (and I need it, because my back 3 windows are at 3% tint)... but if I tint just the red part, then the white one will stand out like a sore thumb. Hmm.

Has anyone done this on a CLK? Pictures, anyone?

I found these on Ebay. That is the look I'd like to achieve. If I onlly knew what this guy used to coat them with: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Black-tail-lights-CLK-W209-Mercedes-DB-MB_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33716QQitemZ8035836940QQrdZ1

OMG, I've asked the guy with that auction if he could tell me what he used to coat the lights and he replied to me with this:

"Hello, no legend I you not that is trade secret!
They have the lights bought and now would like I you this also paying $375!
Thus one does not make that!
One can ask also before I has ebay to be entitled now!
Please you pay the article otherwise get you still"

Can someone explain to me what he means? From what I understand, he says that it's his trade secret and I should pay the price of the full new light assembly? Did this guy use some kind of web-based translation software? BTW, he's in Germany

I have no clue what hes saying but if I were to guess I would say what you said.

Last nigth I've sent him an email saying that I don't understand what he's trying to tell me...

Today I received this: "I have said it the lights to pay! How become you pay please with PayPal! I wait now still 4 days and if the money is I not there a complaint ebay will on submit!
They cannot buy and not pay then!"

And the next email in the queue was the Paypal payment request for $375.

I never even bid on the item. It still doeasn't have any bids, as far as I know.

I always thought that you had to pass English profficiency test, before being allowed to sell Internationally on Ebay.

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ORIGINAL: filip75

Last nigth I've sent him an email saying that I don't understand what he's trying to tell me...

Today I received this: "I have said it the lights to pay! How become you pay please with PayPal! I wait now still 4 days and if the money is I not there a complaint ebay will on submit!
They cannot buy and not pay then!"

And the next email in the queue was the Paypal payment request for $375.

I never even bid on the item. It still doeasn't have any bids, as far as I know.

I always thought that you had to pass English profficiency test, before being allowed to sell Internationally on Ebay.

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