Can i paint my taillights like this???

**MBATF** · 07-22-2003, 01:01 PM

Ok..i have been thinkiing to do this mod for very long time now, and now I just saw Kuhl had got his done.. Question...did he got it as it is? or he painted it??? cuz i no if i wanna do mine liek taht i have to get the clear tail lamp..so, plz some one help me.. or else i will go for completely black tail lamps...

**ryhi** · 07-22-2003, 01:24 PM

i think it would look okay if you had the pre 98 tails because the middle portion insnt that dark

**MBenzNL** · 07-23-2003, 02:02 AM

Koolvin's friend had clear taillights painted red...personally I would never want to have any painted taillights in my car...especially not in the US where everybody gets sued for anything.
Getting rear ended will never be the same again with painted taillights

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greetingz,

**MBATF** · 07-23-2003, 09:33 AM

Originally posted by MBenzNL
Koolvin's friend had clear taillights painted red...personally I would never want to have any painted taillights in my car...especially not in the US where everybody gets sued for anything.
Getting rear ended will never be the same again with painted taillights .

greetingz,

I will take ur words for it!

**Deepchord** · 07-23-2003, 06:39 PM

How retarded. yes paint them, I want to do that as well!

And not ALL Americans sue everyone for just anything.
What a generalization completely conditioned by television.

CKlasse · 07-23-2003, 07:26 PM

.... no need to call names

**MBATF** · 07-23-2003, 10:01 PM

Originally posted by Deepchord
How retarded. yes paint them, I want to do that as well!

And not ALL Americans sue everyone for just anything.
What a generalization completely conditioned by television.

dude..do u no who MBenNL is?? omg...

He is teh euro Pimp aka Benz GOD!!!!

**Deepchord** · 07-23-2003, 10:13 PM

Yeah I know who Steve is. He's very good as his craft and he knows his stuff. I wasn't saying he was retarded, I was saying his opinion about Americans always suing each other was a inaccurate generalization. Too much television.

**MBATF** · 07-23-2003, 10:38 PM

Oh.

well..i think he already spent enough tiem in teh CA to knwo about teh life here...so.. yeah..

**Renn 208** · 07-24-2003, 07:42 AM

Originally posted by Deepchord
Yeah I know who Steve is. He's very good as his craft and he knows his stuff. I wasn't saying he was retarded, I was saying his opinion about Americans always suing each other was a inaccurate generalization. Too much television.

Actually, I would agree with him, this country as a whole is very litigious.

In any case, I think what he was alluding to was that if you have painted tail lights and get rear ended, the person who rear ended you could sue you for impairing their vision of your tail lights- which would be the opposite outcome of most rear-end cases.

**Deepchord** · 07-24-2003, 09:54 AM

I am really baffled on how any cop, driver, witness, or anyone in the world would ever even know that the tail lights were painted though.. "OH MY GOD OFFICER, look at his tail lights! Those aren't stock OEM! The 1994-2000 W202 never had two-toned lights, this is an outrage if I have ever seen one, oh sweet jesus!"

I'm not buying into it what so ever. I think if a body shop does it
right it would look very OEM. And if they were to do it, you could request some type of transelucent paint that resembles a very OE look to it And in the small chance that you were in an accident, and in the tiny chance that you were the one that caused the accident, and in the small chance that anyone involved in sueing you was an expert in Mercedes tuning
and cosmetics were to go after you, I mean jeez!

I'm pretty sure you're gonna be ok. Call me Evil Knievel if you
want, but..

**nokia8860** · 07-24-2003, 10:24 AM

i hear ya on this deep. But just to add, in california, liabilty accidents are comparative, not sure how it is in the rest of the country but in cali you can be found a % at fault for an automotive collision.

And in a simple rear-end collision where most of the time the person from behind is found at fault, a painted tail light could get the person that was rear ended partially to blame.

Not hard for a bodyshop to tell if a light has been painted, they would just see if it flakes off, colour plastic will just scratch, painted ones would flake. And the party behind could say that because the lights where painted it was hard for them to tell that the brake lights where illuminating at full power and that if it where they for sure would have not rear ended them.

And ya you could say bull to that but in the world of insurance anything is possible. Shoot one of the question asked of rear end collisions is did the party that was rear ended had its brake lights working properly.

but I hear ya but in california anything is possible

**FreeStyler** · 07-24-2003, 10:55 AM

So how bout them tailights, you gonna paint them or not?

**MBATF** · 07-24-2003, 11:01 AM

Originally posted by FreeStyler
So how bout them tailights, you gonna paint them or not?

i might just go for the Black tail lights..

**nokia8860** · 07-24-2003, 11:49 AM

Originally posted by FreeStyler
So how bout them tailights, you gonna paint them or not?

hahaha so true we get off topic. sorry mbatf. :bandit:

**MBATF** · 07-24-2003, 12:00 PM

**714guy** · 07-24-2003, 12:03 PM

Originally posted by MBATF
i might just go for the Black tail lights..

IMO that would look kinda wired, NO? i've it it before but i really didn't like it too much.

**MBATF** · 07-24-2003, 02:44 PM

Originally posted by 714guy
IMO that would look kinda wired, NO? i've it it before but i really didn't like it too much.

Thats what i m thinking, and since i have 040 black, and look ike the rear lamp will be kinda smokey...still thinking...too broke to make mistakes...

Any one have any pic of w202 with black rear taillights? plz post a pic and will be better if its on a black car Thanks guys!

**ryhi** · 07-24-2003, 03:06 PM

heres my non-tinted (pre98) tails with the middle portion hella tinted and clearcoated....i love the way it looks!

CKlasse · 07-24-2003, 03:44 PM

nice... could you still see the reverse light?

**ryhi** · 07-24-2003, 03:57 PM

Originally posted by CKlasse
nice... could you still see the reverse light?

yup....i used model car stuff. testors model car window tint spray, and clearcote...lights are still very visible during day and night

**MBATF** · 07-24-2003, 04:04 PM

I did that already.. and i was think about redo it again but i kinda wanan to try defferent style...plz any one with teh blck tail lamps??? find one plz!! i will be ur best friend!

**ryhi** · 07-24-2003, 04:12 PM

Originally posted by MBATF
I did that already.. and i was think about redo it again but i kinda wanan to try defferent style...plz any one with teh blck tail lamps??? find one plz!! i will be ur best friend!

i dont know if these are real... but..

http://www.directcarparts.co.uk/images/ABCDesign/038399(202-210).jpg

http://www.directcarparts.co.uk/images/ABCDesign/038238(202-200).jpg

**MBATF** · 07-24-2003, 04:38 PM

Originally posted by ryhi
i dont know if these are real... but..

http://www.directcarparts.co.uk/images/ABCDesign/038399(202-210).jpg

http://www.directcarparts.co.uk/images/ABCDesign/038238(202-200).jpg

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