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Old 03-24-2007, 07:00 PM
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What do you guys think I should do.....black out taillight covers? or nightshade the stock taillights? This is on a black WS6....

I cant make up my mind....I dont like how the covers wont line up with the rear filler panel...and I dont like the fact that the Nightshade is permenant....Hmmm LoL both are equal in my mind cause they both have their pros and cons...

Also if anyone has pics of EITHER on a black WS6 please post pics!!
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go with the covers, less work and they come off in less than a second if you get tired of them.

this might persuade you


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Old 03-24-2007, 08:39 PM
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Originally Posted by '02 Double U S-6
go with the covers, less work and they come off in less than a second if you get tired of them.

this might persuade you


where did you buy them, and how much. can you tell they are covers, i mean like do they bulge a bit from sitting ontop of the back lights
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Originally Posted by '02 Double U S-6
go with the covers, less work and they come off in less than a second if you get tired of them.

this might persuade you


VERY NICE CAR!!! Where did you get the rear filler panel?? Is it chrome decals or what? Also Are the PONTIAC letter chrome or what? Are they decals or metal?

Sorry for all the question....but your car is sexy!
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pics look badass, I got some black covers waiting to be installed when I return home.



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yea id also like to know where you can get the material to black the tailights out.....
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awesome t/a! my buddy has an 01 ta ws6 and the bird is a differant style in the back
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Originally Posted by staringback05
yea id also like to know where you can get the material to black the tailights out.....
There are two ways.....Taillight covers....which just snap right on to the existing lights....then there is VHT Nightshade which is a paint that sprays over the tailights....it is permenant too BTW...you can get it through Summit....and you can get the covers at autozone (uhohzone) or advance auto parts (where I work HEHE)
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I put my covers on today and am not happy with the fit and finish at all.
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Originally Posted by Louie83
I put my covers on today and am not happy with the fit and finish at all.
what kind did you buy?
Old 03-25-2007, 09:06 AM
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you can order them from autozone for about 50 dollars. Mine was 60 but im in ny and everything is a rip off here

you can also get 2 bottles of vht from summitracing for about 12 each and try to do it yourself using the writeup on this site
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hmm ive never seen the covers here at the "zone".....and is the vht stuff messy?
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Originally Posted by my01ws6
what kind did you buy?

AVS from autozone for $60+.

They are even supposed to be better than the GTS ones. I would hate to see a GTS one.
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I would use nightshade, Covers will cause ur tails to cave in...happend to mine and a few others.
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they are not in the store, you tell them to order it for you
VERY old pic of mine
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Originally Posted by SlvrV6Camaro
I would use nightshade, Covers will cause ur tails to cave in...happend to mine and a few others.
CAVE IN???
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well what do you think is the better brand for covers....LUND...AVS....VENTSHADE???
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Originally Posted by my01ws6
CAVE IN???
i guess it's the heat...but i do know it will cause the tail light lens to get a concave indentation "melted" in it. my camaro's passenger side lens had this happen to it.
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I just used nightshade on my camaro, i love how it came out. Nightshade is great because you can control how dark you want them. Oh, and since when is paint permanent??? I got pulled over before with the covers and people were telling me my tailights were out all the time, now i dont have that problem, nightshade lets plenty of brakelight through
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Originally Posted by Louie83
I put my covers on today and am not happy with the fit and finish at all.

Well, I worked on them today and got them to fit better.

First off, using the sticky velcro crap made them fit awful. I just threw that away. Even without using this, it still far from being flush everywhere but still much better than it was.

Next, 3m double sided automotive tape is awesome. It really helped in getting the rounded points on each side to actually lay against the taillights instead of sticking out.


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