Waiting on my smoked tails and still sharpieing my rearview camera

No idea about the rims though.

 

like the last set of rims the best...i woiuld color match the grill..podwer coating it would have a harding coating and much but idk if you can podwer coat and color match

 

In regards to your questions about lighting, you will need to read the state laws concerning the topic. Here in cali you have to be able to see any of the brake lights from 300 feet away I believe (too lazy to research it).
Paint the grill, powdercoating will be much more expensive.

 

any ideas about painting the rear view camera cause it looks like a penny

 

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1.Is it illegal to cover up(tint the window in front of) your 3rd brake light?

Obviously, any type of tint on your front windshield will be illegal. NoLimitz tinted his front windshield and is from Las Vegas I think, but I’m sure many of us would say you’re definitely risking a ticket. That being said, I think NL’s ride is pretty sick. As for the brake light, you could just open your trunk, disassemble that brake light area, and tint that reflector portion black if you don’t want it to show behind the tint. However, why don’t you just tint the rear darker and see how that goes. If you still don’t like seeing the brake light, then disassemble it (1 minute job) and paint it black.

2.My Rear-view camera looks copperish. What can I do to fix it and make it black again. Iam trying to match the color of the camera to my car. I bought it and it looks black what the hell happened?

If it was me, I would just prep it and shoot it with a flat black paint. IMO, it will better than a glossy black.

3.My tails are dark red but wanted to know how much darker could I go without being reseanable pulled over or harrassed?

I think only you can answer this question because everyone’s area is different. In California, city by city is very different. In San Jose, CA, you could easily get pulled over for the slightest type of tinted brake lights.



4.My grill is a polished aluimiun I believe; bought it from dealer preps a while ago and want to paint it; please give the best choice of painting it(powder-caot it glossy black, match the actually color of the car, paint code......etc.) I just want the entire car to look like black sand pearl minus the sparkle reflection thing in the paint.....you know what I mean.

It sounds like you made up your mind here. If you want to powder coat it a glossy black, then go to a powder coat shop and see what colors they have. You can’t just bring them your Toyota paint code for them to match it unless you plan on having it painted at a auto paint shop.

5. Do I buy another set of stick with what I have. This is what I have

These rims are winners right here. I think they look good as is, but if you must, I really think it’s going to look funny in a gloss black. If you look at most, if not all, high end JDM wheels that are black, they are matte black and not glossy black. As for the other rims you posted below, I still strongly prefer the 502s above.

 

Almost forgot, I'd remove the front license plate and tint the top of the windshield instead of the whole thing, and stealth out the front headlights by baking them in the oven to take them a part.

 

Can't remove the front license plate. NJ needs both plates and I'm not gonna tint up the front windows anytime soon till I see if I get pulled over with tinted the entire rear window. How do I paint the rear-view camera?

Sharpie? buy some spray paint? Is it that necessary to take it to a paint shop?

 

hobby paint and a fine brush would work fine

 

does anyone know if I can use any type of spray paint or something like that to paint my grill? or do I need to go to a paint shop/body shop/

 

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got my grill back from the shop and I thought it was gonna turn out bad

but I actually like it; decided to get it painted glossy black along witht the fake air ducts and it cost me 150 which isn't so bad I guess; I would have just used some krylon spray paint and it would have peeled probably so here are the results. Give me some feedback I would appreciate it. These are the before pics of the grill and if your wondering what kind is it; it was a grill from dealerpreps off of e-bay. Looked good for a while but I got sik of the chrome look or polished look whatever you say.