yo tilly , iliked the look of the tail lights so much that i used candy blk clearcoat and smoked my tails and sidemarker lights this past weekend. i taped them off just like in your pic and all ready people have noticed. i also mixed some body color for the door mirrors so they are know color matched whitewater pearl also. thankx for posting the tail light idea , i'll post some pix soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!