I painted these the other night, got around to putting them on tonight.

They dont look AS dark in person, I think they came out great and really shine the back of the car up.

I have to get some daytime shots to get a good comparison.



Let me add the following:

I did NOT have a S5 center, I did not have to trim a single thing from the S4 center OR the S5 tails.

I did not have to dremel the housings to fit the bulbs, all you have to do is play with them a little and they go in FINE.

All I had to do was trim a tiny amount of metal to clear the back up bulbs, you dont even have to cut it out, just put 2 slits and

tap the metal in a little.

I also did the same treatment to the 3rd brake light.







Before, my s4 housings were tinted a little bit, and I did the housings which are restored/painted a long time ago









After:















some engine shots:

 

For some ******' reason I love your s4 tails better...they are so much cleaner/nicer...maybe it's just the picture of the s5's making them look too dark? Can you repost a pic of them in the daytime?



Your engine bay is perfection for me...i absolutely love it. It seems to look almost like how a turbo car should look stock rather than just focusing on trying to polish everything that can be polished...me like!

 

my s4s are custom too, the housings are sprayed the same black as my car, I polished the lenses, and tinted them from the backside, so it darkened them where they looked stock and not like they were messed with.



It was time for a change with the S4 tails, I have had this car a LONG time, I have had the S5 tails sitting around for a long time, figured its time to change the car up a bit.

In the coming weeks/months I will get the rest of my S5 parts on there, but for now I want to drive this ******* thing and stop looking at

it apart, lol







as for the engine- that was the path from the start, to look better then factory, but not like BAM everything polished.



Im debating getting rid of the polished IC pipes.

 

obviously i'm looking at the pic you just pisted, not real life, but paint the radiator black, and change the brake fluid.

 

I aint painting that radiator black, too much work.



good suggestion though, I can let it dull out and not polish it up anymore.

The brake fluid is new, the booster and the master are original- im sure they are going anyday now

I flushed the brake fluid when I took the car out of storage

 

Black intercooler piping and manifolds look the best...

 

i think it looks sick the way it is

 

im thinking of having the IC pipes done in smoked anthrocite to match the UIM/LIM.

They put it with clear over the polished metal so its almost transparent. Im going to give them a test piece to see how it comes out.

 

daytime pics

 

yea i think the blacked out s5 tails you did on my car is one of my fave features on my car, looks just as hot on yours, if not better since your whole car is blacked out



kevin.