Cheap/Free Mods

Do you mean tint it and make it flat or just make it flat as is?
As I understand your question you can just buy a can of matte clear coat and do the black out the taillight mod.

 

I too, have only seen a mod for smoking out the lens with a spray-paint like products which you then cover with crystal clear coat and some polishing with wax. Looks good though. But just because you haven't seen it doesn't mean you won't be able to do it, but it does mean you might be the first to do it! After doing my headlights, my buddy (who helped me) blacked out his ATV's headlights and apparently no one on his ATV forum had ever seen it done. Don't be too afraid to try something new, just do lots of thinking and planning to make sure to get it right!

 

Awesome thread. Great cheap mods. Keep em comin guys.

 

very simple and easy. All i did was print out a emplem and adjusted it to size on the computer then i cut it out with a razor blade and sticky tacked them to the light. Bought a can of night shades and sprayed on a couple of coats and then let dry. Once it was dry i took of the letters and clear coated it.

 

Damn! You should've posted this before I did my tail lights... lol

 

depending on how long ago you painted them let the sun fade them a little bit and then do it. thats what i did and the TRD still comes out fine and is very noticeable at night.

 

It was a while ago and I don't want to really go any darker

 

you can always sand it and then respray it but eventually the sun will fade them

 

Yeah, I might do it in the future if I'm super bored and have a lot of time...

 

im sure the make a sticker or can get a sticker made to put on and paint over it but thats only if you feel like spending a couple of dollars on sticker to use for 10 minutes

 

Haha nah, I'm trying to save everywhere I can right now...

 

As the OP of the idea probably did, I would apply a hockey stick wax or sex wax to cut out logo from regular paper. This will allow the paper logo to stick long enough with out moving to paint over and simple dish soap & water will dissolve the wax without residue.

 

that works too

 

Thanks For That Sweet Code.

 

It's hard to get a direct shot of the headlight with the bumper in the way, so here's a side shot:

And from the front:

And from the front (sorry about the size...):

Can you see why my screen name is BLACKnBLUE???

 

if you have the materials laying around plus the time and ability, tacomatrd99 made a nice little bench seat console/armrest. http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2nd-gen-tacomas/131648-center-console-armrest-bench-seat.html

 

That is sweet. My wife is bugged by the chime. She tells me in on breath what a bad driver I am then in the next how she wishes the seatbelt chime were off.

 

Does this work for the passenger one too?????? I always have a tool bag on my passenger seat and it's the most annoying thing to hear that chime all the time. And god forbid I stop and back up and then move forward again, it starts all over again. MAKE IT STOP!!!!!

 

Yep. It shuts the noise off

 

My truck must have come with the noise already turned off cuz I have never had it go off on me, I just get the blinking red light telling me I'm "not safe." My parents have a 2010 Silverado and it's annoying as hell with all it's alarms going off for any and all reasons! I guess I just got lucky