Has Ford ever released smoked tail lights?

[trusktr]

I recently bought a Shelby GT350 that came with dark-colored tail lights (see photos below), and it doesn't look like they have any film on them, looks like the plastic straight from the injection mold.

Were OEM dark-colored tail lights ever released from Ford?

One of the tail lights burnt out in the rain recently (it got foggy inside the casing), and my local dealership says that if the light is modified (f.e. darkened with aftermarket techniques) then it voids the warranty on the lights.

So I'm trying to determine if my lights are OEM colored, or aftermarket colored.

In the attached photos notice it does not appear to be peelable film, looks like solid plastic (or at least not obvious), and there's even a small ding on the plastic and it looks like deformed plastic.

I'll take more photos tomorrow in the daylight, it is evening right now so not as bright.

More pics on Turo: https://turo.com/rentals/cars/ca/oakland/ford-shelby-gt350/511781

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[dogiebitt]

The blackout package tail lights have a darker interior housing than the regular lights, but only slightly. Those definitely look darker than anything that came stock.

 

[JOKER M1]

They look almost identical to mine and mine are painted

 

[swooshdave]

Scrape an innocuous spot to see if they are painted.

 

[kluke15]

look covered to me. those little dimples in the lights are supposed to be holes and to me from the pic they look covered.

 

[NoVaGT]

I recently bought a Shelby GT350......

 

[DavisCustoms]

The blackout package tail lights have a darker interior housing than the regular lights, but only slightly. Those definitely look darker than anything that came stock.

Blackout Package has blacked out emblems, black painted roof and the black 19" wheels, the Taillights are the same as every other Mustang.

it looks like someone took the a clear EU lens and sprayed the inside of them with a dark candy clearcoat and reinstalled the US red light panels inside. especially look at the third picture.

 

[jimmerheck]

How about looking through the GT 350 forum and looking for your car and its possible mods in there? And this Ford dealer denying warranty on the burned out light due to the lens being changed, altered, darkened, really?

 

[echo16]

I recently bought a Shelby GT350 that came with dark-colored tail lights (see photos below), and it doesn't look like they have any film on them, looks like the plastic straight from the injection mold.

Were OEM dark-colored tail lights ever released from Ford?

One of the tail lights burnt out in the rain recently (it got foggy inside the casing), and my local dealership says that if the light is modified (f.e. darkened with aftermarket techniques) then it voids the warranty on the lights.

So I'm trying to determine if my lights are OEM colored, or aftermarket colored.

In the attached photos notice it does not appear to be peelable film, looks like solid plastic (or at least not obvious), and there's even a small ding on the plastic and it looks like deformed plastic.

I'll take more photos tomorrow in the daylight, it is evening right now so not as bright.

More pics on Turo: https://turo.com/rentals/cars/ca/oakland/ford-shelby-gt350/511781

 

[echo16]

I picked up a set of these from American muscle a few years back for $65.00. They are not a film but made of hard smoked plastic. Changed the look of the rear deck but noticed that they will accumulate dust in the air gap between the lense and the plastic covers that are attached by Velcro strips. So far the cops have left me alone but the smoked covers are illegal in some states. I think the next time i remove them to clean i might just toss them in the trash.

 

[Rickycardo]

Tinted taillights are evil arguments in 3...2...1...

 

[69mach1-395]

IIRC, the 50th LEs and 16/17 CS both have darker lenses, but not this dark.

 

[jimmerheck]

I second 69Mach1-395, there is a forum member on here who has a CS and a GT and he said when both cars are side by side, you can tell the CS lenses are definitely darker than the GT.

 

[Freedom]

If it isn’t vinyl it’s definitey paint. Clear coat tinted with a bit of black paint. I’ve seen these on YouTube for different cars.

 

[17Magnetic5.0]

Probably painted with one of the sprays they sell from the inside. I’m guessing whoever painted them opened them up then didn’t properly reseal them which led to your issue. If that’s the case then ford definetly isn’t going to cover that. A film I would argue they have to tho.

Also no lights have ever come blacked out. The cs as mentioned above is the only one that’s sort of blacked out it’s hard to describe. I personally wish ford put those lights on the black edition package or some other darker taillight like my 14 had. Would make the black edition a lot nicer on my car.

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