Smoked Taillights

I found this website that smokes taillights and some of the cars look pretty sweet. www.smokinlights.netI deffinitly want to do somthing to my tail lights but not sure what yet, either tint them, vynal them, or smoke them. Has anyone gotten thier taillights smoked? I don't feel like sending mine away and especially for the price of $150 + $20 s/h. Or would i be better off finding a place locally or get them tinted.

Thanks, Corey

[Alero2k4]

A lot of people just do it themselves with I believe VHT Nite Shade... I am not 100% sure if that is the right name, do a search and you should come up with something.

ive said it before, if u have a black car u can do it, if you have a white or red car, dont

[derek_ski99]

i used Lamin-X. 50 bucks for the tails installed myself. along the lines of a vinyl or tint. check out their website for more info... www.lamin-x.com

[battistoni21]

I have a silver 4 door, do you think I should tint mine or should I make my own design with chrome taping like turtlesride did?

[derek_ski99]

i recommend tint over chrome taping for all cars. that taping just looks junky

[Pilate]

I'm planning on lightly smoking/tinting mine with VHT Niteshades.

[AlbinoMonkeyRat]

IMO, red or white cars don't look good with the tinted tails...unless they have some black stuff going on anyway.

Lets say I wanted to tint my taillights. Do I take them apart like my headlights when I clear corrner them? And I could either do them myself or get them tiinted somewhere?

[AlbinoMonkeyRat]

how to do it:
1) buy a can of VHT Nite Shades
2) Remove taillights from car
3) Clean the taillights and make sure they are very dry
4) Mask of the non-lens portion of the tail light assembly
5) Spray the tail lenses with the tint spray.
5a) Only do 2 or 3 coats, and wetsand IN BETWEEN the coats, and NOT after the last coat. (this is to ensure that you get little or no orange peel effect on your tint-job.)
6) allow them to dry for about an hour (if you don't do it in the heat/sun)
6a) if you're outside while doing this and it's VERY warm out (70*F +) and it is sunny, you might only need to wait about 15-20 minutes.
7) When they are dry, return them to the car.
8) all done!

[Alero2k4]

No, you can't just take your tails apart and put them back together, they are not the same. You would have to put it on the outside. I would definately remove them if you are going to tint them, I am not sure if any local shops would do it for you or not...so you would have to check around.

[AlbinoMonkeyRat]

you really don't need shops to do it. I just posted a how-to. (scroll up)

If you can't work a spray paint can, then you have bigger issues than car modding.

[derek_ski99]

L-A-M-I-N-X

dont mess with messy paint or tint shops. Get the real stuff

[battistoni21]

So tinting them is the best way to go....... where could i get this laminex at?

[koruptid]

red cars look fine with the tails blacked...look at my sig

[battistoni21]

Your car looks saweeeeettt from behind. Plus i'm glad to see a pens fan here. Lets go pens

[derek_ski99]

Originally posted by battistoni21@Mar 16 2006, 10:52 PM
So tinting them is the best way to go....... where could i get this laminex at?

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www.lamin-x.com

[Rubered00]

Originally posted by AlbinoMonkeyRat@Mar 16 2006, 02:16 PM
how to do it:
1) buy a can of VHT Nite Shades
2) Remove taillights from car
3) Clean the taillights and make sure they are very dry
4) Mask of the non-lens portion of the tail light assembly
5) Spray the tail lenses with the tint spray.
5a) Only do 2 or 3 coats, and wetsand IN BETWEEN the coats, and NOT after the last coat. (this is to ensure that you get little or no orange peel effect on your tint-job.)
6) allow them to dry for about an hour (if you don't do it in the heat/sun)
6a) if you're outside while doing this and it's VERY warm out (70*F +) and it is sunny, you might only need to wait about 15-20 minutes.
7) When they are dry, return them to the car.
8) all done!

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Im not planning on doing this but i've always wondered and since it came up i thought i would ask. What is wet sanding exactly?

[Menace]

I sanded mine in the beginning. Washed it off then wet sanded it then washed it off again. Then you add as many coats of vht nightshade that you want. The more, the darker. Then I put clear coat on mine. Different people do it different ways, mine came out fine. I have a pic in my cardomain if you want to look.

[derek_ski99]

very fine grit sandpaper dipped in soapy wet water (so its less abrasive) = wet sanding

haha wet water...yeah thats


yeah