How To Tint Tail Lights

[spc2125]

what is the easiest and most effective way to tint/smoke your tail lights?

[Ttop191]

VHT nightshades. wetsand tails with 1k grit, spray a thin layer, let dry, spray again, repeat until you are happy with the darkness, clearcoat if you want it glossy, wax and done

[sleepyalero]

Easy. Just go get some VHT nightshades from an autostore (Oriley ).
Remove the tail lights and shake the can well.

Put 3 or less coats on the lights any more then that depending on how thick or light you do the coats will be too dark and you won't be able to see the light.

Do it outside or somewhere where no dust or anything will get on it.

Then what i did was I turned my oven on too 100 degrees and I painted 1 light. Then stuck it in the oven for 20 mins and turned the oven off. Doing this helps the stuff settle and gives it a nice smooth finish.

Once 20 min has gone by take out the light turn oven back on at 100 and go paint another one. Then put the next one in and turn it back off... so on and so forth..

I cooked mine 1 at a time. And painted 1 at a time. Dont paint them all at once and then cook 1 at a time others might turn out not as good looking. Paint 1 and cook. Paint 2nd cook..

Once you have completed all that you git tinted tail lights! best of luck hope this helped!

[sleepyalero]

Edit. Posted twice

[Ttop191]

^ nice double post lol, and idk about that oven trick, could cause bubbling

[sleepyalero]

Originally Posted by Ttop191

^ nice double post lol, and idk about that oven trick, could cause bubbling

Nah its fine I did it to mine. Its just like they are on the car on a hot summer day. And I didn't have to wet sand mine they turned out pretty nice.

[Ttop191]

wet sanding will form a better bond and help with longevity

[sleepyalero]

Originally Posted by Ttop191

wet sanding will form a better bond and help with longevity

I agree

[Gr1m]

you can go to your local body shop and ask them to spray your tails with a black/clearcoat mix, this is permanent, but also comes out looking the best, plus you have a professional spray them. most body shops will charge around $50 if they do it.

[Cashdollar2009]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSKA0ElKg1Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8-hZP6-ZY8

Vids I followed.

[spc2125]

thanks for all the opinions

[sleepyalero]

Originally Posted by spc2125

thanks for all the opinions

Any time!

[clutch1]

Originally Posted by Gr1m

you can go to your local body shop and ask them to spray your tails with a black/clearcoat mix, this is permanent, but also comes out looking the best, plus you have a professional spray them. most body shops will charge around $50 if they do it.

YES.

Nightshade is CRAP. Don't use that shit, never ever never...

Sand with 400 grit or so, then *Clearcoat*.. with a few spoonfuls of black until it sprays them dark enough in about 3 coats.

100x shinier and better looking that nightshade. Don't cheap out.. clearcoat is very cheap at napa, and so is black paint.. a pint of each is enough for a couple sets of tails. Even a $20 paint gun from harbor freight will spray it decently (better than rattle can) if you have a little painting experience.

Otherwise a bodyshop or a friend who shoots paints sometimes can shoot them real good like.

[Gr1m]

this is the only decent pic i have of mine, done the way i described.

[Cashdollar2009]

Looks like poop....
































Damage?

[sleepyalero]

Mine don't look bad at all

[sleepyalero]

I did mine with vht they don't look like junk.

[AlbinoMonkeyRat]

I did mine with VHT too...

IMO 400 is too coarse. I wet-sanded the VHT with 600, and the clear-coat with 800

[robalero]

I wet sanded with 200 grit what on earth are you guys talking about its too coarse lol. I found it wasn't coarse enough and needed to go at it quite a bit to get some of the scratches out

[Lucalare]

200 grit is really coarse...