What do you use to black-out tail lights? Are halo head lights possible on F-Body?
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No covers for me, thanks.
I want a nice black tint. My friend tinted his tail lights with VHT and the finished product came out opaque looking. It didn't look shiny at all to me. I couldn't see my reflection on it at all. I don't know how else to describe the look.
I want a nice black tint. My friend tinted his tail lights with VHT and the finished product came out opaque looking. It didn't look shiny at all to me. I couldn't see my reflection on it at all. I don't know how else to describe the look.
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Here's what I think is the process for making the lights the way I want them. Correct me if I'm wrong.
- Get tailights
- get wet sandpaper (please tell me which) and sand the gloss of your tail light
- apply vht nite-shade
- let dry
- re apply for darker shade
- let dry
- apply clear coat
What does the clear coat do? Also I saw a video on youtube where the guy uses paint thinner. I can link you to the video but it's the most popular video regarding tinting tail lights.
- Get tailights
- get wet sandpaper (please tell me which) and sand the gloss of your tail light
- apply vht nite-shade
- let dry
- re apply for darker shade
- let dry
- apply clear coat
What does the clear coat do? Also I saw a video on youtube where the guy uses paint thinner. I can link you to the video but it's the most popular video regarding tinting tail lights.
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Pretty sure it's straight forward. If you want a really nice finish, wet sand between coats.
Halo headlights... not something you can buy. You'd have to custom make those.
Here's a nice detailed write up on how to tint your tails:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearanc...s-how-tos.html
Halo headlights... not something you can buy. You'd have to custom make those.
Here's a nice detailed write up on how to tint your tails:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearanc...s-how-tos.html
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Pretty sure it's straight forward. If you want a really nice finish, wet sand between coats.
Halo headlights... not something you can buy. You'd have to custom make those.
Here's a nice detailed write up on how to tint your tails:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearanc...s-how-tos.html
Halo headlights... not something you can buy. You'd have to custom make those.
Here's a nice detailed write up on how to tint your tails:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearanc...s-how-tos.html
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I saw some 4x6 bulbs on ebay the other day. They must be fake then.
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Get those...
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Here's what I think is the process for making the lights the way I want them. Correct me if I'm wrong.
- Get tailights
- get wet sandpaper (please tell me which) and sand the gloss of your tail light
- apply vht nite-shade
- let dry
- re apply for darker shade
- let dry
- apply clear coat
What does the clear coat do? Also I saw a video on youtube where the guy uses paint thinner. I can link you to the video but it's the most popular video regarding tinting tail lights.
- Get tailights
- get wet sandpaper (please tell me which) and sand the gloss of your tail light
- apply vht nite-shade
- let dry
- re apply for darker shade
- let dry
- apply clear coat
What does the clear coat do? Also I saw a video on youtube where the guy uses paint thinner. I can link you to the video but it's the most popular video regarding tinting tail lights.
Altogether I think it takes maybe an hour or two max for it to be fully dry and reinstalled.
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^ Couldn't have said it better. Main thing is, take your time. As for your friend, he either didn't do it right or didn't follow up with the clear coat and if he did, I doubt he wet sanded it and polished em out but I have been wrong before so don't hold me to it. For the Halo's, I wouldn't do it in any car with flip-up headlights. Doesn't look right to me or at least I've not seen any that do.
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I never wetsanded mine since I never have done it before and didn't want to screw up my tails, so I just put a couple layers of VHT, then used clear. They were semi-shiny, wetsanding would have gotten them better of course. But if you don't have any clearcoat, well, the VHT will be rather dull.
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Please explain to me what wetsanding does.
From what I've seen and read on Youtube, wetsanding takes away the gloss. Wouldn't wetsanding after applying the VHT product remove the gloss as well?
From what I've seen and read on Youtube, wetsanding takes away the gloss. Wouldn't wetsanding after applying the VHT product remove the gloss as well?
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yes it does but as soon as you clear over that its glossy again. Its just to take out the ripples and imperfections out of the tint you sprayed on,,, it its pretty dust free,, skip the wetsand and just clear.
Even if you dont tint your tail lights, or markers,,, or whatever,, some wet sanding and clear coat on them will make em look like new. Other say mag/alum wheel polish works on just stock tail lights too but Ive never tryed it.
Even if you dont tint your tail lights, or markers,,, or whatever,, some wet sanding and clear coat on them will make em look like new. Other say mag/alum wheel polish works on just stock tail lights too but Ive never tryed it.