Tinting Tail Lights Question
Tinting Tail Lights Question What is the best way to tint the tail lights on a '99 Firebird? Can you use normal black spray paint? I only want a little bit of a tint, not a complete black.
i dont want mine as much as yours BIG_MIKE, i just want a little bit of tint, so the red still shows, just darkened a bit. my cousin knows a guy that will do it for $20, hes not clearing them out at all, just using black car paint. im scared, cause this car is my baby, so just makin sure this can be done with this kind of paint. do you spray the inside of the light or the outside?
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Originally Posted by enos44
that looks pretty cool and i think it would look pretty cool on my car but is it illegal? and if so have you ever been cited for having it?
wouldn't it be just as dark as some GTS covers? or would it be darker with the VHT, cause I was possibly going to do the VHT, but I don't want to completely ruin the ability to see at night
Originally Posted by BIG_MIKE2005
I'd be willing to bet mine look just as good with VHT & clear as yours.
Originally Posted by s.o.m.SS
Maybe I just don't personally believe a rattle can could match up to a good ol' spray gun.
i used RC car tint and it works the same but i got pulled over and it peeled off when it was in the hot sun. i clear coated it and everything. i had covers since i got my car and got sick of the look so im just keep the tails stock for now
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I have a friend who used VHT Nightshades on his '06 Subaru STI. I helped him do it this past weekend. We painted his fog lights, headlights, and his taillights. I personaly wouldn't do the headlights. His headlights came out good, it's just that the brightness of the headlight isn't as good as it was before. I'm even thinking about ordering a can for myself so I could tint my taillights and my third brake light, maybe even the side lights on the quarter panel to my '96 T/A. It's either I tint my taillights or go with the '98+ T/A honeycomb taillights.
You can make the Nightshades look just as good as ANY other paint. 100% Gaurenteed. All good paint job comes down to good prep & solid painting procedures. True the Nightshades will be not as glossy without clear, but you'll want to clear them anyway to keep wax from leaving it's mark & so you can just hit the entire back panel with the buffer.
I'd rather use a product made for tinting tail lights then reduced paint that isn't designed to let the light back out after you paint over it. My tails are just as bright at night as they were before & during the day my brake lights can be seen easily. Same goes for all my sidemarkers.
It's been over a year & my car sits out in the elements every day & is driven over 50 miles a day, so it's not a covered garage queen. The VHT has withstood the elements & not faded at all. Why go thru all the trouble of professionally sprayin on reduced black paint when you can remove your tails & do the VHT/Clear in your garage in a weekend??
I'd rather use a product made for tinting tail lights then reduced paint that isn't designed to let the light back out after you paint over it. My tails are just as bright at night as they were before & during the day my brake lights can be seen easily. Same goes for all my sidemarkers.
It's been over a year & my car sits out in the elements every day & is driven over 50 miles a day, so it's not a covered garage queen. The VHT has withstood the elements & not faded at all. Why go thru all the trouble of professionally sprayin on reduced black paint when you can remove your tails & do the VHT/Clear in your garage in a weekend??
Listen bigmike I don't know if you have stock in VHT or what but I still disagree PPG in a spray gun > rattle can. I stated my opinions and experiences im not trying to write a persuasive essay here. So now I am going to quit whoring the thread. Have a nice day.
Originally Posted by italicizedsponge
i used RC car tint and it works the same but i got pulled over and it peeled off when it was in the hot sun. i clear coated it and everything. i had covers since i got my car and got sick of the look so im just keep the tails stock for now