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Mar 29, 2008 | 10:07 PM

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tinted tails

tinted or blacked out tail lights..people that have done it to their cars, what did you use and how does it look i have a metallic silver ws6 and i plan on putting black rims on it, so i want to black out my tails also..

Mar 29, 2008 | 10:19 PM

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i got mine done with auto paint/clear mix.

or do a SEARCH on vht.

Mar 29, 2008 | 10:34 PM

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you have to do A LOT of prep for the vht or it will crack/peel and look like ***, i just ended up getting the blackouts from summit racing, looks 100x better than tint.

Mar 29, 2008 | 10:49 PM

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well i did a search on tinted tails and didnt find any products..kept searching and just found vht..but dont really want spray on.. i found a lay on tint like window tint made for lights and im thinking bout trying that out..and ill check out the stuff on summit racing

Mar 29, 2008 | 11:36 PM

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you have to do A LOT of prep for the vht or it will crack/peel and look like ***, i just ended up getting the blackouts from summit racing, looks 100x better than tint.

not sure on firebirds/transams/formulas but blackouts will cause the lights to get a dimple cus of the heat

this is mine. http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/6...ture015xp9.jpg

we are taking my friends tails from his silver ws6 soon to do the same. see how those come out.

Mar 30, 2008 | 01:14 AM

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not sure on firebirds/transams/formulas but blackouts will cause the lights to get a dimple cus of the heat

this is mine. http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/6...ture015xp9.jpg

we are taking my friends tails from his silver ws6 soon to do the same. see how those come out.

I have had covers on both my birds, my 02 had them on for 2 years in the LA heat with no dimpling, i think what you are talking about is the camaro black outs, it has been known to happen with them.

Mar 30, 2008 | 01:23 AM

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Here is a shot of my VHT'ed tails.

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/1336/vhttailsre4.jpg

Sorry for the quality, it was a camera phone picture on an overcast day.
They can look pretty dark without light falling on them, but when the sun hits them they actually don't looked darkened that much.

I used about 3/4 of a can of VHT on the two lights. I think about 6 coats and then 6 coats of clear. They have slight orange peel so as soon as I find a reasonable DS replacement for mine (it has a crack), I will redo them.

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Mar 30, 2008 | 02:40 AM

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ever thought about lamin-x?

Mar 30, 2008 | 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Havok2

i got mine done with auto paint/clear mix.

or do a SEARCH on vht.

Thats how I'm doing mine. They are getting done this week.

Mar 30, 2008 | 02:23 PM

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ever thought about lamin-x?

Huh. That's an idea. Will Lamin-X contour to our bowed tail lights?

Mar 30, 2008 | 06:00 PM

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heres mine i tinted them with automotive clear mixed with a small amount of black they are not real dark but thats how i wanted them

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Apr 2, 2008 | 12:11 PM

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im thinking thats how i want mine too. not to dark cuz its such a light car.. i think the contrast will make them look darker

Apr 2, 2008 | 03:21 PM

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here's mine.

Apr 2, 2008 | 06:33 PM

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all three of my camaros had tail light covers in middle georgia and never had a single prob with the heat from them

Apr 2, 2008 | 06:38 PM

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here's mine, they're tinted with a film i got on ebay

Apr 2, 2008 | 07:38 PM

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I like the blackouts. That back end is wicked.

Apr 2, 2008 | 08:39 PM

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^if youre talking about mine than thanks...if not you can go fist yourself haha jk

Apr 2, 2008 | 09:01 PM

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here's mine
i actually hav covers on it but looking forward to tinting them

Apr 2, 2008 | 09:14 PM

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I've done mine with VHT Night Shade this week , but i had black out on my car for years. I like the VHT much better, my self.
They look real black but there not as dark as the black outs, The light shine threw much brighter. Day and night