tinting taillights
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From: NorCal
RE: tinting taillights
zach, is sanding off the DOT stuff necessary, because if I can I'd rather leave it on. I tinted my old taillights and I've had cops look at them for the DOT approval thing. If its gone, they can give me a fix-it ticket and I wouldn't be able to swap them out without buying a another set. If you have some pics of cars with niteshades and without the clearcoat that would awesome, Ive only seen spray-tinted tails with clear coats, and I don't want to put a clear coat on.
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RE: tinting taillights
ok, i just finished my tails today, and i'm extremely disappointed. i prepped em right, i wet-sanded them a hundred times, i put a thousand coats of tint on, and i even used a clear coat, and it looks like crap. it's got a maroon color to it, not black, and i used two cans of tint spray. i'm not an amatuer when it comes to painting, so i know i didn't mess up that part. i'll post pics when i get my camera back after the weekend. i'm never spray tinting my taillights again....i don't recommend it for anyone, even if you do it the "right way"
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RE: tinting taillights
sorry it took so long....i was gonna clean her up a little before i took pics, but whatever, here she is, filthy as all hell.
here's one with the flash, the reflectors still work!
here's one with the flash, the reflectors still work!
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From: Canada
RE: tinting taillights
those look great to me!
don't see the maroon colour... but definatly expect a dark ruby colour in tinting dude. You have light entering the lense, then reflecting off the housing and coming to you through a red lense first... then a dark grey lense. It's like mixing paint. IMO, it look great, nice work!
don't see the maroon colour... but definatly expect a dark ruby colour in tinting dude. You have light entering the lense, then reflecting off the housing and coming to you through a red lense first... then a dark grey lense. It's like mixing paint. IMO, it look great, nice work!
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RE: tinting taillights
ORIGINAL: BFlan2001
ok, i just finished my tails today, and i'm extremely disappointed. i prepped em right, i wet-sanded them a hundred times, i put a thousand coats of tint on, and i even used a clear coat, and it looks like crap. it's got a maroon color to it, not black, and i used two cans of tint spray. i'm not an amatuer when it comes to painting, so i know i didn't mess up that part. i'll post pics when i get my camera back after the weekend. i'm never spray tinting my taillights again....i don't recommend it for anyone, even if you do it the "right way"
ok, i just finished my tails today, and i'm extremely disappointed. i prepped em right, i wet-sanded them a hundred times, i put a thousand coats of tint on, and i even used a clear coat, and it looks like crap. it's got a maroon color to it, not black, and i used two cans of tint spray. i'm not an amatuer when it comes to painting, so i know i didn't mess up that part. i'll post pics when i get my camera back after the weekend. i'm never spray tinting my taillights again....i don't recommend it for anyone, even if you do it the "right way"
they really aren't maroon, that was just me being angry i guess.
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RE: tinting taillights
well, unless someone's having a romantic session with ur lights, you should be alright. maybe an uber fine grit paper and another couple coats of clearcoat will fix it up, i personally think it looks great as is. I don't think i've ever seen anyone do a tint job and not have just a hint of speckle at least when they're done.
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RE: tinting taillights
thats deff what they are gonna look like. i did it to my 98 blue one and thats how they came out. i guess thats why i havent decided to do it again but i have a black one now and i think yours looks great. but the night shades doesnt leave a nices shine at all. try an enamal clear spray. like 10 coats...lol..ive usually had good luck with that stuff.
