VHT Nite Shades [Merged 8-7] tint tinted smoked painted tails taillight taillights

[boostdevil]

well i wouldnt say any autoparts store, around here the only autoparts store that has it is a store called the autobarn. big name autostores like autozone, pepboys, or advanced auto parts dont carry the nightshades spray tint... you can also order it through summit or jegs

 

[tunerkid]

i also plan on slightly smoking my tails and center piece...

my friend did it to his 89 hatch and he saned with fine grit paper.. just to get it nice and smooth and whatnot.. then he use a cleaning alcohol substance wiped them down.. then applied several LIGHT layers letting them dry in between.. turned out looking good.. and you can hardly notice them at night when lit, that they are even smoked. dont BLACK them out, that looks ugly.. just tint them 1/2 way dark, looks awesome

 

[Talek]

I tried searching and couldn't find specifically what I was looking for... I've got a black 93 TSi and want to kind of darken the tails on it for a smoked appearance, kinda like the 3rd gen rx7's have. Wanna keep it thin enough so the stock colors show through without lights on. I bought some nightshades spray, but I've never used the stuff before, and nobody says how many coats they used to tint their tails, and there aren't many cars I've seen that have just tinted and not blacked out.

Also, I was curious if anyone's ever tinted their front lights on a 1gb with clear corners. I mean a very light tint, make it look a bit "silverish" or maybe "gunmetalish" heh... Not enough to interfere with the lights much at all.

Thanks for the help!

 

[Sic95gst]

When using the nightshades yuo will not want to do more then 2 coats. it will be very dark but the light will still come threw. Good luck and post some pics when done. I'm getting ready to that to my 95.

 

[Talek]

So, 2 coats would probably be blacked out unless the lights are on... right? So 1 coat would still show the stock reflector color?

 

[98spydert]

Anyone know where I can find the spray paint that's for lenses and just tInts them. I think people use them for cutom black outs or something.

 

[Alchemy98]

duplicolor lacquer paint, autozone

 

[FiReBReTHa]

VHT NiteShades

 

[TSiPSi17]

Summit

 

[98spydert]

Autozone is a block away so I'll try them first, thanks for the replys fellas

 

[ootalipseoo]

or a R/C car store they use it to tint windows on rc cars

 

[00turbocivic00]

Ive had bad luck with that stuff, I got the kind made for R/C cars, and it came out looking great, but after only like 2 weeks it started chipping off, I even re-did them and used a protective coat, and they still chipped away, it was more of a pain than it was worth, so just a suggestion to maybe stick with the autozone stuff, it probably would work a bit better.

 

[ootalipseoo]

I used the rc car stuff on my Rx7 and my Eclipse and my buddys Contour used a lil clear coat over the top, been rolling for atleast a year now

 

[blcknspo0ln]

niteshades

 

[98spydert]

niteshades

What's that?

 

[boostdevil]

its VHT Nightshades spray tint, you can get them in select auto parts stores and order it online or catalog from summit or jegs
just make sure if any of you use it to put some clear over it otherwise it will look too dull and look stupid

 

[Urban_S]

So its just like spray paint? You spray it on then spray a poly coat over it?

 

[boostdevil]

yah but you gotta be real careful with it because the tint spray is very thin so it tends to drip really easy, just do nice light coats, probably about 5 or 6 coats, and then 3 or 4 coats of clear, hope that helped

 

[Urban_S]

Should I take my back hach off to do it? How much does it cost? My idea is to test it on my beater honda to get it to work.

 

[boostdevil]

Should I take my back hach off to do it? How much does it cost? My idea is to test it on my beater honda to get it to work.

no that would be way to much work, just take the lights out :laugh:
i also heard that if you wet sand the lights first the paint will stick better, but i might be wrong about that not sure. good idea though on testing on your beater, but just to let you know your probably gonna need about 4 cans then and each can cost about 10 bucks

 

[98spydert]

Should I take my back hach off to do it? How much does it cost? My idea is to test it on my beater honda to get it to work.

It's not for windows bro, it's more for lenses or model cars or other small things. If you put it on windows it'll probably look like ass.

 

[stock1g4g63]

this is what i used:

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You can find them on ebay. Just search for "smoke spray"

 

[Alchemy98]

nice im about to start on mine but the duplicolor lacquer paint i got isnt black it's white muahahahaha i havent seen anyone with white tinted tails before, plus my car is white

 

[FiReBReTHa]

nice im about to start on mine but the duplicolor lacquer paint i got isnt black it's white muahahahaha i havent seen anyone with white tinted tails before, plus my car is white

sounds cool!

 

[boostdevil]

nice im about to start on mine but the duplicolor lacquer paint i got isnt black it's white muahahahaha i havent seen anyone with white tinted tails before, plus my car is white

for sure that should look pimp, post pix of it so we can see how cool it turns out!