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

[csonny90]

How much did it cost you to paint the center panel of the tail light? What part do you paint? I want to keep the eclipse emblem on it? I beemn trying to find a tutorial but no gold

 

[InfiniteGSX]

To paint the center without painting the Eclipse logo... will be very, very hard! Unless someone knows a good easy way to uninstall the logo so you can paint the center peice and then reinstall the logo... cause I couldn't!

 

[knight007]

my buddy did it to his by carefully masking off the letters and spraying around it
xdsmdeomxRS did a great job

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[csonny90]

so you just paint over the center tail? You dont have to remove it first, sand, primer or anything like that?

 

[InfiniteGSX]

You can mask it off... or remove it. ITs not hard to remove... its like 6 10mm bolts.

knight007, that loooooksssss SICKK!!!!

 

[csonny90]

Can you tell me where to buy the paint?
What is needed? Primer, stripper, sandpaper?

 

[InfiniteGSX]

Depends on what color your car is, you can possibly paint match a color at Autozone... and you dont need to primer it... I'd just grab some sanding pads... like a 320grit and sand it down to roughen up the surface a bit... then spray it down with brake cleaner! Not carb cleaner, that has lube in it... you want to get all the oily based junk off of it before the paint will even think about sticking.

What I'd say... mask off the letters using a razor blade... just be easy with it all and you'll do perfect!

 

[csonny90]

should i add a clear coat? how many layers of paint should i do?

 

[bostonhatcher]

Painting the center tail the same color as the car, is about as good as it gets with taillights on the 2g's.

 

[InfiniteGSX]

A few coats of paint... to your satisfaction.... and clear... ya if you want it to be clear... I painted mine flat black...with a glossy black car.

 

[dsmpokolm]

I have seen people take that center section to a shop that does custom vinyl graphics and just get a vinyl sticker, color of your choice put on it. That way if you decide later on in life that you dont like it you just peel it off. Looks good too. An idea!

 

[GSX Eclipse]

my buddy did it to his by carefully masking off the letters and spraying around it
xdsmdeomxRS did a great job

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Holy crap dude.........that looks bada$s!

And dsmpokolm, that isn't a bad idea either.........how much would that noramlly cost?

 

[RJD2]

Anyone have a picture of a 2g that's the blueish grey color (can't remember the name of it at the moment) and has smoked tails? Yes I've searched. I'm asking because I have some friends in a auto body class/shop that will do it for free and I wanna see a picture so I can decide if I wanna do it or not.


P.S. If you dont know the color I'm talking about look at my profile.

 

[turbosax2]

It's called "Magenta Gray Pearl".

 

[laserspeeddemon]

I used black panty hose to smoke mine. I got rid of it. It looked got, but wasn't my style.

 

[dikdiamond]

Although this link has already been put in the thread,I recommend checking out the video herehttp://www.350z-tech.com/zwiki/How_to_Smoke_Taillights
It gives very detailed instructions,and appears to be easy,albeit time-consuming. That's fine with me,as long as I do a good job when I attempt mine

 

[mitsubishi684]

does any one know if there is a kit or if its easy to convert the 2g talon rea garnish into the eclipse one like this one http://www.dsmtuners.com/classifieds/showproduct.php?product=61632&cat=4&date=1144918806
thanks
-Josh

 

[meliketoball]

You can get it painted to match at a body/paint shop or do it your self if your car is black, white or any other common color.

 

[dsmzoom]

So I bought some Nightshade and did it the right way. I polished each piece so I don't have that matte orange peel finish. It's honestly shinier then paint itself.

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3 coats of Nightshade, then one coat of Clear, wetsand with 2000 grit, repeat twice.
Then polish with buffer and turtle wax scratch remover, finally a nice coat of wax.

 

[InfiniteGSX]

I'd prefer to spray the nightshade on the inside of the tails, I think that is the right way... that way the OEM clear is still used... looks like OEM Smoked tails.

 

[97 4G63]

I used 3 coat of Nightshade on the inside of the lights then wayted 2days to dry and here is the final product...

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[dsmzoom]

wow mines alot darker for 3 coats.

 

[97 4G63]

wow mines alot darker for 3 coats.

Did you use vht?
It probally took me a little longer but i still kepd the stock clear on the out side but i like the way they turned out i just gota figure out how to tint the middle peice..

 

[dsmzoom]

Did you use vht?
It probally took me a little longer but i still kepd the stock clear on the out side but i like the way they turned out i just gota figure out how to tint the middle peice..

Yeah I used VHT, I'm not going to be so quick to doubt my custom clear like you two. I sprayied it, let it dry, clear coated it, let it dry, wet sanded, did this twice. I'm sure itll hold up as long as the car does.

 

[97 4G63]

Yeah I used VHT, I'm not going to be so quick to doubt my custom clear like you two. I sprayied it, let it dry, clear coated it, let it dry, wet sanded, did this twice. I'm sure itll hold up as long as the car does.

Oh don't get me wrong they look nice how did you keep the reverse lights clear?