Tinting tail lights

[96-Pi_stang]

I am gonna be using VHT niteshade on my tail lights and I was just wondering what I was going to need to do to make them look glossy once they are finished.

 

[97GT4.6]

spray them with clear coat and or wet sand them

 

[uncltrvlnmatt]

My opinion is don't do it. I was driving behind somebody with smoked tails, and in the sun you can't see when the brake lights come on. Almost butholed the other car.

 

[Javi]

use a mix of black and clear instead.

My opinion is don't do it. I was driving behind somebody with smoked tails, and in the sun you can't see when the brake lights come on. Almost butholed the other car.

Wear your glasses matt! lol

 

[switch96]

You will get the best finish by wet sanding as I did. But you'll need to go up to about 2500 grit.

 

[ttocs]

You do not have to make them super dark to get the desired effect, there is still plenty of light out of mine.

I went to an auto paint supply store when I wanted to get the vht and when I asked for they guys there said it was crap. When I told them what I was doing they recomended a black candy paint and a good quality UV resistant clear. I used them 3 yrs ago on both the headlights and the tails and have not had an issue with them since.

 

[96-Pi_stang]

You do not have to make them super dark to get the desired effect, there is still plenty of light out of mine.

I went to an auto paint supply store when I wanted to get the vht and when I asked for they guys there said it was crap. When I told them what I was doing they recomended a black candy paint and a good quality UV resistant clear. I used them 3 yrs ago on both the headlights and the tails and have not had an issue with them since.

Yeah I might go with something like that because I've heard a lot of negative things about VHT niteshade.

 

[Javi]

Black and clear mix:

 

[ttocs]

I will be selling the headlights that I smoked shortly if you want a set for upfront pm me.

 

[Win]

People think it is so hard to do and it's not. I used the VHT on mine. This is a before and after. I got rid of it. sure it might have looked good but i don't need to draw any attention to myself. My car when finished will do more then enough of that. I didn't even wet sand them in the last pic. I know if i would have wetsanded them they would have come out even nicer. I got rid of them a day or two after i did that.

 

[96-Pi_stang]

Black and clear mix:

Do you just clear coat them after you tint them?

 

[Javi]

No, its a mix of black and clear coat mixed together and then spray on there..

 

[ttocs]

yes definitly and get a good quality uv resistant clear.

 

[OnyxCobra]

what negative things have you heard about VHT?

 

[94Pro-5.0]

use a mix of black and clear instead.

this

 

[g36 monkey]

I have used VHT on a number of cars and have yet to encounter any issues. Some of us are poor and don't have sprayers/compressors/extra money for real paint. Well, now I have a sprayer but my compressor can't keep up haha.

My best resuslts was a little 400 grit sanding to start, cleaning off, spraying VHT on, getting it to the desired darkness + matching the other. After that clear coated the heck out of it. Didnt wet sand because I'm lazy and didnt feel like buffing.

Then I put on honeycomb stickers because I'm a cool guy and that added 10 hp.

As you can see, not super dark because I didn't want them that way.

 

[96-Pi_stang]

So what is the exact procedure of the black and clear coat mix? Also what all materials would I need? Thanks guys for your help! :headbang: