Thread: Tinted Tails Finished Product(PICS)

I tried to add on to my orginal post but it wasnt working out. Anyway... here are my tinted tails i used 3 coats of VHT nightshade and 4 coats of clear. I love how they turned out. Also thanks for the help JoRow99!!

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a little more wet sanding and some more clear and theyd shine up nice.

^ what he said

wetsand them now then wax them.

Ok sound like i will be doing a light wet sanding tomorrow, another coat of clear, and a little buff job.... this is such a great cheap apperence mod!

lol np. careful when sanding the final clear coat, because it wont be shiny anymore. you need polish to make it shine if you do that. i just got lucky and didnt have to do anything after my last clear coat. btw thats a nice level of darkness!

Originally Posted by joshsGT

so you can still wetsand with the tint on it and it wont mess anything up? cuz i need to clear coat mine more but didnt know if it would mess the tint up.

wetsand between every coat of vht, and then again after your final clear coat. it'll make it hazy, but wipe clean with a rag and then go over it with cleaner wax and that'll bring it shiny(er)

Originally Posted by kjclawson

Ok sound like i will be doing a light wet sanding tomorrow, another coat of clear, and a little buff job.... this is such a great cheap apperence mod!

After you wetsand, use rubbing compound, then polishing compound, then meguiars ultimate compound, then how ever many coats of wax you want. That's the easiest way I have found to bring the shine back.

looks like you were doing spotty coats, holding the can far away and spraying lightly. if you look at my tinting writeup, thats how my first coat looks. the 2nd coat is heavier and has hardly any texture. wetsanding and polishing after that makes it almost perfect

you will need some 1000-2000 sandpaper to get that texture out. it will look like complete crap, but compound and polish buffs it right out

Originally Posted by ZR1Vette09

wetsand between every coat of vht, and then again after your final clear coat. it'll make it hazy, but wipe clean with a rag and then go over it with cleaner wax and that'll bring it shiny(er)

i dont see the point in sanding between coats of VHT. anything you spray afterwards will smooth it out, and the VHT will stick as long as you only wait 10-15 mins between coats.

u'd be surprised. i did not wetsand on mustang tail lights and the paint ran on the corners.

writeup on how to tint lights
http://www.grandprixforums.net/f73/h...tml#post357231

Originally Posted by Warbeaver

u'd be surprised. i did not wetsand on mustang tail lights and the paint ran on the corners.

writeup on how to tint lights
http://www.grandprixforums.net/f73/h...tml#post357231

didn't know you put it on here. i was looking on kcpmc for it and they couldn't see the link

Originally Posted by Warbeaver

http://www.grandprixforums.net/f73/h...tml#post357231

This write-up should defiantly be put in the How-to section to replace the other one considering the one in there is not half as good. good job!

And also to get mine looking a little better should i wet-sand with 2000 grit, clean and dry, polish and buff, and then is that it?

Originally Posted by kjclawson

This write-up should defiantly be put in the How-to section to replace the other one considering the one in there is not half as good. good job!

And also to get mine looking a little better should i wet-sand with 2000 grit, clean and dry, polish and buff, and then is that it?

If you really have 4 coats of clear on them, yes.

Wetsand thoroughly with 2000. Then use a polish (meguiars #7 is what I used). After that give them a coat of wax to protect them.

yeah, i really don't think you need to use a polish like meguiars m205 or anything that has a cut to it. that duplicolor clear isn't super hard like GM clear coats are. I used to get great results doing it all by hand. Then i switched to using a porter cable for the polishing and that made it look even better. easier to do to