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10-11-2010
I really want to tint my taillights, I have found plenty of threads on it. However, I did my stockers and they didnt turn out so well. They looked ok but had no shine. I am afraid of messing up my new ones up, they were expensive. I do think they would look better tinted but I'm nervous about it. Anyone wanna help? LOL MANY peeps on here have been hounding me to do it so I need to before I change my mind again!
10-11-2010
to get them to shine you need to sand them with really fine sand paper, then wet sand, then buff them with rubbing compound, then wax them.
10-11-2010
also clear coat helps to when i did mine i did 2 coats of clear
10-11-2010
send them to flip.
10-11-2010
ThisOriginally Posted by Bio248
I would think that's a given.
It also helps to not use nightshades, and instead use a mix of black and clear automotive paint, with an actual spray gun, then clear over that.
10-11-2010
send them to flip
10-11-2010
Give it nice thick, even coats of clear. Always perpendicular to the surface of the tail light. Mine came out glossy smooth with no sanding afterward, except on the edges where i didnt go perpendicular all the way and didnt get as thick of a coat.
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10-11-2010
Where in michigan are you?
10-11-2010
I'm in Belleville!
10-12-2010
You can bring them to me, I've done a few including my own
And I'm in Michigan (:
10-12-2010
even tho i like nawarkk's job on his tints, i say send them to flip if you want an awesome, shiny suberb tint.
10-12-2010
Believe it or not, we're blessed on this forum to know to use clearcoat. Many people do not seem to know that clearing tinted tails IS A GOOD THING, and therefore will have NEVER thought of it.
10-12-2010
you do mean parallel right?
10-12-2010
Yeah I was just going to say... um... to even TRY and spray it perpendicularly would be hard... but to do it evenly?
10-12-2010
Cops love tinted tails in Michigan. Just sayin.
10-12-2010
Depends on the cop.. I drove in front of a cop for a straight mile and he didn't pull me over.. Got pulled over once at night randomly and he didn't even say anything about them. Maybe I'm just lucky.Cops love tinted tails in Michigan. Just sayin.
10-12-2010
i'm gonna have a bodyshop do mine. clear w/ black out of a gun!
10-13-2010
No. If i tried to spray clear coat parallel to the tail light, i wouldnt get any on it
Edit for clarity: The stream of paint must be perpendicular to the tail light. the motion that you move the can is parallel to it.
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10-13-2010
he is right parallel is like an equals sign IE = perpendicular is a +. = paint misses + OMG the paint hit itNo. If i tried to spray clear coat parallel to the tail light, i wouldnt get any on it
Edit for clarity: The stream of paint must be perpendicular to the tail light. the motion that you move the can is parallel to it.
10-13-2010
just wetsand between each cost of nightshades and they will look good
i did my girlfriends accord this way, 3 light coats and 2 heavy coats of clear
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