Thread: Thinking about another mod...

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!

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.

also clear coat helps to when i did mine i did 2 coats of clear

send them to flip.

Originally Posted by Bio248

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.

This

Originally Posted by nascartech

also clear coat helps to when i did mine i did 2 coats of clear

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.

send them to flip

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.

Where in michigan are you?

I'm in Belleville!

even tho i like nawarkk's job on his tints, i say send them to flip if you want an awesome, shiny suberb tint.

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.

Originally Posted by JoRoW99

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.

you do mean parallel right?

Yeah I was just going to say... um... to even TRY and spray it perpendicularly would be hard... but to do it evenly?

Cops love tinted tails in Michigan. Just sayin.

i'm gonna have a bodyshop do mine. clear w/ black out of a gun!

Originally Posted by SilvaMan61

you do mean parallel right?

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.

Originally Posted by JoRoW99

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.

he is right parallel is like an equals sign IE = perpendicular is a +. = paint misses + OMG the paint hit it

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