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ok so i want to smoke my tail lights and front running lights.. what do i need to buy and what do i need to do? i have no clue on where to start.. and how legal is it?
well i'm not sure about smoking the lenses but there are covers you can get to black them out. for smoking the lenses directly i don't know how you would do that. maybe paint them with translucent black? or tint? don't know. good luck though and hope you find the answer you are looking for.
there's stuff called VHT Nightshade. If your good with a spray can it'll work out really nice. there's alot of people who have done it do a search for it.
thats what i did...it jus takes a good painters hand to spray it and you have to prep the lights correctly...otherwise...your gonna get stuck with a lot of work to sand it back down....the other question is how dark you wanna go...
Charged350-- How well does the light show through? Do you have a night pic with the parking lights on?
__________________ 1988 Drop Top RS... LT-1/700R4/3.23 1LE brakes all around behind polished Y2K's, 36/24mm sway bars, wonder bar, koni yellows, and a few other "goodies"
....still sporting trailer park 5 color paint for now. 88 RS vert build thread
well you can warry the darkness with how much black you put in the clear and how many coats of it you actually spray on the lights, no pics of it at night but the running lights during the day are kinda hard to see, but once you hit the brakes you can see it perfectly almost...at night i dont think it should be a issue, i had my cherokee done for almost a year now, never heard any complaints from the po po, and i live in NY where they are absolutelly illegal....
What I did when tinting the lights was shine a flashlight from behind after every coat starting with the 3rd, to get it to where I wanted it, and where I wouldn't get hassled.
I think I like the black/clear mix look better than the VHT. The shine makes all the difference.
What kind of mix ratio did you use with the black/clear?
__________________ 1988 Drop Top RS... LT-1/700R4/3.23 1LE brakes all around behind polished Y2K's, 36/24mm sway bars, wonder bar, koni yellows, and a few other "goodies"
....still sporting trailer park 5 color paint for now. 88 RS vert build thread
those tailights look awesome! how exactly did you get that patten in the lights like that? and those t-tops are awesome! I've actually been wanting my t-tops to do that but i didnt think those type exhisted. where you find them?
those tailights look awesome! how exactly did you get that patten in the lights like that? and those t-tops are awesome! I've actually been wanting my t-tops to do that but i didnt think those type exhisted. where you find them?
This is what it took to achieve the checker board effect.All the blue squares are masking tape.It was individually cut to fit the small grid sections(squares).Afterward you just spray your prefered color.As for those C&Cs.These were an aftermarket conversion by Cars & Concepts(C&C).They went out of business yearssss agoooo.They wont fit the GM tops either.C&Cs are about 2 inches shorter.
HEY IF YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING FOR BLACKOUTS IVE GOT FRONT HEADLIGHT BLACKOUTS FOR A 85-87 CAMARO THEY MIGHT WORK ON NEWER AN OLD ONES NOT SURE , AN THEIR NEW IN THE BOX NEVER USED JUST LOOKT AT , PM IF INTERESTED
anyone have pics of the rear lights on a newer firebird done? and how about anyone with 91-92 front turn signals/lamps painted?? thanks
__________________ '92 red Firebird. pretty much stock for now.
-3 inch exhaust from the y pipe back with high flow magnaflow cat and magnaflow muffler.
-homebrew open element filter
-eibach sportlines
-chrome 4th gen trans am wheels wrapped in 245/50/16 kumho spt's
-TDS wonderbar
-spohn panhard bar w/ spherical rod ends
-shift kit
-Just finished installing 3.42 gears, eaton posi, and yukon high strength axles!!
-subframe connectors, koni yellows, heavy duty swaybars, and some more power hopefully coming soon!
This is what it took to achieve the checker board effect.All the blue squares are masking tape.It was individually cut to fit the small grid sections(squares).Afterward you just spray your prefered color.As for those C&Cs.These were an aftermarket conversion by Cars & Concepts(C&C).They went out of business yearssss agoooo.They wont fit the GM tops either.C&Cs are about 2 inches shorter.
do you have any pics of your taillights without them being on i want to see how they look with out them on and this might be my next mod
helps alot to 
