So I was browsing the web and saw some guy who said he found a way to paint the amber part of out third gen tailights on this website red with some red kandy apple red clear paint. But, I can't seem to find it, dont know if anyone know what Im talking about, but if you do please help!!

Yes....Translucent Red spray model paint.



A usual mod for the Camaro guys, to run my STS.

Yeah but I was looking for more of a "how to" like disassemble the tailights assembly..

That looks good, but steve, is that painted on the inside or the outside? I like the way mine turned out after painting the inside and polishing the outside.
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I think the easyiest way to dissasemble the taillights once they are out, is to give the seal a nice go over with a HOT hairdryer. Then the seal gets kinda gooey, and the lense starts to pull apart real easily.

I THINK those were painted on the outside & not polished yet......Not my car.

My GTA is already all red.

thats all it is model paint? *stupid question* any sanding or anything required? how long does it usually last? does the heat from the light bulbs fade it quick?

Well... I dont know about how long the paint would last on the outside. But I did first do mine on the outside, and it didnt quite look just right. The texture of the lense was different and you could tell. I then took my lense apart and painted the inside, and it matches the red for my brake lights 100%. I then sanded and removed the old paint from where I painted it on the outside, then polished the outside to a brilliant shine. Personally if it was me, I would paint the inside...

did you scuff up the inside before you painted, or did you just clean it and paint it? how many coats/bottles did you have to use? im going up to the hobby store tomorrow while im out to get some transparent candy apple red model spray paint lol. how many bottles will i need? thanks!

No. DONT scuff the inside... Just get an alcohol prep wipe, wipe the lense your painting. That's all, then paint in light coats. Finish up with a nice thick coat. When I get off work Ill take some pics for you... I think I used about 4-5 light coats, then 1 heavy coat. Just to be safe. One bottle per tail light. If your only doing one side of the car, then just get one bottle... That's PLENTY in case you mess up. As a matter of fact, You could probably do 10 taillights with one bottle lol

lol alright sweet, im lookin forward to the pics. thanks!

Stephen , Great Look! At my Firebird i paint tail lights too

i know it depends on what state your in being able to have you taillights blacked out. in illinois its illegal to have black covers, im guessing it would be illegal to have them be just painted black to wouldnt it??

i do custom tinted tails and whatever else you want tinted....its a custom made tint that is pretty much totally transparent when hit with light....can do any color or any darkness...

+1 they looks black but transparrency of this paint is about 70%. so other drivers seen the very good (but quick )

Not a great pic, but another example of the amber delete:



*Note: These tails are tinted also

whats it take to do the tinting by yourself? what exactly is the tinting? full explanation if you could please. thanks again guys

Tail light tinting is the darkening of the outside of the stock tail light housing. This process is most commonly done on 3rd gens with a product called VHT Nite shades:

http://www.jegs.com/i//322/SP999/10002/-1

The process is explained in the description on the Jegs website. There is also a great deal of info. on this mod. Much can be found by using the search feature.

ahh thanks. i just bought a can lol. how many coats did you apply?? i really like the tint in your lights.

just did mine about 3 weeks ago. i did 2 good coats. u can see the before and after. VHT says not to do more than 3 coats or u will prob block out the lights. i wet sanded the lights with a 600grit before paint so it would stick properly... then used rubbing alcohole to prep before coats. 2 coats about 30min apart. did the trick.

heres the thread.

http://www.thirdgen.org/techboard/fa...des-spray.html (VHT nite shades spray paint TINT YOUR REAR LIGHTS)

Here: http://www.thirdgen.org/techboard/bo...our-amber.html (Get rid of your Amber)

And if you read enough of that thread, you'll see one of the reasons I don't post here very much. The stock nazis on this site are disgusting. I typed all that crap out, basically a tech article, and they hijack the thread just because the only picture I had was of a car with that big funky wing on it.

Mathius

+1 for painting the inside of the lense and not the outside

I hear ya on that one, its a 20 year old car that they made tons of, unless you have some extraordinarily rare variant, keeping it stock is about pointless.

GM made over 800,000 Third Gens for Chrissake- this is not the Hope Diamond we are talking about! Mod yours how you see fit. Don't like how it turned out? Buy another one for under $2000 and START OVER!!

are them gta tail lights or firebird tail lights

Thanks, but I was just showing it is easily doable. I have a 87. That is BigBabyLou's Camaro.

Keeping a 20 year old car stock is not pointless. I'm not telling you how to have your car. But my car will always be stock. And personally i will never buy a car that is not stock, because you never know what is in it then. But then again this is just my opinion and i respect your choice to mod your car. Not trying to start an argument, just tryin to get you to see the other side of things.

I try to find them as stock as possible since most people's work usually doesn't meet my standards, but I can't leave well enough alone... I'm always looking for a virgin to have my way with...

Your logic is quite logical

I turned my Reverse lights into tail lights, so now I have 4 red lights per side.....

Under $2grand... You Yanks don't know how lucky you are. I'm a long-time lurker here... I don't own a third-gen... But that is because average price here in Australia is around $17000AUD... At current exchange rates that equates to just under $14000USD. I hope to buy a Camaro as soon as I can afford it. It will probably be RHD, but since I live in Western Australia I won't be legally obliged to get it RHD as long as its a pre-1990 car.

Back to my main point, those all-red or all-black tail lights look awesome, but sadly I will probably never get to own a car with them. =(

Bless your heart...

Ok, anyways, for those of us with thirdgen's.

Um, what is the best method for re-sealing the lenses, like what sealing product should I use?

Also I have heard mention of "polishing the tail lights". What polishing product do you recommend?

I didn't check the date, but assuming this is correct, you could fly here, pick one out, and ship it home for that price. That or find a trusty relative over here.

http://www.costhelper.com/cost/home-...-overseas.html

heres My 86 Iroc with blacked out tail lights. I used Model paint called window tint from a hobby shop. They are painted on the Outside of the lense. i used it on my parking lights and my fog lights as well

That looks cool! How does it hold up to being washed ?

Why would you "tint" your foglights?

^^agree. why the hell would you tint your fog lights? thats like tinting yor headlights.

EXACTLY!! I have blackouts on my head lights and painted my parking lights and fog lights. EVERYTHING is blacked out. I can see Very well at nite. Heres a pic.

no problems washing yet. It seems to stick ok,

That's the dumbest thing I've seen in a while. But if it works for you, so be it.

I had blackouts on my headlights until the day one of them flew out. They didn't really harm my visibility any. It was also nice in the snow because the headlight pockets didn't fill up with snow, which does block the light. Mind you, mine were the plastic slip in kind that goes from the front of the bumper to the front of the hood.

not big on the blackout foglights. but if you like them then rock the hell out of them but i think our headlights, foglights and bumper/parking/turn signal lights bring a good accent to the front end.

But.................can people see you

Well thank you Very much for the decent comment I know they arent for everyones type of look that they are going for But at least you werent RUDE like some other people that post on here. BLAH BLAH BLAH!!

ABSOLUTELY!! Florida law says as long as ur visible up to 300 feet then its all good.

ok as long as it aint like one of the fools with the lights so black you dont know they are stoping untill your in their front seat with em