I keep seeing some guys on here who mention painting their taillights and I was wondering exactly how and what do yall use? I was hoping to paint the amber part red.

Thanks.

 

I used the testers brand, translusent red paint. 2-3 coats (until the color matches.) of the red, then i clear coated it. just mask everything off well, so you only paint the amber part.

 

Got any pics of the finished result?

 

 

I love that, got any pictures of it outside? I hate the yellow in the tails...

 

It is from a ways away. but a good comparison.

 

Bumping this up, it posted my reply, but never showed it.

 

The red over the amber looks good but i think id do a black strip instead

 

personally im a fan of the tail light covers. makes every thing look so much smoother.

 

You mean the black-outs by GTS or something like that?

 

normally I'd agree with the tail-light cover thing but for some reason I don't like them on Camaros... JMHO

 

i agree with Daytona T/A the gts covers arent my favorite mod either, it takes out the camaro talilight look, especially if you have the grided tails, if you want to black out the tails, you can paint them with niteshade, ive seen that done and it looks great

 

That looks pretty sleek. I was thinking about molding an addition clear panel in place of the amber one so there would be 2 clear and 2 red... but that looks way easier

 

Black outs look good on Black cars. I always wanted to paint mine Black but never had a spare lens to try it on.

 

"niteshade?"

 

i actually looked for nitesahde before i bought the GTS covers but no one carries them anywhere. Anyone know where you can buy some?

 

I tried to post a picture of it but for some reason it just won't let me.
I'm red all across the light. No yellow, no white. All red.
Maybe someone can let me know why I'm having difficulty posting pictures?
Yes, I checked sizes and file extensions, and all seems to be up to snuff, but it just doesn't work for me.

 

http://members.cardomain.com/black91z281le

I don't know if this will work either, probably not.

 

so where are your legaly required white back-up lights located?

 

hes in canada. they dont back up up there. j/k. btw those look good. i like the all red.

 

They are not located. The link actually worked above so you can get a brief idea of how it looked.

 

those look very good. I would have loved to do mine that way, but the required back-ups in the states keep me from that.

 

it might still look good with the rest red and the back ups white.

 

you mean like in my picture at the top of the thread.

 

doh. im still asleep. been tired as heck since we moved. yeah thats what i meant. that still looks good. i might have to try that. bout how long does it take to do? i dont have another car so i cant have my car down for long. cuz the wife dont like the way i drive hers lol.

 

not long, i let them sit overnight to dry, but it is just masking and spraying some paint.

shoot, come up here for the crew dyno in january, and i'll do them for you.

 

ill be at the dyno again this year. i had a good time at the last one. wish i coulda stayed longer. this time im bringin the camaro. i didnt want to bring it last time cuz it was still kinda new to me. who knows i might even put it on there and see what it has.

 

How did you do that again? . . . or better yet, what did you use to do it with?

Looks awesome by the way.

 

i've got a question for you....

how did you get down to 1900lbs, and how did you get 425hp with a LTR setup? Maybe that is for another thread.

 

vht niteshade "Create a custom look. 7 oz. spray can, Nite Shades coating VHT's Nite Shades Coating is a transparent black taillight lens coating for creating a custom look. When applied to taillights, fog lights, or turn indicators, VHT Nite Shades appears black until the lights are lit, then the natural red color appears. Recommended for off-road use, it comes in a 7 oz. spray can."
you can get it online at places such as http://store.summitracing.com/defaul...eshade&x=0&y=0
they kill you on the shipping though, cause they stick you for it bieng hazardous, i was thinking about doing it but id like to find it localy somewherem, something i havent had any luck with,
by the way the red lights all the way accross looks really good too, if it didnt cover the reverse lights id go for that,

 

Ditto

 

Wait you guys painted over the outside of the tail light? Ide like to have my amber part red but would it change it if you painted from the inside? I wonder how graboid did his.

 

if you painted from the inside of the light, the outside would still be amber

 

I dont think it looks good at all if you just paint over the amber part. You would need to repaint all the red and clear over the whole tail light. I think im just going to take mine apart and clean then real well and repaint the black.

 

Wrong.

I painted the amber parts from the inside and they are now red.

 

Hell yeh Mike thats what i wanted to know looks awsome what paint did you use? How is the match from close up. Also is there any tricks to taking the tail lights apart i havnt tried yet but do you have to heat them or anything.

 

I used the testors candy apple red transparent paint. I got it at hobbytown usa. The match is pretty close when you are next to the taillights. Its not a perfect match but its pretty close. You might be able to get it right, you just have to play with the amount of layers you put on. As for taking the lights apart, its pretty easy just take you time so you dont crack them. Its real easy to break a piece I just used a small flathead screwdriver and slowly pryed the lights apart. They are held together by some kind of adhesive so heating them up a little should help loosen up the adhesive. Let me know if you have anymore questions

 

Yeh im not diggin the amber but i dont know if it dont match just right it might bother me. I will be taking them apart anyway to clean them and buff them though.

 

What other kinds Of Paint have you guys tried just red spray paint or what?

 

How would I go about doing this with my GTA tails?

 

What are you trying to paint on the TA tails?

 

Make the black lines darker? The red to stand out more? I don't exactly know...lol Maybe I'm thinking polishing?

 

I'd try polishing first. TA tails look awesome when they're all shiny and smooth.

 

I was playing around with an old tail I had laying around. I was wondering how you keep from breaking the 2 push-in tab things on the top of the light? Is there a place I could get new one's? And what did you use to glue the light back together?

 

im in the process of doing this right now. ive got one done, waiting on the other from ebay. heres what i did. i took off the black part that houses the license plate light. then i cut off and popped out the two clips on the top of the housing and took off the two clips on the bottom. next, ( i work at a body shop, so this is easier for me) i baked the taillight to soften the adhesive. when it came out, still warm, i separated the lens from the housing with a pocket screwdriver, starting at the middle and working my way out SLOWLY. once you get to the top of the lens, dont try to pry on the black part across the top, youll break or crack it. just slowly pry on any part you can on the outside and it will eventually separate.

once i got mine apart, i cleaned the amber lens with rubbing alcohol. do not use anything that will leave any sort of lint or fuzzies. once its dry, tape off all 4 sides. most will not believe it, but i actually had to use 6 coats of Testors Transparent Candy Apple Red. i held it up to the light after each coat and kept seeing amber shining through until the 6th coat. it may be different for you, and might be for my other light. it ended turning out slightly thicker and foggier, but probably wont be noticable. i know there are a couple different posts to doing this, but this is how i did my first one and will do my second one. im perfectly happy with how it turned out. good luck to anyone who does this mod, either my way, someone elses way, or their own way

Dr. Dave

 

Alright well I am not planning on doing this to a camaro but my friend has an s10 that he wants to put the transparent black on. So we were thinking if you paint the inside of the lense with the transparent paint to make it black could you polish the outside to make it really shine and stand out ? Just wondering if anyone has tried this or though of it. . . . seems like it would work but thats why I'm asking ya'll before i go and paint the tailights.

Landon

 

any suggestions?

 

I would think it would just turn a dark red color if you did that.

 

Agreed. It wouldn't be black unless you put the black OVER the taillights, not behind it.

 

I think mine turned out great I painted the inside. They go from Light to Dark