Found a good site with tips n pics on using VHT Nightshades on tail lights.

http://www.corrado-club.ca/mods/tailtints.html

Its been talked about using Nightshades here but no good direction.

 

I know that a Ford car but there is a mod somewhere around here to use those and the euro version of them tail lights on a 3rd gen Camaro.

 

You mean like this? I havent gotten around to polishing them but testors makes some black tinted clear and its like.. 1/5 the price of niteshades FYI

The car on the website is a VW btw.. not a ford

 

I would have sprayed the reverse lights also if I were you, it looks off.

 

that would be illegal. reverse lights have to be clear. it would be cool if you could though. I would paint them and the amber lights all red.

 

That was the initial plan but the red turned out fairly pink and not very translucent, so I had to do something, I'm going to graft another clear section in place of them if I can ever find a cheap pair grid lights

 

replacing the amber with white/clear seemed to be the best option without tearing the lights completely apart, but IMO it's too much white. Though the grids might help it out a little...

 

hmm maybee ill do red.. I need to get some lights first

 

and red with IROC lights but no lines:

 

Yes the red does look better. Did you do those yourself? If so please clue me in I was just planning on cutting out the pieces with a dremel, gluing them in and then sanding and painting the inserts again.

 

Photoshop.

I'm in the middle of doing some tail light stuff, but I got side tracked fixing things on the car rather than making stuff for it.


-Bud

 

hows this look? i Think it looks good.

 

too much black, and seriously illegal. your gonna get nailed for that one. hope they don't cath on to it

 

I may just try to sand n clear coat option myself. Long as I can get ride of the white out or haze and get them shiny again, I don't care about making them darker. Lights are meant to be seen.

 

Ohh I never showed you what I am dealing with.

 

I ended up just wet sanding and clear coating them.

its all I really wanted was a nice shiny look.

I did a 220 320 600

Then clear coated them well.

Sun baked so they would dry fast.



I stuck the images all on one page.
They look really nice.

Dial up friendly.

http://www.viragotech.com/taillights.html

 

Site wont let me edit so double post.
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I ended up just wet sanding and clear coating them.

its all I really wanted was a nice shiny look.

I did a 220 320 600

Then clear coated them well.

Sun baked so they would dry fast.

Before



After



I stuck the images all on one page.
They look really nice.

Dial up friendly.

http://www.viragotech.com/taillights.html

 

One thing that really helped and I did not know. The tail lights come apart. Its not easy for the gasket sealer they use but with little effort the lenses come right off. Much easier to work with apart.

 

is this what you mean?

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member.../244174_53.jpg



iroc2nv

 

Yep, them ugly things.