C_Sander

Just did my tail lights...
-wetsanded w/ 400grit
-vht nightshades two coats
-wet sanding w/1000 grit
-clearcoat
-polish
-turtlewax
they look nice and black until you turn the lights on, and it comes through really clear

before and after pictures:

Skyset

Looks great. You gonna leave the third brake light like that? Or tint that too?

Stephen

iTrader: (12)

Did you convert your amber lens to red first, before tinting it? Or just leave it as amber?

C_Sander

@skyset
i think im gonna leave the third one, so i have one untinted tail light, that way if i get pulled over, i have that as an excuse.

@stephen
i painted the whole thing in one shot, i left the coulours as they were.

1988GTA500HP

Dude, that looks awesome! Can you get a night pic?

RK82

Looks good, what part of B.C are you from?

Carlos773

iTrader: (3)

Why must you guys tease me! I really want to do this soon.

Dirks92CamaroRS

I found a guy that will tint them for me for 20 bucks, and I buy the spray. He is doing my tails, side markers and front turn signals. Is 20 a fair price?

C_Sander

@1988GTA500HP
i will try to get a night picture tonight
@RK82
thanks, i am from langley, about 1/2h from vancouver
@Dirks92CamaroRS
yeah that is definatelly a fair price, as long as he is gonna do a good job. once you add up the price of sandpaper, and the amount of time you would be spending sanding and cleaning, 20bucks is a great deal.

Carlos773

iTrader: (3)

Yep if I didn't have time, I would pay that. Still I would prefer to do it myself and have me mess it up than someone else.

Tobias05

those look really good. I VHT'd a few things on my z28. would tint my sport coupes lights but it doesn't rate it lol.

Dirks92CamaroRS

I have seen his work and he is local. He said he bakes them after the tint is on tho? I havent heard of it being done this way but the ones that I have seen him do look really good. I am bringing my 92 outta the garage prob here in a week!!!!

Carlos773

iTrader: (3)

How are cop attention meters with these? I have only seen a few tinted around here and they did a horrible job but yea do you guys get the wrong attention from the cops? I don't want to get a ticket and have to end up going to court and fighting the ticket and saying their visible from the required distance needed to be ok.

I tried looking up or contacting the local police station via the site but for my surprise it does not work.

christos316

did my all red with vht night shades just a few light coats

onthedownlow

iTrader: (4)

I really like the red vht on your car, wow I would never of thought I'd like it, but it looks killer! Noice!!

christos316

Thanks, I didn't wanna spend all the money on klearz so i just did it myself

plasmeh

iTrader: (10)

Did you spray them from the outside? I want to do mine exactly like yours. I assume you taped off the grid so you could retain the black grid lines? That's perfect. I'll also we adding a touch to VHT tint to darken them after I get them red. Probably just one coat.

InfernalVortex

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yeah the klearz is just too expensive. Looks good but sometimes I wish I'd just nightshaded mine instead of going the klearz route

christos316

I sprayed them from the outside, didn't wanna take them apart but they would probably turn out glossier if I sprayed them from the inside. The nightshade tends to be a little dull. I did 2 coats of nightshade depending on the time of day they look different in cooler and I did tape the grids off and used a blade to cut the tape

InfernalVortex

iTrader: (4)

Cant you polish/wetsand the nightshade?

regular6d

I already wetsanded mine back to normal . Got pulled over 3 times in one night, Apparently my lights weren't visible from 200 feet which is the law in NC. No ticket but the last officer actually followed me all the way home to make sure I was safe.

So I LOVE the look but BE CAREFUL!!!!! For some reason 3rd Gens seem to be Cop Magnets!!

plasmeh

iTrader: (10)

VHT Red to delete the amber, then 2 light coats of VHT Niteshade, then 4 coats of clear, 2000 grit wetsanding, Meguire's PlastX, and Meguire's Gold Class paste wax:

UnderCover89TBI

iTrader: (25)

that looks good. I am going to get a spare set of lights and do this myself. Of course on my 89 RS lights, not the grids. I am not a grid guy. I am going to get some translucent red to turn the amber red and then do a coat or two of nightshades, maybe just one to get them a little darker.

plasmeh

iTrader: (10)

1 coat really isn't going to cover well. Niteshades speckles quite a bit and to get an even coating, you'll either have to do 2 light coats, or one heavy one.

UnderCover89TBI

iTrader: (25)

yeah i'll probably do two light coats when I get a spare set of taillights

tylercamaro

iTrader: (1)

where do you get the red nightshades?

Shadow Z

iTrader: (2)

Is that your new paint job man? Looks awesome. I followed your Youtube videos for a while, that thing has come a long way and looks perfect now. I still lol at your old open headers video, it was neat.

DeltaElite121

You can, but you need to be careful wetsanding it because using a spraycan might look consistant, but it's definitely not even if you hit the surface area evenly. You'll start splotching and pulling the tint out fairly easily, even with fine grit paper.

plasmeh

iTrader: (10)

Yeah, the paint came out really great. It went on last June I believe it was. The car is progressing pretty good. I don't know if you have seen the most recent videos, but in the 1/8th it's at 8.29 @ 85.2 with a 1.84 60'. The goal is a 7.9x by the end of the season lol. Anyway, this weekend I am going to be taping the entire car off and wrapping the engine and painting the bay as best I can. With the rest of the car looking as good as it does, I can't stand looking under the hood and seeing 25 years of grime, chipping paint, and muck anymore lol.

UnderCover89TBI

iTrader: (25)

dang man supposed to make the engine and bay look good first then worry about outside..its the inside that counts! .....Car looks great tho!

plasmeh

iTrader: (10)

Haha, yeah yeah. I didn't really think about painting the engine bay when the engine was out *DO'H* I'll take my time and get 'er done tho. I put a 10x20 sheet over the car last night to start taping it off - looks like a giant condom lol. I don't think that condom would hold it back, though =P

CgMcKinney