bob-j

Just letting you guy no this vht night shade is great ! Be sure to wet sand tail lights with 1000 grit . i put one good full coat on and it looks great ! can't just hammer it on and be your own judge if you think it needs more coats on it. let me know what you guys think !

TorqueWolf

I wonder what it would look like to paint the inside line with orange?

hydrolic144

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Sweet Home Alabama!

TorqueWolf

heres a pic with my massive MSpaint skills. and yeah Go Bama Go

TorqueWolf

or maybe some grid designs

bob-j

like the top one you made !

TorqueWolf

just whipped up another one to see what you think. Shaded tag area and added a pinstripe to the tails

hydrolic144

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You got it

TorqueWolf

one more with the back painted to match the body. i cant do much more with the pic with that much glare.


@hydrolic144, i got it?

Scorpner

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I like that where you filled in under the license plate.

grassyflats

is that oil all over the floor of your garage?

noel8877

just whipped up another one to see what you think. Shaded tag area and added a pinstripe to the tails.
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UnderCover89TBI

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Well it looks good either way

TorqueWolf

just incase this is bob-js car not mine. i just saw the finished product and went to ms paint to add stripes to see what it would look like and got a bit carried away. I love doing this kind of detail work.

bob-j

no that is not oil in the floor its water . i work at a bodyshop and the guy washes cars so that why there water.

92Firebug

that looks GREAT!!! this thread should be a sticky! And I really want to do this to my car now, my only question is, when should i know when to stop putting coats on? and do i clear coat it?

bob-j

bob-j

I just put the one good coat on and decided it was enough and didnt go another round i would say no more then 2 coats . Did not clear them though but i guess u could, they dry shiny !

overide

I have never been impressed with VHT. I have never seen a truely good niteshades tail light job in person. The finish is always more textured and not as glossy as I feel it should be. I have a can still sitting on my shelf cause I culd not bear to risk ruining my tails. I instead used tinted window cling and was much happier with the result. I would like to see your finish up close. Maybe I have just not seen a good painter do a set yet. Seems all the good ones are shop done with tinted clear. Even after wet sanding and clearing my roommates tails never matched and never glossed out. We set my tails with the cling next to his and people pick mine hands down.

bob-j

Guess you can't please everybody. I didn't say that VHT is for everyone, but I am happy with the way it turned out. I personally don't like the air bubbles that form under tint. And yes, I know that if tint is done correctly you shouldn't have bubbles, but in the same regard if the VHT is applied correctly it will look good and hold up better. I do bodywork for a living, so I have plenty of experience making sure things are sanded smoothly. I would be concerned about how well tint will hold up to the elements. Personally, I think my lights turned out great. I was only mentioning the product to offer a lower-cost alternative to blackouts.

Also, I didn't clear my lights because I wanted them to have a semi-gloss appearance.

overide

Ok cool! Honestly I love the black out look. I just struggle with sending mine off to get painted for the high dollar amounts I have seen. We found on the Mustang the black outs did not fit for crap or looked like crap. The nice looking black outs we found actually rubbed the body and fit all crooked. The big companies' versions smoothed the steps that are so unique to the tailights, so we hated them.

Got to keep the wifey happy so I had to come up with something. The tint has been on her stang and my fiero for 2-3 years and is looking good as new. The daily driver civic (soon to be daughters car) has had them about 6 months and they are still holding up good.

One good thing.. if a Cop wants to harrass us for too dark of tails... What tail light tint? (holding clings behind back lol!)

I just wish I could find the secret to get the night shades to come out right

92Firebug

I also got bubbles, but they weren't to bad, and after i clear coated them and my middle piece with the pontiac emblem you really cant tell...its really nice looking from a distance.

92Firebug

here is the before and after pics

quisterio

So you clear coated the middle piece, but did you put actual tint on the tail lights or did you use VHT first "then" clear coat them?

bob-j

That looks sweet to me !!!

92Firebug

i put 2 good coats of vht on first...then gave 2 clear coats of enamel, 3 for the middle peice

92Firebug

thanks! it was like a 2 day job because i didnt have the enamel but it really looks good to me!