Any way to 'Smoke' a red tail light?
11-10-2013, 05:40 PM
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Car: '84 Firebird TA & '87 Camaro LT
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Any way to 'Smoke' a red tail light?
I mistakenly picked up a red center tail light filler for my '84 Trans Am which has the smoked tail lights. My bad. Is there any way to tint/smoke the red one to match? Hard to find any of the '82-84 center fillers in decent shape.
11-11-2013, 05:54 PM
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Re: Any way to 'Smoke' a red tail light?
You can tint it by sanding it down and clear coat it, mixing a small amount of black in the clear coat. It may turn out too glossy, I'm not sure, but the color should be closer.
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11-11-2013, 07:56 PM
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I have done a lot of them I take black and gray and mix them until you have the right color and over reduce it like 500% then spray 5-6 coats then clear but I think you can get a kit at the parts house that is in a spray can if that would be better for you (and if its just blacked out then dont use the gray)
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11-12-2013, 05:43 PM
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Re: Any way to 'Smoke' a red tail light?
Thanks guys. Ramsey, may give the 'kit' a try if I can't find an original in good condition soon. Love this forum!
couldnt you use the VHT nightshades on that?
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Re: Any way to 'Smoke' a red tail light?
Nightshades is hit and miss. I had to use adhesion promoter in mine to make the clear stick.
I prefer putting one or two coats on with a detail gun mixing a little black in the clear. Then follow up with straight clear. Worked fine for me and I didn't have as many issues. Apparently that's what a lot of body shops do as well. Just gotta watch how you overlap while you apply the tint so you don't have dark bands across the lights.
I prefer putting one or two coats on with a detail gun mixing a little black in the clear. Then follow up with straight clear. Worked fine for me and I didn't have as many issues. Apparently that's what a lot of body shops do as well. Just gotta watch how you overlap while you apply the tint so you don't have dark bands across the lights.
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