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.

 

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.

 

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)

 

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?

 

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.