So i stayed up until the wee hours of the morning last night getting this done.... only to wake up to polish and wax for two more hours this morning.
let me know what yall think.......



I also did the two front signals next to the headlights, hopefully i can get a picture of them tomorrow when i get out of class.

 

looks real good

 

Nice. What did you use to tint them?

 

i used vht nightshades, and a can of clear coat to give them a good shine.
and lots and lots of sanding and polishing

 

Nice! I need to do that on my RS

 

so did you wet sand and polish the can clear coat?

ive tinted that way before but nevered cleared them

they look good man like fixed blackout

 

how many coats of night shade and how many coats of clear (company on this?)?

 

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thanks for the comments! i'm really happy with how they turned out; i pretty much just followed the steps on this site: http://www.350z-tech.com/zwiki/Tutor...ing_Taillights

I started by wetsanding all of the gloss and part numbers off of the lights with 800 grit, then cleaned them up and i think i used about a half of the can of night shades between the two taillights and the two little front lights.
Then i wetsanded with 1000, and then 1500 over the tint.
After that i sprayed a two or three heavy coats of clear, not heavy enough to get drips and runs, but enough to use up a whole 12oz can of duplicolor clear enamel between everything. I also did the pontiac center piece in between while i had it off, pretty much the same way, but without the nightshades.
After the clear dried, i wetsanded with 1500 for a while, and then with 2000 grit. Then I used scratch-x and an orbital buffer to take away all of the fine scratches left from wetsanding. Last, I used Ice wax and a lot of muscle to polish everything up to a good shine. Overall, it was really easy, but the last step really took some time to get them how i wanted.

 

Nice! Looks good

I have been comtemplating tinting my Tail lights as well, I have the 85-90 T/A lights, and the grids are seperating (this is my 3rd set ) again, and I figure the tint would hide that, and still light up with the grids when the lights are on.

Looking forward to seeing your tinted signals, I also tinted the front signals next to the headlights on my Formula, here's a pic:

 

man that look sick. i think im going to have to do that to my front ones. i havent seen on with tinted front turns before.

 

MNFormula350, the reason i actually did the front ones while i was doing the back, is that i was waiting for the tails to dry, and ran across that picture of your car. lol. i did mine just a little lighter though...

 

hey kind of off subject but where did you get those clear fender lights? i havent been able to find them.

 

Here you go:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/85-92...spagenameZWDVW
That is where I got mine.

 

Thats sooo dope

 

When you take the pics, would you mind taking a couple night shots?
Thanks

 

wow that looks great. What kind of clear did you use?

 

 

84redta, i'll take a few night shots sometime this week when i get a chance...
here's one that's at night, but in a parking garage that was pretty dark.