Smoking your Tailights?

[Mangrum]

hey i am wanting to smoke my tailights and my side blinkers and was wondering how you go about doing it by myself? Is there a kit to buy to do it or what do you need to do it and how so? thank you

[§treet_§peed]

better offgoing to a shop and letting them do it

[SampaGuy]

niteshade spray or rc car window tint spray. its easy dont take it to a shop.

[Mangrum]

where do you get that at?

[SampaGuy]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Night-Nite-Shade-Tint-Spray-Headlights-Taillights-Len_W0QQitemZ190052062315QQihZ009QQcategoryZ42613Q QssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Mangrum]

thanks.. and do you just take off the tailights and spray them with light coats until it looks the way you want?

[COGCaviZ24]

yeah take the taillights off, and do a coat at a time. niteshades drys pretty quick. just don't go nuts with coats and make them too dark. i suggest also getting some clear cloat( high dollar rattle can or spray) and doing a coat or 2 of it as well. nitesides tends to have flat look when dry

[5thgcelica]

the niteshades a lone will look very flat. and will also fade after a month or two.

do it the right way and take it to a shop or if you can, take some clear coat and put a few drops of black in it, and lay a few coats on. it'll look very glossy, thats how i did mine.

[changaroo]

if you use niteshades, make sure you apply them evenly on both lights, my friend ended up doing one heaver than the other. they both look identical, but when the light comes on, they emit different intensities.

[The Youngn]

i used the film to black out my lights. Did that because its reversible and my tails are still glossy....only thing i need to do for maintenance or anything is put a coat of wax on it once every few months.

[Mangrum]

does the spray affect you tailights at all as far as the light getting through? and your saying use the nightshades and then put a couple coats of clear coat to make them look more glossy?

[Mangrum]

also i shoudl spray all this on the inside of the lens right?

[Hulud]

go to a shop or someone with painting expertise, like 5thgcelica said

this other shit fades and more than likely you wont do it right (no offense)

[Mangrum]

yea..but if i was to go about doing it myself since i have extra tailights.. i would paint the inside right? and i would paint a couple clear coats to make it glossy and make sure everythign is even and i am good?

[Hulud]

no you would paint the outside and clear it after it drys

[Mangrum]

thank man i appreciate it.. do you reccomend a certain amount of coats.. and the more coats i have will it affect the way the light gets out more and more?

[Evil Goat]

flat black krylon....one heavy coat all at once will do the trick

[Mangrum]

will the light be emmited through the paint though.. because i know that nightshade is a transparent black paint..

[Blitanicle99]

i used the film to black out my lights. Did that because its reversible and my tails are still glossy....only thing i need to do for maintenance or anything is put a coat of wax on it once every few months.


I totaly saw you this morning at about 740 on roswell road going towards johnson ferry.... Small ass world.

[HeLLo iM iZzY]

I totaly saw you this morning at about 740 on roswell road going towards johnson ferry.... Small ass world.
O rly.

[The Youngn]

wasnt me dude....my car's in the shop right now. Might be this guy name John...i met him on the cayman forum and saw his car at a shop i was at up north a little bit back. I showed him a couple pics of my tails and he might have done the same