So over the weekend me and my two other friends decided to tint/black out our tailights.
Well here goes some pics of our cars in the process and some pics of my car when done.
Enjoy! And yes, I know. My friend went all out with the newspaper.











I do have one question though. On one of my tail's, I put a lil to much of clear gloss. How do I take it off? Wet sand it with a high grit? I REALLY need help.

 

yeah, wet sand it with like 2000 or 2500 grit, but wait a week so that you know that the paint is good and dry

yeah, wet sand it with like 2000 or 2500 grit, but wait a week so that you know that the paint is good and dry. I think it looks awesome man, good job

 

how everyones lights get so dark, and mine i put like 10 coats on them and they still have a lot of red in them

 

Thanks man. And thanks for the help.

Yeah, im embarrased rolling around like that, but hey. My first time doing this.

My friend had the same problem. I put like 2 layers for each coat.

 

yep just wetsand them, takes out all the imperfections. it made mine turn out great

 

looking good man

 

maybe just a shitty can? idk it kinda pisses me off so i think im gunna have the professionally done for like 150

 

lookin' good.

 

jesus christ.. your gettin raped for that price.



i got mine done professionally done for free by a family member and when i asked him how much he would charge to do it for other people, even he said anything above $60-70 would be waaaay to high.

 

Thanks! Even though they're not like yours and I kind of messed up, im happy because I did it myself. Gives you a sense of accomplishment.

 

i want shipley's now though... ass.

 

looks real good man. nice job. You gonna tint 3rd brake light?

I think tinted lights look real good on silver cars and red cars and stuff, but I dont really like the way they look on black cars like mine, but I would want to tint them alittle bit so the red doesnt stand out as much. Is that like almost impossible with Nightshades?

 

cant blame ya, you learn from your mistakes.. but from the pics, you cant even tell.. they came out pretty nice imo.

 

Actually i am going to tint my third brake light and the side markers whenever I take off the extra gloss on my inner tail. I just kind of ran out of time yesterday.

No, you just put as many coats on the tails. I thought two coats looked awesome to me. I think you would do 2 coats.

Thanks. Let me go outside and take a pic of the "tainted" inner tail.

So you can see how I went out of control with the gloss.

 

thats just a quote from one guy, some kid i went to middle school with, his dad owns a shop so im gunna check that out first

 

sweet.. id suggest you check there first.. you can probably find a decent deal. Anything in the $100's is just ridiculous.

 

Updated pics! So is this to much gloss for wet sanding? Or will it still do the trick?

 

ohhhh shizzy.. you were right, that is a lot of gloss.. lol

once its fully dried, take a 2000-2500 grit sand paper and just wetsand it down man.

once the imperfections are removed and its nice and smooth, just buff it to a nice shine.

you should be ok.

 

lol, yeah I went crazy with the gloss on that one inner tail.

I went to Home Depot and the highest grit sand paper they had was 600! Where in the heck do I find high grit like this?

 

oreilly...

autozone...

 

Hmmm? I think I did check auto zone, but didn't see any. Hmmm? I guess let me re-check.

 

should be with all the painting supplies...

 

high grit like 2000+ is pretty hard to find.. if you stop by a local body or paint shop, just ask them to sell you 1 or 2 pieces of sandpaper.. im sure theyl probably just give it to you.
body and paint shops use 2000+ sandpaper the most often, id check there first.

 

found mine at oreilly's in the multipack...

now I have extra grits I'll never use...

shoulda went to paint shop... great idea.

 

Sweet. Thanks for the tip. I never thought about that. My friends dad owns a body shop, he gave me double sided tape before, so im pretty sure he can give me some sandpaper.

Ill check there first. We have like freaking 6 autozones, oreily's and advanced auto parts stores close to where I live. lol