My buddy is having his freind who works at a paint shop take black paint and clear coat and painting my lights. He did it for him on his car already and i will say it looks much cleaner that VHT nightshades. I will post pics when i get this all done im kinda worried it will be to dark but o well it will look very nice and not the dull VHT color. Has anyone else done this?

 

:P not all niteshade are dull... but yeah if he does it right it should look awsome

 

should i leave the reverse lights untinted?

 

if u want to see when reversing at night i would.i like the look of clear reverse.... just my input

 

dont do it... vht and clearcoat is the only way you should do it..... mixing black and clear blocks the light... vht is a dye and lets light come trhough

 

you can see the light fine at night tho..

 

Well hopefully he has nice cops around his neck of the woods then.
VHT or whatever everyone uses isn't dull if you clear it afterwards.

 

yeah mine are nightshaded with clear

 

thats exactly how my freinds look but his arnt nightshaded. u use just a little bit of black paint.

 

yeah idk. i would only do it if you brought it some place that has a legit paint gun and knows what there doing

 

it is this guy works at a place that does car repairs and paints vehicles all the time.

 

ahh. some ne localy i believe has their trail blazer with black and clear and there really dark. mine are pretty dark but still fully visible

 

You couldnt be more wrong.

 

are you shitting me? you must be dumb..... we do custom paint at our shop.... black PAINT is opaque. when mixed with clear to thin down it still is, and when you go to spray it, its blotchy because its PAINT. No kind of PAINT will ever pass light of look as good as a nightshaded light done properly.

Dye on the other hand (polycarbonate dye to be exact "VHT") Is a translucent dye that actually etches in to the plastic, hence why it is flat when you DONT clear on top of it. When you clear on top of the VHT it gives the resilience of pure black, but when light is exposed to it you can see all of it.

Thanks

 

Well you must be a ******* moron, because ive seen many PAINTED tail lights coming out of body shops and they look impeccable, and light out is very good...

 

picture bump!!






night pics will be here later tonight or tomorrow night!

 

im on the fence. on one hand what you say makes perfect sense.. however. i have seen what the OP is talking about done in person and it looks okay. I do see the difference. it looks okay and does work however the difference is noticeable

 

They came out great, my cousin owns his own paint shop so this is definitely the route I'm taking with my lights.

 

I think the tinted tails with the clear reverse centers look dopey. I have full tinted tails and have no problem seeing at night..

 

ok... nightshades would be exactly the same as taking a candy black toner and reducing it down , and spray the desired amount of layers to acheive the darkness you want. and yes.. it is see through because candy paint is a dye. i have done it before

 

Thanks guys for comments and no nightshade is the same as this.

 

ive done the base in the clear method tons of times. great finish EVERY time!

 

Nightshades and Clear ftw, supah shiny

 

Those look a little *bug eyed* to me...just my take on a RED car like ours. Here's my *stock* to compare:


BTW, I have on order: side marker black outs with open *SS/TC* lettering within and black * SS* overlays as shown above.

 

this right here, i just did this today with my tails, sidemarkers, and 3rd brake light. I did a total of 2 light coats with nightshades and 1 coat of professional clear to make them shine, mine ended up like this..
1st coat/no clear

2nd coat w/ me putting the 1 coat of clear on them

And the finished pics..