i just did it yesterday and i am impressed with the turnout. i thought it would be hard to see the shine of the bulb but it shines threw no prob

 

I know somebody on here nightshaded theres like 6 years ago.

 

i use to talk so much **** bout the nightshade cause it would start to fade and look trashy but someone on here told me to put clear coat over it and that should help, only time will tell

 

I did my balt and my sunfire always turns out good

 

im pretty sure nearly everyone here has at least nightshaded at one point in their life

 

plan on doing it in a couple of months
how many coats did you do ?

 

paint it best way man

 

I've done about 5 sets of tails locally. I've been dubbed the RattleCan King (I branched out and started to do interior trim color matched too)

I usually use 2-3 light coats of VHT with 3-5 coats of clear and Meguiar's Polishing Compound.

 

anybody from virginia do theirs? can you not pass state inspection if you have them done?

 

idk about VA but in OK it doesn't matter if you tint them as long as light output becomes visible at no less than 1000'

 

it did a set and will never use it again.

turned out good and all but the light output was garbage.

 

nightshades doesnt even look close to paint even with clear nor will the light output ever be close to the same.

 

Oh really?

 

take pics at a different angle. id like to see them. those are probablly the best set of night shades ive seen period. personally it screws your light output a lot more then using real paint.i can go a lot darker with paint then people can with nightshades and still be able to see from the legal limit here in illinois....... these are cell phone pics and un edited in any way.



off the truck...

 

i did 2 coats and the shine is good, i left the clear part on the reverse light clear though

 

those are unbuffed and i never had to buff them either. they came out nice. left the reverse lights unmarked because of the guys blue bulbs.

 

the trail blazers tails look real nice good job man

 

thanks. ive done plenty of cobalt ones but it gets old posting them hahaha.

 

Thanks man. And I definitely agree, using real paint is much better. But also more expensive.

 

it is. wont deny that. im not cheap labor either but its worth it if you want the longevity and clarity

 

I night shaded my old tails. it turned out pretty nice but I bought a set that was tinted. I'm gonna get my tails professionally done when I get them back.

 

Night shades I have seen come out ok and bad depending on who did the. Whenever I tint taillights for the cars I paint I usually used Dupont snap dry clear with baseboat blk added how much depends on the customers needs. Light to as dark as the car but visibility is better than the nighshades. Also if you lay 2 normal coats of clear on top you can wet sand and buff for a perfect shine and gloss. Look into have a shop do it if you wwant a pro job. Not sure what others charge I do tails for between $50 to $100 depending on the style. Extra if I have to take them on and off. I have also done headlights light tint and tails and side markers on a silver 99 Z28 looked sick as hell especially compared to hid yukon he used nightshades on. Nightshades can look good if you prep well and take your time.

 

It's all in prep and finish. If you do it right aka, sand, paint, wetsand, repeat, clear, ect, they will look amazing. If you just paint and that's all, they'll look like ****.

 

This ^^^

 

Just did these last week. Better angle?