Had my tail lights professionally tinted by Matt, they turned out great! They've got a medium tinting on them, which looks perfect to me, still shows a small amount of red, and a VERY transparent paint (lets a lot of light through). These have the same glossy finish that the factory tail lights do, you can't tell at all that they were painted. Thanks again!




comparison to untinted Envoy tail lights, which are the same color mine used to be.

 

very nice!

 

Yeah its really not that hard at all to do, i do them all the time for people around here where i live. We actually take the lights off and wet sand them with either a 1,000 or 1,500 grit sand paper, then we clean them and mask the areas we do not want painted, then what we do it we tint the clearcoat and spray them like that, when they dry we wet sand and buff them to make them look smooth and shinny. Works perfect everytime, i might do my headlights and taillights soon. The only reason why im debating is becuase i dont want the warning light system in my car to get discolored

 

I just had someone else do it because every time I try to wetsand and buff paint, it becomes a complete failure, so I give up, painting is not one of my skills.

 

is he from around here? that makes me want to have him do a set for me.. lol.

 

lol for most people it is a disaster, but ive been working in a body shop for 8 years now and its not so bad anymore.

 

thats a pretty good job!
look good !!

 

He's in Chicago, and is well worth the effort to ship things to him to paint. My car is going to him a few weeks before CED for a bunch of goodies to get painted.

 

hm.. sounds very tempting. thank you for the info.

I think I love your car even more now, tommy.

 

looks great!

 

first off id like to say thanks for the review. im glad to see that your happy with them. they do look good i must say. this is one of my favorite sets that i have done.

second of all...your right this isnt rocket science....but idont even wetsand these. theres absolutely no reason to. yes i do scuff them up extremely well with a grey scuff pad and scuff stuff. they scuff EXTREMELY easy so no need to use 1000 o 1500. also not to mention they not everyone has the time, skill, materials, to use a spray gun. the clear i use is VERY VERY easy to run if your not careful and because of the surface of the lights and shape they are very easy to run aswell. the clear i use flows out like you wouldnt believe. ill find some pics of lights while they are still in the booth before buffing. literally zero orange peel. i only buff them if i get dirt in them. also i dont like the finish i get using just black basecoat so i do something a little different then the rest. it lets for more light omittence and a deeper looking finish.

last but not least im going to say this here to anyone that wants this done. it take a minimum of a week and a half. i do not bake these lights because of the amount of clear that goes on especially the darker shades. i do not want to risk things such as solvent pop, major runs, etc etc. if i get those it means risking having to redo the lights and not having a perfect match every time. i like to let the lights dry over night( i spray them around 5pm) and cure for the next 2-4 days before i wetsand and buff them. this assures the clear is rock hard when its ready to ship.

thanks for the compliments and whitney has it right. im in chicago. im working on getting another spare set so that i can ship out to people who need their car daily or core system. eveyrone pm me for details.

 

heres more pics while im online. will do these for ANY car. pricing is standard.
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original condos.
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tailblazer with the reverse lenses left alone.


mind the different between the lights and the third brake light....not an accurate dipiction as the third brake light are leds.




i have more pics if needed

 

ps none of these are photoshop or enhanced in ANY WAY all were taken with my droid cell phone too. the. all the pics are prior to buffing and the trailblazer lights i did not have to buff at all. they came out clean as can be and beautiful. clean booth ftw

 

I thought that was a neon until i saw the reflection in your bumper.
They look like mine after the nightshade has faded like a ****.
I'm sure the light output is way better than mine though. lol
Love your car

 

Looks good, job well done!

 

the output on these is great. original condos are the darkest i have ever done and im pretty sure you can still see his from 500 feet away. thats the limit here in illinois. all of the locals that i have done i make sure you can see from that limit.

thanks

 

Matt's work is fantastic and he's a real helpful guy who stands by his work. I'll put up installed pics once I can get my hands on a camera or my blackberry e-mail starts working.

 

**** looks like glass, love it dude

 

That's sexy.

 

Damn nice work, good choice with the medium tint, looks sexy

 

Especially sexy

 

thanks everyone!!!!!! much well appreicated. just imagine after i buff them lol....the only buffed pics are on tommys car. the finished product.

 

Where in Illinois are you from? I've tried to get a hold of you on here before, via PM, but no response. I thought you specified on another thread that you were from the Carol Stream area, in which case I could just drive my car/lights to you.

 

Def. want you to do mine! Lets get something going.

 

Thanks guys! It's well worth the extra money to get them done professionally. I'll post up some night shots when I actually get the battery back in the car and take her out of winter storage for the first time. Hopefully in a week or two.