I want to darken my first gens. I seen people that tint the headlights and looks nice. Has anyone use the tint spray? I don't want that dull look to them but a nice shine.

 

Do you drive at night? If so, don't do it. You're gonna kill your light output.

 

subd for answer i also would like to know if this is even legal i know some states it could be but im pretty sure pa would be ****** about this i know they get picky about covers and how well would a headlight shine thru vht

 

That bad? I have 55w 12k Hids

 

if you like the tinted look, get the covers for your lights that you can put on in the day and take off at night...don't spray your lenses though.

 

Pretty sure it's not. I think it puts you below the legal headlight brightness limit, or something like that. I've had friends get pulled over for them.

That's bad enough right there. You're already close to stock light output with those. Get 6000k bulbs. That'll help loads.

This is what I would do.

 

Im not talking about complete blackout look like those covers have. Thats way to dark for me.
Heres a pic of my friends car. He said he mixed black with clearcoat and sprayed them with a gun.

 

Have him do it then.

 

That's much different than nightshades. Nightshades are a really poor paint, which don't let very much light through. A mix of clear and black sprayed out of a gun, when done correctly, will let almost all the light through. That's how my tail lights are done, and they're barely dimmer than stock. Why not get your friend to tint them for you?

 

He don't want to

 

ive tinted my headlights with the vinyl film, still using stock bulbs, light output is fine

 

I like the look.... but I don't wanna lose any light..

 

i did mine on my old lsj. let me see if i can find a picture. light output wasn't effect thaaat much, but it def dims it.

 

That's why you just paint EVERYTHING in the headlights black. With retrofits, you can do a total blackout. Paint the cutoff shield and the lens becomes black. Paint everything in the headlight black and well, you have the same effect.

 

yeah my next set of lights will be blacked out retros for sure..




don't mind the grill. hadn't painted it yet.

 

That will be sweet If you can. How did you tint them?

 

vht nightshades. many many light coats and then a couple of clear.

 

You sand any? What was the best choice in clear? Thanks for pics

 

just cleaned off the lense real good before i sprayed the vht and did a very light wet sand before the clear. i don't remember what i used though thos epictures are 2 years old lol. it was all rattle can though. same with the tails as well.

 

O ok. So you tinted then wetsand then clear?

 

yup. not much though, just a little bit but the whole surface