Tail light tinting spray

[\JCAR/]

yeah sweet mine or gorange or amber whatever you call it i seen black ones they look really slick

[T-Dubbs]

Micheals (the art store) carrys a window tint spray that i used on my old bmw's tail lights. it was really cheap and worked great!

[GTS Jeff]

Originally posted by QuasarCav
Instead of this you can use Tamiya Clear smoke for a more OEM look, I find that the VHT stuff darkens too much.

3 coats of the Tamiya and My tails look more like an OEM GTI tail.

Where can this stuff be purchased?

[AllGoNoShow]

The Tamiya stuff can be had at local Hobby stores.

VHT nite-Shade, looks fairly good, little on the runny side. So better off doing a bunc h of really thin coats then a couple of mediocre coats. Make sure you use clear after!! After the first wash, 14 of the coating came off and they aren't NEARLY as black as they were before, time to redo for me w/ clear coat this time.

[QuasarCav]

Originally posted by GTS Jeff
Where can this stuff be purchased?

$3 a bottle at the hobby store on Macleod near Chinook centre. They also make a spray can for $9 but I have no experience with this.

[Vypros]

im gonna try this on my s12. t hanks guys

[turbolaser]

any one know of a place in lethbridge i can get this i tried auto value micheals and cep atuo and silver auto i lost where oh where can i get this stuff any help would be great thanx

[LilDrunkenSmurf]

Originally posted by AllGoNoShow
The Tamiya stuff can be had at local Hobby stores.

VHT nite-Shade, looks fairly good, little on the runny side. So better off doing a bunc h of really thin coats then a couple of mediocre coats. Make sure you use clear after!! After the first wash, 14 of the coating came off and they aren't NEARLY as black as they were before, time to redo for me w/ clear coat this time.

When you do your... want to help me with mine?

[AllGoNoShow]

I got to redo mine so sure

Pick up some VHT and Clear coat and let me know

[sparrell]

Does anyone know of a good clear coat to use? Do they sell it at Canadian Tire? I have to go there to get some other supplies anyway.

Any recommendations?

Thanks

[turbolaser]

alas i found it the imfamous vht nite shades the last time i was at auto value the guy said no i dont have it i went in tonite and i asked another guy and he went yea sure i got that at first i didnt believe him but then it was true a lil pricey at 17 bucks a can but hell atleast i finally found it

[MYKN]

hmm mopac didnt have it...he said they discontinued it..is this true??

[turbolaser]

no i has not been they did change the design of the can but its still availible at all auto values or http://www.speco.com.au/vht.html check it out, later i will post pic of my lights when i get them

[Lo)2enz0]

sweet, i think i am going to do this tonight to my golf. than lower it soon.

[QuasarCav]

I'm telling you guys, VHT nightshades will look like ass. You need alot of prep and multiple coats.

The Tamiya provides an OEM like glossy finish and it's much cheaper than the spray.

[Gen4Accord]

ya i got mine for about 10 dollars huge difference looks stealthy kinda... it looks like in my sig i got an extra can but im from out of town...

Justin

[nismodrifter]

Hella mad tight pimp stylez hella glossy clear coated isht right here piece.


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[QuasarCav]

Originally posted by nismodrifter
Hella mad tight pimp stylez hella glossy clear coated isht right here piece.


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Please tell me your brake lights are not under that black line.

[nismodrifter]

Brake lights are up top, signal lights and running lights (ones which light up when headlights are on) are tinted. European GTI tails are like this but you can't get anything like this for a Jetta. I am going to do a night shoot tonight and will take pics of what they look like once lit up.

What did I use....universal black spray paint. Wet sanded them, then put one very very very light coat of black paint on, then let them dry, didn't sand them again because the coat was so thin that it would come off, then put like 10 coats of clear on them.

[QuasarCav]

Originally posted by nismodrifter
Brake lights are up top, signal lights and running lights (ones which light up when headlights are on) are tinted. European GTI tails are like this but you can't get anything like this for a Jetta. I am going to do a night shoot tonight and will take pics of what they look like once lit up.

What did I use....universal black spray paint. Wet sanded them, then put one very very very light coat of black paint on, then let them dry, didn't sand them again because the coat was so thin that it would come off, then put like 10 coats of clear on them.

I would be interested to see what the signals look like from an offset angle in strong lighting conditions. This was my big worry about doing mine. Sometimes if you go too dark it makes you signals really hard to see in some conditions. If this were to lead to an accident you would be held liable because you have modified the light output. I did 2 very light coats just to simulate what an OE golf GTI tail would look like.

Driving Deerfoot southbound @ around 2-6pm would do this.