tinting tailights without paint
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I stopped reading after post#10.... it just got boring.... no offense...
OP, eBay has some pre-cut overlay 'tint'. I believe its called Laminex. I used it on my fogs and it was a pain to install them but I like the result. When I bought it, it came with a squeegy thing to take air bubbles out and detailed instructions. Basically its super easy but time consuming if you wanna do a good job w/o air bubbles and perfectly aligned. A blowdryer or a heat gun may be usefull as well, thou you gotta be more cautious with the heat gun.
Peace!
OP, eBay has some pre-cut overlay 'tint'. I believe its called Laminex. I used it on my fogs and it was a pain to install them but I like the result. When I bought it, it came with a squeegy thing to take air bubbles out and detailed instructions. Basically its super easy but time consuming if you wanna do a good job w/o air bubbles and perfectly aligned. A blowdryer or a heat gun may be usefull as well, thou you gotta be more cautious with the heat gun.
Peace!
AGREED
My sister in law did that to her Jetta (the pre-cut tint) and it looked good until they pealed off.
You might be able to go to an business that tints and see if they can do it? just a thought. good luck. post a picture with the finished product. (its on my list to do)
Hey man, I bought that stuff on Ebay the pre-cut film for my Trailblazer's headlights to do a smoked looked.... Took it to my window tint guy he put it on for me for free and spent at least an hr trying to get it right, and this guy is GOOD at tinting....Has been at the tint shop here for yrs.. And it still came out like cr** he said he would never use that stuff again... I am sure something small and flat with no curves would be FINE.... But anything that has a curve is not good... Window tint on tails just doesn't seem like a good idea IMO... But hey post some pics and lets see it... yeah the rice thing is stupid, if someone doesn't like it and its a Civic it's rice... Yes Altezza's and Stupid stuff not installed correctly is rice... Agreed... but smoked tails are sick....
VHT Nightshades is Amazing stuff... And if you FOLLOW the directs, use soapy water, clean the tails, rinse welll... Then I used a cleaning product for paint that is in a spray can to remove oils and greasy stuff from the base... Then used a tac cloth to get all the dust off... Then sprayed a few coats until i got it the way I wanted...
This is my Buddy's Genesis I did with VHT and it won best of show at a huge show here in CO.
Good Luck..
I don't recommend sanding them or using clear coat. I have done 5 sets of Full Tails so far, the first set sanded and clear coated and they were not the greatest. I did my buddy's Toyota 4Runner tails, trailblazers tails, a set of Civic Tails, then did a 1st gen Eclipse Tails and then the Genesis, and the 4runner looked bad... The others with NO sanding and No Clear coat have been on for a yr now with no problems, still shinny and look great!
*edit* the problem with sanding is that this stuff is so thin that you will see every scratch from the paper... It's just not worth it...
I think a very light tint can look good, too dark is tacky IMO
just use regular window tint. that precut stuff isent any good. u can see on You-Tube how do it if ur curious. the good stuff with the window film tint is u can always take it off, if u mess up or get tired of it. i tinted just the whites of my tails and looks great
And it also depends on the car color. Some look better darker on some colors, some look better lighter on other colors.enough to make it look tinted not super dark
If i did it i'd prolly get 3M vinyl to withstand the weather better, window tint is designed to be on the inside not outside.....
i agree. i know a lot of people who have it done.
looks good with the right car. its not really rice at all...
Do they make one that is transparent?
for sure they make clear bra's w/em
Depends on the state. Here in CO it is illegal. But if you do it right, at night they won't be able to tell if the lights are still bright... I know the Covers you can buy that used to be really popular are too dark...
I knew about the clear bra but tinted?
