Painting rear taillights

[dynasty]

is that red tape or you taped that part?

 

[steadypimpin]

I taped it off because like someone said earlier you have to have the reflective part showing and I didnt wanna risk getting pulled over. I taped off the reverse lights cuz when I first did them I tried to back up at night and couldnt see anything! I have really dark tint so that didnt help any. I want to paint it a little darker and I think it will look money.

 

[Ajaxn2]

Looks good! good Job and yes when i had a previous vehicle with tint that dark the reverse lights were very crucial....

 

[steadypimpin]

Thanks, Im thinking of making them a little darker.

 

[jcanni]

def go darker. this is what mine used to look like. i found some of the vht night shade the other day and sprayed my license plate cover. totally illegal, haha.

 

[steadypimpin]

Can I wet sand the paint just as if I was wet sanding a part of a car? I dont like the roughness of the paint, orangepeel affect.

 

[talontsiawd]

This is a cool thread. I used the testors red on my talon to make things all read. It worked well and made the red (and orange that became red) way brighter. Good, oem look, a bit flashier than stock but still looks stock. Now at michael's i found some other transparent red paint. This stuff was much darker. Not as much as steadypimpin's, sort of inbetween that and stock. It came in a bluish can, called stained glass paint, all they carried as far as i know. So if you want it a little lighter, that might be the way to go. The stuff was cheap, like $3-4 a can.

 

[steadypimpin]

Here's a cool site for an alternative to tinting your lights, its some kind of vinyl layover, kinda pricey tho. http://www.headlightarmor.com/index.asp?PageAction=MFGSEARCH&ManfID=15&Page=1

 

[talontsiawd]

Well, you can even use regular window tint. Then you don't even have to use paint. Obviously, the tint is exposed, unlike a window so it can get damaged but realistically it won't if you put any care in your car. That used to be all the rage back when i was 16 or so for the people who couldn't affort the plastic tinted covers.

 

[euro r wannabe]

what you need to buy is for model cars, go to almost any hobby store and they sell it in little spray cans, 5 bucks each...rc car spray tint. works good as hell on tails, had it on my old accord and its on my xtreme right now and my 4runner