hey, i just tinted my tail lights last night with the help of sum 15 dollar tinting spray paint. I put 1 light coat followed by 2 fairly generous coats, tthe lights look darker but u can still clearly see the original colour of the lights, has n e 1 had the same results as me? i was expecting to see them go a black/greyish colour like the car on the bresciani ad above.
they look alright but i was just wondering if they should hav came really dark, and if i keep putting coats on till they are really dark will the brake lights still b visible at day time?
i done my VL lights tinted them black but i havnet put them on yet but io noticed u can still see the red,orange and clear but different angles and its darker but how dark do u want them??
i rather people see my brake lights so i dont get hit up the clack lol.
Yeah i did mine. Mine are very dark, but i wouldnt mind going a bit darker.
And yes the brake light colour still comes up perfectly. I was worried about the same thing, but was surprised to find no major loss in colour or brightness from any of the light bulbs!!!
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Originally Posted by JuZi
...the lights look darker but u can still clearly see the original colour of the lights...
Thats the whole idea. Its supposed to make your tail lights look black, while still allowing the light to shine through it clearly. Its a spray on tint, not spray paint.
If you cake it on then it will probably make the lights appear dimmer, but why would you want that? Might as well get some black spray paint, or just take your light bulbs out all together!
ok here is afew pics of my ones..
This was done about 2 years ago now...
i also have a pic of the new set i have done also...
Theses pics were taken not long ago about 2 months ago
Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
So is that how people black out their back taillights? Buy $15 spray on tint and put it on?
How many coats would you put on to get it as black as Zanjara's last (4th) picture? Is it hard to do?
i have 2 coats on... i took out the tail lights and put them in a nice clean place that was vented and sparyed then gave them 2 coats waiting for each coat to dry then put them back on and resealed them so the tail lights dont leak...
yeah the stuff i used is called night shades....
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Originally Posted by DioXidE
just get the vk calais tail lights
instant darkened tail lights and no hassels from the fuzz...
they are actually VK berlina lights that are darker. I have them on my car. The calais ones are different!!!
Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
I used a 2 dollar nikko for mine.. just did the odd bumps and they look a bit darker from a distance and still are bright as they were originally, and I can see when I reverse
Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
why would you bother with VK lights.... they dont fit the same as VL ones....
also VL berlina lights are already tinted black anyway as JET6 has pointed out... just get a set of them.... but then it depends on if you want GM or Aftermarket...
as for the clear tail lights hwy bother with them they are so yuck!!! i rather black ones coz once you go black you wont go back...
at night my tail lights light up just as if they were not tinted.....
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Originally Posted by JuZi
hey, i just tinted my tail lights last night with the help of sum 15 dollar tinting spray paint.
Hey - I don't mean to be lame but...
You folks know that this is a defect notice waiting to happen ?
Also, someone runs up your clacker, and your insurance company may disown you....
cheers
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Originally Posted by Fletch_qld
Hey - I don't mean to be lame but...
You folks know that this is a defect notice waiting to happen ?
Also, someone runs up your clacker, and your insurance company may disown you....
cheers
well said
COP BAIT
how is it cop bait??? what the fact that they are black???
have you had tinted tail lights before??? and also with the stuff they light up just the same like i said in my posts before.... and if someone runs into your ass coz they cannot see your lights well thats there problem... i know for a fact that mine light up heaps... just like when they were not tinted...
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Originally Posted by Zanjara
how is it cop bait??? what the fact that they are black???
have you had tinted tail lights before??? and also with the stuff they light up just the same like i said in my posts before.... and if someone runs into your ass coz they cannot see your lights well thats there problem... i know for a fact that mine light up heaps... just like when they were not tinted...
As ridiculous at it sounds, they are cop bait believe it or not.
I've had tinted tail lights before and i've received a big yellow sticker for my efforts!
I used to drive a VB commodore several years back. I tinted the rear tail lights and the front indicators. Got pulled over by the cops, so I put my Hazaard lights on.
After inspecting the whole car, the cop comes up to my window and tells me he's gonna defect the car because apparently the tint made the light harder to see. When he's done writing the defect and putting the yellow sticker on, he goes to walk off back to his car. I ask him "What about the indicators?". He walks back to the front looks real close at them and says "Oh yeah, you have to clear them as well"
Spent a few hours with Nail polish remover to wipe it off.
With the Hazzaard lights flashing, he didnt even notice the front indicators were tinted (cause it looked normal) yet he instisted that the tint was dimming the light... Go figure.
I sprayed some night shades on a torch, and it did dim the light somewhat dramatically. And it was a single light coat, the torch went from bright, to only just getting the wall that was less then 10m away.
