Tinted tail light help

Therman2020 · Post by **Therman2020** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 6:35 pm

Im looking to tint my factory tail lamps ive heard about tinting them and i have heard about puting gto covers on them but i know if i put the dark gto covers on them ill get pulled over lol all my friends have. So im looking to tint them but not pitch black any ideas

Ntyvirus1 · Post by **Ntyvirus1** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 6:36 pm

nightshades.

Therman2020 · Post by **Therman2020** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 6:39 pm

Were do I buy nightshades at

heydockyle · Post by **heydockyle** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 6:41 pm

http://www.modernperformance.com/nitesh ... -1973.html

Ntyvirus1 · Post by **Ntyvirus1** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 6:41 pm

modern performance has it, follow LSP's how-to on how to tint lights and ull be fine.

Therman2020 · Post by **Therman2020** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 6:43 pm

Thanks much

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 6:44 pm

It's GTS, not GTO covers.

And Niteshades can be found cheaper than Modern sells it. I bought mine at my local auto parts store a few years back.

Therman2020 · Post by **Therman2020** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 6:48 pm

Ok thanks for the help I have many auto stores around

PurpleStuff · Post by **PurpleStuff** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 7:32 pm

I just purchased some niteshad a couple days ago. It was $10 at the parts store

darthroush · Post by **darthroush** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 7:36 pm

I believe NiteShades is about $12 per can at parts stores. Modern is $25 for two. However, you have to pay to ship them. Just saying, Modern's price isn't really far off...

jrumann59 · Post by **jrumann59** » Mon Jul 12, 2010 10:42 pm

Please wet sand when your done unless you really want to get rear- ended

Therman2020 · Post by **Therman2020** » Mon Jul 12, 2010 10:57 pm

Why would I get rear ended

FAC3L3SS · Post by **FAC3L3SS** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 12:02 am

Uhhh poor visibility?

Therman2020 · Post by **Therman2020** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 12:20 am

Is it because its to shiny?

FAC3L3SS · Post by **FAC3L3SS** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 12:40 am

No. It's because your covering your transparent lens w/ semi-transparent black paint. Go spray paint a light bulb and tell me how well you can see out of it.

Stock taillight bulbs aren't very bright in the first place, so when they are covered up by some black they are even harder to see. Especially during the day time.

Poor lights + black layers on top = poor visibility = people not knowing you're braking = rear ended.

Therman2020 · Post by **Therman2020** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 12:52 am

I know what your talking about I realy do I don't plan on makeing them totaky black

FAC3L3SS · Post by **FAC3L3SS** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 12:53 am

Understood. Just saying that it should be known that visibility WILL go down some.

2005.Neon.SXT · Post by **2005.Neon.SXT** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 7:22 am

Visibility goes down when you tint something?

That's news to me...

foxracing7469ab · Post by **foxracing7469ab** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 10:34 am

I'm night shading mine right now haha this is funny

i just got the first layer down now just waiting for it to get ready for the 2nd layer

r/tguy02 · Post by **r/tguy02** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 10:38 am

2 layers is usually about perfect, not too dark so you can still see the light during the day.

foxracing7469ab · Post by **foxracing7469ab** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 11:42 am

Yup I'm done I will get pics up asap when done putting them back in

jrumann59 · Post by **jrumann59** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 11:04 pm

the real reason why to wet sand is this. The night shades do not co on smooth. After drying you will see a slight texture. This slight texture, sort of like an orange peel, plus tint will diffuse the light coming out. If you wet sand the the night shade it will allow more light to come through and also make it look like you actually give a damn. but that is just me.

foxracing7469ab · Post by **foxracing7469ab** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 11:15 pm

true story

haha mine turned out so freaking amazing

pics up sometime tomorrow

Joey · Post by **Joey** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 11:21 am

i was always wondering where to find those black tail light... thats awesome...

theTeejmiester · Post by **theTeejmiester** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 3:01 pm

jrumann59 wrote:the real reason why to wet sand is this. The night shades do not co on smooth. After drying you will see a slight texture. This slight texture, sort of like an orange peel, plus tint will diffuse the light coming out. If you wet sand the the night shade it will allow more light to come through and also make it look like you actually give a damn. but that is just me.

have you ever worked with this stuff?? or paint/body work at all?? i am asking cause you have no clue, DO NOT SAND THE NIGHTSHADES!! the only time i could see sanding the nightshades directly would be if you fucked up, put it on too thick, etc. two or three smooth even coats are super easy to do, then apply your chosen clear, then WETSAND the clear, buff out with a good quality rubbing/cutting compound, wax the tails when you wax the car and your good, my tails have three coats and extra bright bulbs and you can see my breaks a quarter mile away even in the afternoon sun