VHT NiteShade

[fatti03msp]

hay guys i was wondering how many cans of nitshade's needed to do your taillights, i want them pretty dark, and i also want to do my sidemarkers and the 3rd brakelight on the spoiler. im thinking 3 cans.

Thanks

 

[njaremka]

you could probably do it with one - and, you don't want them too dark or your tail lights won't light up enough when its sunny out. that could result in a nasty rear-ender.

 

[fatti03msp]

ya true so you think one can would be good enough

 

[njaremka]

yeah - one can would make them much darker than you probably want. just maybe do the tail lights first, then whatever else.

 

[fatti03msp]

k thx

 

[njaremka]

yup

 

[Simply Silver]

You could use window tint? This is from a shop in York, Pa.

 

[fatti03msp]

dammit i never thought of that lol, i have tint left over from me doing my windows, and i just order niteshade from summit. But would the tint eventually wear away though.

 

[Simply Silver]

I don't know how long it will last, but I am sure it depends on the brand of tint you use. He has done plenty of cars and they all look good.

 

[fatti03msp]

it does look good.

 

[fatti03msp]

i used stuff similar to nightshades at its awesome!!
if you do it i recommend getting some clear coat spray and go over it after they have settled.
it makes them look SO MUCH BETTER! oh i have my side markers done as well. the lower picture is with out the clear coat though!




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Nice and ya i would def. put a clear on the tails. but i do like the look.

 

[03.5-dc-speed]

yeah it is fairly easy to do and i suggest to on most caause it looks great on our cars!

 

[Scott]

One can should be plenty.

 

[Karna]

tint is going to fall off...think about it, window tint is usually applyed from the inside of the window for a reason.

night shades is good but if you dont know what you are doing, it is easy to mess up and it will turn out nasty

best thing if you want the whole tail light dark is to buy that 3m film and lay it on the lights. (the same stuff you would lay across your front end to prevent rock chips, it comes in clear, light tint, dark tint, yellow, blue, etc). if you do some research, there is a guy on here selling those pre-cut kits for people wanting to over-lay their tail lights, headlights..etc.

03.5-dc-speed: you should wetsand your tail lights with 1000 grit paper and lay on some clear coat on top of that...the difference will be very nice

 

[Turbo MP3]

I want to do my tails I can get any color paint color matched in aerosol cans at a local auto supplier, my plan was to have them mix clear and black so I can do multiple coats for even tinting without being too dark...

 

[fatti03msp]

let me know how it works out, my tails didnt turn out good at all lol so i need to get some new ones luckily i did it to the ebay tailights and not the stock ones. and that s*** is a pain to get off too.

 

[03.5-dc-speed]

i used the vht nightshade and clear coat after! i like it alot!
the rear shot of my car is when i did not have the clear coat on (didnt for like 2 months) and then in the other one i have it on. the clear coat lightened it up and made it cleaner and took away the cloudy look!