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Saleen4971

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what do you guys think? i got a can of VHT nightshadez spray on tint and hit both of my tail lights and my 3rd brake light. the only thing im nto crazy about is that it doenst go on smooth as glass, it has a little bit of texture to it. i think 1 more coat and a clearcoat will work well though.

 

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My personal opinion is that they look terrible, but that's just me.

 

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wait, you sprayed on the tint or you sprayed it with tint wash and put tint film on it? You know u can buy covers right?

 

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san~man

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CobraRed_96_GT said:

wait, you sprayed on the tint or you sprayed it with tint wash and put tint film on it? You know u can buy covers right?

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I think he wanted a more subtle look than the covers would provide.

 

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i see you bought one of those non focusing cameras.

 

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LOL!!! the camera for some reason refuses to take a clean pic with the flash off!! with the flash on its not blurry.

its a spray paint tint i got form summit called VHT Nightshadez


heres pics after another 2 coats

WOW is this one blurry

 

SaleenGT2001

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mine doesnt look near that rough. maybe wetsanding them with 2000 grit and then clear coat them?

 

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or maybe your tail lights look fine... b/c with that POS camera you have it looks like your trunk is made of 40 grit sandpaper.

 

BurningRubber

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Looks good man, I did that with my Jeep for a little while... but the stuff I used wasnt too weather resistant so I took it off.

Keep teh flash on the camera though...

 

TrueBlue03

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mine looks just as rough

your car does look awesome tho with the tinted tail lights and window on sonic blue i wish mine was sonic blue sometimes.

i used NiteShadez but i didnt apply it properly. you have to do MANY very light coats till you reach the shade you want....i just caked it on

 

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looks good!!

 

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thanks guys.

i tried to make the coats pretty light so it didnt drip. tomorrow i might try sanding them with 2000 grit, but im afriad that since its a spray paint i might not be able to compound it?

 

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can you buy this stuff at an auto parts store???ive looked for it at auto zone....but cant find any...i even looked in wally world

 

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i couldnt find it locally, but im sure any store taht carries VHT products can order it for you

 

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FWIW, I did a similar thing with Testor's "transparent black" model paint. A couple coats, followed by clearcoat (also Testors). Mine was also a little rough, but unless you are really close, it looks fine.

I decided to not do the center light because it was already somewhat darkened...and I wanted them all to pretty much match.

I did the job almost a year ago, and they have held up very nicely.

 

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looks good susky. im gonna tint an extra lense i ahve lying around and try wetsanding it. if it sands ok then i will sand these - but usaulyl a clearcoat flatens it out pretty well on its own

 

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san~man said:

My personal opinion is that they look terrible, but that's just me.

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I gotta agree

 

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BennyBlown2v said:

I gotta agree

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you die now!!!!!

 

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I like it.

 

LT.SAVAGE

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If I was to do this , can you clean off the tint ?