How to tint your taillights

[uwishprod]

 

[CCS86]

Nice. Wish he had brought the light outside. I think under some bright sun would give a better idea of how dark it is. Even the 3 coat lens looks dark to me.

 

[lostsoul]

looks cool. I paid $$ for the black out plastic, but in Cali I didnt have the balls to use it with the money hungry police here. ..

so do I need to clear coat this or just spray? also I dont see the removal link.. what do I need to do to remove it?

 

[Fallenauthority]

looks cool. I paid $$ for the black out plastic, but in Cali I didnt have the balls to use it with the money hungry police here. ..

so do I need to clear coat this or just spray? also I dont see the removal link.. what do I need to do to remove it?

After seeing your prior painting attempts (see plastidip) You should probably leave this alone. LOL

 

[UltraKla$$ic]

^^^THIS!!! Leave the painting to the pros!!! lol

 

[lostsoul]

haha.. thanks... I got all the plastic dip over spray off after a couple of weeks =-/..

went to vato zone and they didnt have vht.. they had DuPont or something else like it..

 

[uwishprod]

DuPont is about the same product. No real good way to remove it once it's painted. If u watch it on utube it has a link to how dark they are on my old set of lights.

My fog lights were tinted with VHT and I did remove it with aircraft paint remover which if it sits on their long it will melt the plastic. So kinda a use at your own risk.

 

[VTXFrank]

My fog lights were tinted with VHT and I did remove it with aircraft paint remover which if it sits on their long it will melt the plastic. So kinda a use at your own risk.

I used the same stuff to try and remove VHT off of foglights. Melted the damned lens so fast it was a POS by the time I was done! LOL!

 

[CCS86]

Yeah, using strong solvents on plastic taillights is a recipe for disaster!

Trying to remove this stuff isn't ideal, but the best way I can think would be to use a rotary buffer and a polishing compound (or cutting compound if it's going too slow). You only need to burn through a small thickness, but you don't want to ruin the finish.

 

[Blank]

i watched a youtube vid for removal and some redneck backwoods dude used gas to remove it. now idk how long it was on there but i might try to remove mine and respray em. or just get vinyl tint from AM.

 

[Godzirra]

Wet sand usually remove it and then you need to reclear it

 

[101fng]

i used some finer grit sand paper to wetsand the VHT off my reverse lights. it took some elbow grease, but it did the trick, and as far as i can tell, the surface looks fine after a good polish and buff.

i don't recommend putting a clear coat on top of the VHT though. my clear coat ended up cracking. it looks fine from a distance, but up close it's cracked all to hell.

 

[uwishprod]

i watched a youtube vid for removal and some redneck backwoods dude used gas to remove it. now idk how long it was on there but i might try to remove mine and respray em. or just get vinyl tint from AM.

You should post the vid. Sounds like something good to watch.

 

[lostsoul]

ohh my F'ing sheet!!

I just spent 40 min taking everything out.. prepping and BOOM.. Found out I got the wrong vht nightshade.. A-holes made one a red color version .. why the hell call it night shade if its red.. like I'm suppose to know they have that.. now I have to drive all the way to vato zone where I know they wont have it and look for the DuPont version and use that because there is nothing else around... F me!

 

[lostsoul]

hummmm.. it looks good.. but I wish it was more smooth looking..

I had to use clear tape to tape off the reverse lights. I will see tonight how dark it is. I tried to keep it from being too dark.. just in case does anyone know any brighter bulbs I can use without melting shit?

 

[Misfit_5.0]

I used Nightshades on my SRT4. Not sure if I put too many coats on (5) but I cleared over them when I was done and the tail lights had a purple look to them. But the only time you could see them was at night.

 

[psumustang]

I did this a few years ago, did about 3-4 coats, came out pretty dark but with a matte finish

 

[BadHabit2Break]

I like the 3 coat look.

When are you going to have the clear coat video up?

 

[Fallenauthority]

hummmm.. it looks good.. but I wish it was more smooth looking..

I had to use clear tape to tape off the reverse lights. I will see tonight how dark it is. I tried to keep it from being too dark.. just in case does anyone know any brighter bulbs I can use without melting shit?

Its because you still suck at painting. Anything involving paint you should stay away from LMAO

 

[Ssiptang]

^ that doesnt look right. Why is it so matte looking?