How to tint your tails with VHT Niteshades
03-27-2007, 07:28 AM
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Yea my friends subie is held together by industrial zip ties actually..
I forgot about those wonders thanks for reminding me...
I shall take off it a little and do that then haha.
I forgot about those wonders thanks for reminding me...
I shall take off it a little and do that then haha.
03-29-2007, 11:01 PM
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Originally Posted by MrScion07
yeah i thought so cuz im going to do my gfs too and she was worried and then it got me thinking haha bah the guys that do my stickers are cool anyways
03-30-2007, 03:20 PM
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^^^^ agreed i was thinkin of this also but i think its a weekend type of thing for me i get out of work at 8 AM so i got all friday afternoon and the whole weekend to do wut i got to do cant wait to do it tho i love this mod looks so hott on any car
04-16-2007, 05:08 PM
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I failed inspection technically, but a different mechanic at the dealership put the sticker on for me. Mine aren't really that dark either.
Originally Posted by Keeshwah
Thought I'd add mine.
04-17-2007, 08:42 AM
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Originally Posted by etsnet
Originally Posted by dablackghost
should i buy tinted tailight housing or just the tinted covers?
Go to ebay and find the taillights for under $40 shipped (I've bought two sets in the past and paid $30shipped and $35shippd). Then send them off to Jon's Tinted Tails. You won't regret it. I've see people with the vinyl and if it's not done right forget about it. If it's done right, wait a few months. I've had the VHT tails and they were good too but nothing like the JTT. It has a smooth shiny surface that blends with the shiny surface of the car. You don't even have to go as dark as I did. Go with painted tails from JTT.
Oh, JTT is not a sponsor of mine, I just love what they did.
04-17-2007, 11:28 PM
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Originally Posted by andrewStC
Originally Posted by etsnet
Originally Posted by dablackghost
should i buy tinted tailight housing or just the tinted covers?
Go to ebay and find the taillights for under $40 shipped (I've bought two sets in the past and paid $30shipped and $35shippd). Then send them off to Jon's Tinted Tails. You won't regret it. I've see people with the vinyl and if it's not done right forget about it. If it's done right, wait a few months. I've had the VHT tails and they were good too but nothing like the JTT. It has a smooth shiny surface that blends with the shiny surface of the car. You don't even have to go as dark as I did. Go with painted tails from JTT.
Oh, JTT is not a sponsor of mine, I just love what they did.
$10 shipped to JTT
$80/85 for JTT to tint
$20 I think for return shipping
Total about $145
Well worth it. I've had them done myself and seen others that I thought looked great in person and the JTT puts them all to shame including the overlays. I would however look at other cars with the same color as you with the tinted tails and see if you like it that dark.
Neothin (on scionlife) has a blue (06) tc and has faint or feint taillights and the color is perfect for that color car. I couldn't tell much from pics but in person it's perfect. The faint tails are OEMs that have the "chrome" inside painted black and has LED lights. So there's no paint on the outside and doesn't block any percent of the light. It gives it the perfect tint for his blue car. Mine is a black tc with dark tint from JTT and looks perfect cuz it looks like it's the same color and shine as the car.
05-26-2007, 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by DonnyDarko
Yah after 5 coats of clear coat mine still look like this...
Any ideas? Im sick of seeing it dull....i used dupli color like in the DIY, maybe im just spraying it wrong!
Any ideas? Im sick of seeing it dull....i used dupli color like in the DIY, maybe im just spraying it wrong!
i ran into the same problem even after wet sanding tons and 5 layers of clearcoat. VHT niteshades you want to put on multiple light coats. but the clearcoat you want THICK coats. not so thick that it runs. something i found useful was holding the light and spraying it while looking for my reflection. i would fan-spray around the area until i saw a mirror reflection then spray elsewhere until the entire light had a mirror effect.
i put on some light coats of clearcoat in the beginning, but all i ended up with was that same dull look. you need to put it on thick. hope that helps.
05-28-2007, 05:19 AM
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im doing mine tommorow, hope it stops raining and i can do it =/
i dont want mine to dark, so does anyone have a pic of one can of nightshade on there tails? the shop i bought mine at only had 1 can left and there not open tommorow =(
i dont want mine to dark, so does anyone have a pic of one can of nightshade on there tails? the shop i bought mine at only had 1 can left and there not open tommorow =(