Whats goin on, im not a regular to the appearance/cosmetic forum but i would like to know if anyone has seen the stock tail lights (96-00) coupe but they r kinda greyed/smoked. I heard guys use VHT Nightshades n tint the lense themself but does anyone make a taillight like this?? Also has anyone ever used VHT Nightshades, n have anything to say about it??? Thanks

 

VHT Nightshades?

 

its paint that tints your tail lights, darker depending on the layers i guess

http://www.caswellplating.com/vht/vht_spec.htm

Its about mid-page down

 

Its not the car you are looking for, but I have used that VHT tint on the tail lights on my truck and the results were pretty nice I think. I only put a few realy light layers on. Light still comes through perfectly red.

 

looks good, how many layers did u use??

 

Maybe like 4 or 5. I did it super light, because I did the bumper lenses on my old sentra once and that stuff runs realy easy.

 

I did a lot of research, and playing around with different tints for lenses. I really didnt like the look of that product when I was done with it. I tried it on many different lenses, with a full range of layers. Just, the finished product wasnt as nice as I wanted.
After lots of trial and error I found a much better, but much more involved procedure. What I ended up doing was getting some clear coat, and some black dye from a local automotive paint shop, did a mix of the two, and applied with a high pressure spray gun. It took me a while to get the right mix, but when I was done, it was far superior to the Nightshades. It gave a really nice glossy look. I was able to get it dark which is what I wanted. But, with the mix that I used, at night they would allow a large amount of light through which was important. Also even in dirrect sunlight, with as dark as they were, the brake lights were still very visable. I would recommend messing around with something like that. I had nothing but big complements from people that saw it, I even had a few people that did the Nightshades try my method and loved it far more.
Far too often I see people with the Nightshades, or some other product on their tails, and it comes out with a matty look, which I think looks horrible. But as I said, my method gave a really nice glossy look. On my black car, it looked almost as if I didnt have any tail lights from far away...it was a good look. I will try and post some pictures of my car later.

 

Try http://www.smoked-lights.com if you want them done for you all you need to do is send them in and they come back to you shiney and nice. Its worth looking at if you want to smoke your lights.

 

I used tint spray to smoke my tail lights on my EG, and now I'm selling them.