Hey guys... Anyone have any idea on how to smoke a pair of tail lights?( P.S. I have a del sol)

 

theres a spray paint for that...not sure how well it will come out, but if you wet sand it and all that it shouldnt be that bad

 

90% of the time they don't turn out well

 

check into lamin-x

 

i work at a body shop and ive seen people just sand them down with like 800 grit sandpaper and then using one coat of black base coat and then clearing over them

 

here you go

http://teamsolcal.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9555

 

nah use this expletive that rc car stuff

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...ZWDVW

used it on my 01 frontier. just cleaned the lenses very well, if you have some scuffs or scratches you might wanna try to wet sand them out for a better result

here they are on my supercharged frontier


and my homes '00 celica

 

for r/c tint

 

oh yeah, if you dont want them flat black, after the coating of tint dries hit them with a clear coat.

 

do you get a ticket for **** like that?

 

yeah def hit the tint with clear cuz i've heard it starts to flake off after a while.

 

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u can...i never did though

 

I used vinyl tinting used to make a strip across the top of a windshield. It came in a strip about 8 inches wide dont know how long but enough to do a set of lights with some left over. I've had good luch with it. Put it on with water and cut it to the shape of your light and let it dry. It stays on real well. Ive had mine on for a year have taken car through car washes without any problems. Just have to take it off once and a while to clean

 

ive seen this **** in d-sport go to stickercity.com i looks like ur best thing show some pics if u get it they have yellow smoke and some other colors

 

You have to get some Paint that are made for stain glass but in BLACK that's how i smoke my corners.

 

I bought a vinyl kit off ebay... Works good but still not sure if i like the look. Good news is you can take them off and put them on over and over no problem! So that way if you get pulled over you can just pull em off and make the cop happy.

Cost me $26 shipped best price ive found!


Modified by ZanderGTS at 3:23 PM 6/15/2007

 

I'd rethink doing this. If you ever get involved in an accident where brake lights could be an issue, your illegal modification of them is going to be a strong arguing point for the other side.

 

Ok I took my chances toay, mostly due to boredum, to smoke my stock 97 tail lights. Since i just got my windows tinted totally dark i thought it would look nice to have red and smoked tail lights.

I used Tamiya Color "smoked" PS-31 model car spray paint. Worked like a charm. I'll be clear coating them over the weekend. 1 can = 5 bucks took care of both tail lights.

check out the results:

prepping



first coat around the corner



finished, and testing out my blinkers to make sure they are still bright, which there really was no difference between stock brightness and now because i did one light at a time and compared the brightness.


finished results



the paint

 

I talked to a police officer about the light thing. Painting your lights like mentioned is legal, putting a vinyl or those plastic covers on your tail lights is illegal. That's in Oregon, so check with your local authorities.
Find some old altezza's and paint them, that's what I did, no use ruining nice tail lights over it, so then you have the option of going back stock. God knows there are a lot of altezza's out there.

 

tinted tails look like ****.
but thats just my opinion =P

 

If anything, nowadays all I'd go with would be a light smoke on certain parts of the tail light. Totally blacked out tails aren't my style anymore.

 

I just finished the Clear coat... and i must say. Clear coat is a must for a nice glossy finish.

 

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I've never ever been a fan of smoked tail lights...but I must say your coupe looks pretty decent with the bottom part of the tails smoked.

 

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Thanks I was actually very very worried that it would look like crap. I'm not even a fan. But i was just like "well if it looks bad i'll just remove the paint"

I wouldn't recommend smoking tailights unless you have your windows tinted, or have a black car, or else it would be a horrible contrast i think.

 

here is an image after about 4 coats of clear (notice the glossy madness, it was waaay too dull without the clear coat):