just painted the tail lights on my 93 hatch using VHT Night Shades. didnt do a very good of it seeing how it was my first time, and my brother sprayed on the first coat before i did any decent prep work, but here it is. lemme know what you think.

BEFORE:



AFTER:




anyone else painted their tail lights and wanna share, please post. in for ideas


Modified by fatpride111 at 4:20 PM 11/4/2007

 

looks pretty ghey to me

 

to smoke tailglights right i would open up the lights and paint the reflective chrome a transparent black.

you should have left it stock. i would focus on your drop(needs to drop more) and get a one piece sir wing.

kind of like this the one on the bottom it looks to be like a reflective black and the top is just chrome.




Modified by verycleanhatch at 4:22 PM 11/4/2007


Modified by verycleanhatch at 4:23 PM 11/4/2007

 

transparent black looks dope, but for doing your own thing dude

 

stock is better IMO

 

STOCK!

 

yeah, i wasnt to satisfied with it either... im thinking about getting the red/clear tail lights instead, and im also saving up for a duckbill wing...

as for the drop, i had it droped another inch, and kept scraping my exhaust EVERYWHERE... i live out in the country, so i pretty much gatta keep it that high to keep my bumper from hitting something and flying off.

 

yeh i think stock, it makes the back of your car appear bland.

 

would of looked alot better if it wasnt so dark .. just a light smoke tint would of looked alot better

 

first coat was really light (i liked it) but since technicaly this is my brothers car, he added on another heavy coat to REALLY smoke the tail lights... i might look for another pair of lights, and add on a light coat and see how that looks.

any ideas for prep work? ive heard just a slight scuff with a brillo pad or something is good enough.

 

no!

 

imo, i think it looks ricey. i think stock is best

 

should i aim for all smoked tail light like the ones verycleanhatch posted, or red/clear?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BLANCOh22a4 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">looks pretty ghey to me </TD></TR></TABLE>

 

i would just get a nother stock set and put like 35% window tint on them should look good

 

You shaved your moldings, so anything you do from now on will not matter. I think you should find some OEM tails and just leave them the way they came.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by WhiteSlipsWithStickers &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">You shaved your moldings, so anything you do from now on will not matter. I think you should find some OEM tails and just leave them the way they came.</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

you did good work but i dunno if i would have done that

 

i think the stock looked better as well

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by honda_mike &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">STOCK!</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BLANCOh22a4 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">looks pretty ghey to me </TD></TR></TABLE>

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Think One &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">transparent black looks dope, but for doing your own thing dude </TD></TR></TABLE>

 

 

bettter withoout the smoke!

 

I think i'm the only one that likes what you did there, man. It looks great with the color of the car. Props for doing what you want!