sand lights spray clear with a little solvent black base mixed in..thats how we do it at work..turns out great.

make sure you do even coats..or you will end up with a blotchy light at night haha

 

Paint thinner is made to reduce down enamel paints, but in today's world of urethane paints it is used as a general cleaner. Reducer performs the same task in urethane as thinner in enamel. Thinner on plastic lights has a tendency to cause tiny spiderweb cracks inside the plastic which can destroy your lights to a point of no-repair.

What the pros out there smoking heads and tails do is make a candy coat of black by mixing small amounts of black urethane with larger amounts of urethane clear coat. The mixture is then applied in multiple coats to reach the desired effects.

If you do not have access to paint, compressed air, and guns you can simply suffice with a spray can of black sprayed in small, even amounts to reach desired intensity. Simply top off with aerosol clear coat and then wet sand/buff as needed.

 

use niteshades it $11 a can and one can did did like four sets of tailights for me . done both my trucks and a buddys truck plus still got some left over. plus its made for this special purpose no sense in doin all that mixing and painting unless ur just good with a paint gun. just take ur time the more coats the darker it is it dont take no time to get em painted

 

I agree go to advanced auto and buy the nightshade it works excelent I have used it on many diffrent lights and it always turns out good. Be careful though I know the cops in MN are really cracking down on some of my buddys who have their lights to dark I usually only do about 3 coats on my lights so plenty of light still shines through

 

go to recon and spend 40 on the lenses and 50 for the leds that wont ever burn out and are brighter

 

Yep got a ticket for them here in Virginia. But a little brake parts cleaner on a rag and they were back to stock in no time. Just have to take picture of before and after so OI can get out of the ticket.

 

black spray paint.... even layers.... stay back around 2 foot and just go slow



yeah i have 96 cents in doing these.... forget the VHT stuff it looks purple... just do black spray paint

 

I just got done tinting my taillights. The camera didn't do a great job.







I had a can of Pactra RC Car Lacquer Paint Window Tint left over from an R/C body I painted. I scuffed the lenses with ultra fine and paper and put on 3 coats.

 

I used VHT nightshades with several coats then went back with a couple coats of clear coat the next day and it turned out very well.

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This is an old pic but the best one I have when I had them. I went to recons after gettting a ticket for "no relectors".

 

Just got done doing the 3rd brake light. Looks good and light comes through fine. Will try and get pics up