HOW TO: Tinting tail lights, The right way (PICS)

It'll look good man

Yep, same thing happened to me, and like you it bothered the hell out of me even though you could barely see it. Next time add more coats of clear.

Cool man, I actually work in hanford and I see a couple of nice tacos around here. What's yours look like?

here is a link to a thread I made for central cal. We have a trail run happening soon if you'd like to join
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/southern-california/120089-559-tw-members-thread.html

 

Yea, the cold weather definitely caused the cracking

 

Did this mod today. Love it!

 

I done mine the other day.. It needs more clear but im gonna get a buddy to do it with his paint gun.

 

They came out great guys

 

Why does everyone skip the 3rd brake light? And I also used a material called oracal 8300 which looks just as good and is removable if you ever needed to, took only about 1/2 hour to do?!

 

You can get a decal that has cut outs in vinyl from sockmonkey to cover the 3rd light. It's pretty sweet.

 

Didn't skip it, just got dark when I started that light and had no time for pictures.

 

I tried this mod today and I'm not totally satisfied with the results.

The VHT came out all speckled. I held the nozzle ~6-8 inches from the surface. Maybe I went to fast?

I thought it might look better when finished, but it doesn't. I'm going to sand it down tomorrow and start over.

 

Happened to me also. I held the can closer for a more uniform coverage.

 

It seems like it will then get much too dark.

I'll give it a try this evening. Thanks.

 

It will so just to less coats. I think i did 3.

 

The night shades will look speckeled. Thats normal. After several coats of clear, it will level out some. The key, is wet sanding the clear with 2000 grit and then buffing it with a good automobile buffer. Then it should look smooth as glass.

 

How many coats did you do for this?

 

I think youre talking about the orange peel effect, but Im sure he is talking about actual specs of nite shades being dark little dots.

 

Yes. I am talking about the nightshade being speckled.

I'm getting ready to spray it right now.

Removing 10 layers of clearcoat + nightshade proved tiring.