Tinted tails

That's right, just tinted my tails. Looks good. Pics soon to come. Too dark to get the day time shot. Will post soon

 

how'd you do it?

 

Went to Hobby Town USA and bought a 3 oz. can of RC window tint. Buy 2 cans. I made the mistake of thinking one can was enough and ended up running back to get another can. Really easy though.
1) Take off tail light covers
2) Sand them a little to rough them up
3) Clean with soapy water and let that dry
4) Get in a well ventilated area with little or no wind preferably and do one LIGHT coat to start off
5) Wait 5 to 10 minutes to let it dry then begin layering on your tint till the desired darkness is achieved.
6) wait 5-10 minutes between each coat and makes sure you stay within the allowed amount for your state.

On a side note: It can be a bit misleading at first because it looks like nothing is coming out of the can and onto your tails but there is. Remember, less is more and this stuff "runs" easily so maintain a good distance and evenly apply the tint. Before re-installing tails on truck let them dry a good 2-3 hours in SUNLIGHT!!!!!!

 

Cool! Nice work.

 

Looks great man!

 

Thanks. Think I should go darker? I can't decide and I am leaving it up to you guys.... LET ME KNOW!

 

Nah, definitely looks good right there. What's it look like on the truck?

 

i'm debating on how dark to tint mine... i don't know if i want it completely black but now i have something else to compare... thanks!



yours definately look nice!

 

Heres mine, they are pretty much black during the day, but they are bright enough at night. I did 4 coats

 

yeah... maybe 2 or 3 for me
i don't know
maybe 4?!?!

 

looks good!!

I saw it once before, and i think im going to do it if I can find 01-04 tails..

Tint the brake and blinker portion, but leave the reverse untouched. Looked SOO awesome.

 

I added Hella 55 watt reverse lights that I wired into my normal reverse lights so when I shift to reverse, they come on. I only did 3 coats of tint on mine. I have seen them completely blacked out but I don't want to give the cops any reason to pull me over so I kept them just reasonably tinted.

 

Definitely looks good like that! Much nicer actually on the truck.

 

did u do the 3rd brake light too?

 

No, I got a custom third brake light cover so I had nothing to tint!!

 

i tinted my tails about a year and a half ago.. everytime i see a cop i turn on my headlights to light up the red. haha. i say leave yours as is.. you did a great job.. also make sure you sand it with like 2000 grit, wax it then clear coat. i did that to mine and made a HUGE difference..it gets rid of the dull look. it has that glossy look now. i used TAMIYA SMOKE

 

yalls looks so much better than mine i used krylon fusion paint and i kept the can like 10 to 12 inches away from the lens and it has the small black dots in it from the paint
dont get me wrong it looks great from lke 7 feet away but is there any way i can sand them back down and re do them to make them look beter?
mabey a diffrent kinda paint?
i dont want them all the way black i want them like michale denneys

 

You can use the 2000 grit sand paper and use the wet sanding process and basically redo the whole tail light. Look earlier in the thread and I wrote it out how to do it. If you go to a hobby store and ask for the RC spray on window tint, they should take you right to it. My tails have 3 LIGHT coats of the tint and one coat of clear to make it kind of glossy. If you use the RC paint, it will work a lot better because its made to be used on plastic and it has a very fine mist unlike that in the spray paint can.