Ut oh! Now what am i up to?!

[mroriginal]

Ok for those of you who know. I think only Will does but dont ruin it Will see if someone can figure it out. Ok so the question is what on earth am i doing now?! The headlights need to come off too but im not willing to leave some HID ballasts just chillin there overnight in Philly lol what are your guesses........?






Dont mind the tails being upside down lol i was cleaning my room and putting the tails upside down was the only way they would stay on top of my futon lol

[strobin]

VHT Niteshading (smoking) the lights? My guess since I've done this before and know what's involved.

[JSewell]

since you've cut out the lights from the whole part, i'd say just removing that middle section and maybe painting it the same as your base coat

[mroriginal]

Strobin was right. I will get pics of my DULL ass tinted tails. This is twice now and i used 2 different methods both times. I used dupli color and as soon as i applied the clear it got dull the VHT was shiny and i sanded with 2k grit between every coat. Do you think a body shop could clear them and get them to shine??

[JSewell]

dude noo, i hate those things they should be illegal in my opinion, to many near wrecks

[mroriginal]

Hate what things? Cans of VHT? Or tinited tails? lol They are illegal and if the person doe it right the light output should be just fine. Its a translucent paint and this is what its made for lol

[strobin]

I see quite a few people with dull tails after VHT. The process I did was:

800 grit
clean
sprayed multiple coats of VHT until I liked the shade
couple coats of clear
let them dry for a day
sanded them smooth with 2000grit
brought back the gloss with Dual Action Buffer a swirl-remover

and here is the results

[mroriginal]

Strobin YGPM!

[JSewell]

yeah i guess cops just dont care

[sara]

My brother just had the guy that paints at his work to paint his tails to looke tinted. It looks really good and hasn't faded

[Da' Boulder (aka-tritontim47)]

This is something that I might be doing soon... After I paint my cladding...

[mroriginal]

Yea shops dont use VHT. They usually use a mix of black paint and clear coat so it thins it out and makes it translucent. I think i have the pics now let me go check and i will post them.

[JSewell]

waiting * * * * *

[mroriginal]

tell my g/f not me lol i took them on her camera and she said its taking her like 10 emails to send all the pics lol

[mroriginal]

Ok here they are. The paint looks uneven on the center panel but i think its either the angle im at or the way the sun was hitting it. If you were to look at it in person everything looks to be the same shade and you cant really tell a difference.








My HIDs are 6000K but with the tint they look 800K if not 10,000K lol


Here are the tails on.



The brakes on. It looks like im gonna have to sand a little in the middle so all the LED's can get through. I obviously painted the third brake light HIGHLY uneven lol


Here is just a cool shot IMO.


Ok any ideas on how to get them to shine? I tried waxing and i tried back to black polish and no luck. Also there is like a sticker on my rear bumper that was there when i got the car. I cant get it off i tried peeling and adhesive remover and no luck. Any ideas how to get it off? I dont wanna peel it off with a blade unless i have to because i HIGHLY run the risk of damaging the paint.