CHATROOM: TINTED TAIL LIGHTS

[2SSick]

i did lighter coats this time so i think 3 will be real nice... and im going to leave the reverse lights white

its a little windy out so i hope it still comes out good.... fingers crossed!

[ImStricken06]

personally im going to leave it at this first coat. (and im tinting the reverse lights too)

[2SSick]

Third coat and im satisfied with the level of tint... now ill just apply the clear coats! im not going to post between clearcoats but ill post when im done with all the clearcoats

[ImStricken06]

cant wait to see it on the black rogue. its gonna look amazing with the tints

[2SSick]

personally im going to leave it at this first coat. (and im tinting the reverse lights too)

Careful with the reverse lights because they are bubblish...depending on the way you lay the lights down the paint might run off them like they did when i did it

[2SSick]

but i did do it too thick on my 3rd coat last time... i got careless
this time i did them light and took my time and have zero runs

[ImStricken06]

personally im going to leave it at this first coat. (and im tinting the reverse lights too)

Careful with the reverse lights because they are bubblish...depending on the way you lay the lights down the paint might run off them like they did when i did it

[2SSick]

on my 4th coat of clear... getting excited here! lol gotta leave for work in an hr and a half so im gonna keep applying the clear till then or when the can runs out of paint... which ever comes first

[2SSick]

ooooook...finished the clear coat and i am extremely pleased with the results this time! Here are the pics after 9 coats of clear ( ran out of paint and i gotta go to work now....guess i started at the perfect time today







Love the way they get darker and lighter depending on how much and the way the sun/light hits them... also the flash on my camera made the close ups look less tinted which is a good thing because car lights will bring out the red and assure i dont get rear ended... Well off to work, i'll post more pics tomorrow when i buff and wax them up and put them on the car!

[JMed]

Looking good! Can't wait to see them back on your Rogue...

[Kojack021]

I was going to tint my lights this weekend. However I found out that cops here in Miami have to decided to bust down on this. Not sure why, but I am going to wait. Dont want to spend time or money on a mod that may get me a ticket.

[2SSick]

So i put them back on the car and part of me wishes i made them darker but they came out great... It probably better this way because i wont get tickets







Well looking at the pics again... I do love it and I'm happy with the darkness... When the suns not shining on it i think it looks perfect... Any darker would have been just black and i wanted the deep dark maroon color. The rogue tails are sooo reflective though and thats why it shows alot of red in the light. Nothing i could really do about that LoL

[2SSick]

Heres some pictures i just took while its dark out... Looks really nice at night! Now they are pretty much blacked out LoL but when a co worker pulled in by the garage his headlights lit them up red so like i said earlier, it a good thing because i wont get rear ended... Oh and also i just realized i have the top brake light on the spolier! I didnt even know i had this lol... Only had the car a few days when i pulled the lights off... Im going to tint that tuesday on my day off. Anyway, here's the pics



The reverse lights...



Just the parking lights...

[2SSick]

Lights off without lights shining on them


And lights off with my flash reflecting the red

[JMed]

It looks awesome! Congrats man.

You're not the only one who forgot to do the top brake light. I forgot that one too

[ImStricken06]

dude, one word: KILLER!!!!

i think i found my project for today. my girl is at a baby shower = free time to tinker around!

[ROGUEPLANET]

The one thing i dont have enough of is time. Looks like im going to have to find time to get this done as well.

Nice job, glad to see it turn out so good after the troubles in the first round.

[darylzero]

Looks good man! I think you put on just the right # of coats.

[ImStricken06]

Guess what I'm up to, as we speak?! lol

[ROGUEPLANET]

Guess what I'm up to, as we speak?! lol

cant wait to see the pictures!

Are you in the 70's today? Might have to allow for a little longer drying time.

[ImStricken06]

rogue planet: yup amazing day in the 70's - maybe even 80 at one point.

they turned out a tad darker than i wanted, but still look ok in my opinion. i did the inside ones a tad darker than the outside ones.
this was a total PITA. the clear coat i used didnt dry clear - white hazzy. i had to re-sand over it, and spend tons of time buffing them to a shine.

here you go gents!

[ROGUEPLANET]

That didnt seem to take that long at all. Turned out well. Hmmmm, I think your stock wheels need work next.

[ImStricken06]

I think your stock wheels need work next.

lololol everyone says that! idk if i wanna go that far. its bad enough i plasti-dipped my G coupe:

[ROGUEPLANET]

Yeah, i downloaded your profile pic of your car and made the rims plastidip black. Something just doesnt seem right.
Not sure what it is.

I should in two weeks have borbet LV5s on my Rogue. I hope the color isn't to off. I have been waiting a while for them, i guess they had a stall in the manufacturing process.
As for my headlights, that is truely going to be a long process. I've ordered spare headlights and shrouds, thats about as far as i am right now.

The G Coupe looks insane! Awesome job on the wheels. At least you know what your doing.

[darylzero]

turned out nice. the more I see your car with the black spoiler, the more I like the contrast.

Hmmmm, I think your stock wheels need work next.

I like the stock wheels. Personally I think the stock wheels on the 2008 & 2009 look better than the newer models.

[ImStricken06]

Yeah, i downloaded your profile pic of your car and made the rims plastidip black. Something just doesnt seem right.
Not sure what it is.

exactly. i did my car in Photoshop, and it just ... eeeemmmm.... idk didnt seem right.

we have the same color rogue, right?

[ImStricken06]

turned out nice. the more I see your car with the black spoiler, the more I like the contrast.

Hmmmm, I think your stock wheels need work next.

I like the stock wheels. Personally I think the stock wheels on the 2008 & 2009 look better than the newer models.

thanks, i love the spoiler, and am iffy on the tail lights. idk- maybe ill warm up to them

and ps, wanna trade rims?? lolol

[ROGUEPLANET]

turned out nice. the more I see your car with the black spoiler, the more I like the contrast.

Hmmmm, I think your stock wheels need work next.

I like the stock wheels. Personally I think the stock wheels on the 2008 & 2009 look better than the newer models.

I do like those wheels, i think it has something to do with my Special Edition wheels being so plain that i think everyone needs a little sauce.

[ROGUEPLANET]

Yeah, i downloaded your profile pic of your car and made the rims plastidip black. Something just doesnt seem right.
Not sure what it is.

exactly. i did my car in Photoshop, and it just ... eeeemmmm.... idk didnt seem right.

we have the same color rogue, right?

yeah, platinum graphite. . . . ?

[darylzero]

and ps, wanna trade rims?? lolol

I have the same wheels