Smoked tail lights tutorial Lots of pix

[Ever Victorious]

Never, actually.

We're undergoing a site change. This writeup, along with the foglight install, will go in a new section off the portal page.

Look for these upcoming changes soon.

[blake.pizzey]

you should toss the tut of painting the housing of the headlights in there tooif that guy ever finishes it.

[Ever Victorious]

Yeah, good point... I'll try to make sure he documents it.

[reyes1212]

Hey CodeRed, what if I undersprayed the clearcoat, as in i didnt really do it close and it came to a whitish haze. then when i was workin on the 3rd or 4th clear coat, i started to run out but managed to get in to where it looked somewhat shiny.when an hour or so passed by, i checked it again and if you look at it from a side angle, you can sort of see grey spots like if i missed to spray a certain spot or something. Do you think it's an "okay" thing or am i screwed and it wont buff out to be nice?

[reyes1212]

Okay so i forgot to post yesterday because I lost my camera just after taking pics of MY smoked lenses, but dang...they came out pretty nice after all.The only gripe is they weren't as shiny, but ME LIKES!

[ShinHed]

Looks awesome man, but would it have been easier if you just tinted the inside of the light?

[CodeRed]

No because you would have to take apart the whole light to do it....

[reyes1212]

I CONCUR!

[versaphile]

WHERE CAN I PICK UP THE NIGHT SHADES AT?

[blacksmaru]

nice job! i always wondered how that was done...

[reyes1212]

I might actually end up resanding mine dwn again and repainting them to a darker shade because there are times where I feel I could have done better by painting more...

[ricebow_240sx]

old thread but very nice!!

i just have one question..

will this work, if i were to do this on my "kouki tail lights"

i seen few tail lights that was dark/black housing.. or w/e.

please lmk. thanks!

[CodeRed]

It is the same application for all tail lights.

[reyes1212]

Hey CodeRed, how are your lights' darkness doing?at times i think my taillights are actually returning to their reddish color.Im thinking of redoing them, but should I just put more coats instead, or what?Im thinking of just sanding it hardcore through the clearcoat. what do you think?