School's out and I have way too much free time, so I decided to smoke my tails. I think they look great! All it took was 3 coats of Rust-Oleum Lens Tint, and 2 coats of Rust-Oleum clear. Do you guys think I should red out my signals too? I'm on the fence about that. Thanks.

 

They turned out great!!!... Hopefully they'll last a long time.
Mine were all red and I did it about a year ago. I did not sand the areas to be painted to rough them up, for the paint to make a better bond with the lenses, and had to re-do the whole thing about 2 weeks ago because of paint peeling all over the place. This time I sanded the surfaces and used a glossy black spray paint formulated for plastic surfaces, followed by a few coats of clear coat. The paint almost matches the car. So far, I'm happy with the results.

 

^ Thanks! I didn't sand the lights first either... I hope I won't have to redo them anytime soon.

 

I really like that idea...they came out great! I have a sterling mist also and I think this compliments the lighter color cars better than just tinting the entire tail. Although, I would probably do a light coat over the red and orange also.

 

I could be the type of paint I used. Perhaps the Rust-Oleum has better adhesion power and you won't have that problem. I got mine from a hobby shop (forgot the name of it); it wasn't the VHT Nite-Shades, but something else (I think it was Testor or something).

 

Thanks! I thought about lightly tinting the brake and signals, but the Lens tint can said "Illegal for on road use". And I'm a young guy in a fairly nice car, so I'm already more likely to get pulled over.

 

looks good but from pics looks like a better job of taping he center couldve been done as the chrome ring doesnt look fully circular anymore

 

I tinted my lights last week, but I did the whole light, except for the reflector, to try and stay somewhat legal. I also tinted the sidemarkers to match. I love my look. I used 2 coats of VHT niteshades, I love the darkness that came out of it. I just wish I would not have sanded mine before, I don't think I needed too.

 

^ Wow, that looks really aggressive! I think I'll eventually tint my sidemarkers too.

 

Ha, thanks, I like them. Does your paint say to sand them?

 

^ Nope, it just says to make sure the surface is clean.

 

True, I could have done a better job. But you live and learn.

 

Yea, that's what VHT said, but I sanded them anyways. Now I regret it. It looks worse, IMO.

 

Looks great guys! Never seen anyone do all but the reflectors - that looks awesome like that. I tinted mine with the laminated tint sheet/spray bottle/hair dryer technique. Turned out OK, but it could be even more original if I taped off a reflector or something to customize it.

(Thinking about tinting my fogs, too - might even go with a dark yellow?)

 

Looks good. Definitely red out the signal. That amber is ugly.

 

Thanks! Yea, I wanted a custom look, as well as have that reflector visible, so yea. Same thing with the sidemarkers. Wanted to see the reflector and let light through.

 

I searched, but couldn't find out exactly how to red out the signal. Any ideas?

 

I'd go with yellow. It looks good on Lexuses...

 

You can get the same lens tint paint, but in red. Here is one off of eBay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...d=200474147817

 

Yea, I would yellow them too. I am about to do that. But I recommend you get the HID yellow conversion kit, rather than yellow overlays. Looks good at day and night. Does't show that nasty yellow during the daytime, but has a brighter light at night.

http://www.ddmtuning.com/Products/Apexcone-Raptor-HID-Kit

 

Thanks! Didn't realize I could get a kit for $30. I was expecting to spend more like $150 on something like that. (Ordered.)

Sorry for hijacking your thread.

/fog light discussion.

 

looks good

 

Yup looking good!

 

Wow!!!.. That is some agressive look!!!.. Hopefully you won't be harassed by the cops; I've seen some of them taking pictures of tail lights before writing the ticket. I guess I'm a bit shy and didn't want to go beyond this:

 

Turned out Nice good job

 

Nice Job!, I did the same myself...it gives the 5.5 Gen that sporty 2000 SE Look. Your side markers will finish off the look as well.

 

Look up Testors 1605 on eBay. It's perfect for the tails and very inexpensive (about $4 a can).

 

definatly red out the turn signals bro it will look so much better.

 

Z - just noticed the Stone Mountain plate frame. I'm in Norcross about 20 minutes from you probably. lol

 

^ My commute kinda goes past Norcross. I might have seen you before.
Off topic, but are there any drag strips in the Atlanta area? I've been itching to go to one.

 

The tails look very good. I was curious about how the rustoleum paint would turn out for something like this, had a bad experience with vht nightshades . May go pick this up and go for round two on my tails.

 

I really have no idea. My car isn't drag worthy lately, so I haven't even looked.

 

Thanks! One weird thing about the Rust-Oleum paint is that it sprays more evenly when you hold it upside down.

 

Do y'all meet up with AMD (Atlanta Maxima Drivers)? I used to live near Macon and I would roll up to Kennesaw to meet with them.

 

^ Never heard of them. I'll have to look that up.

 

AMD? Competes with Intel? Duh. I guess some may also refer to AMD as Atlanta Maxima Drivers. There's a few posts in the Southeast section about meets.

 

^ Intel FTW.

 

I want to do this to my kids car but wonder how I can get the perfect circles on them lights....Pieces of tape won't come out right

 

^ Maybe you can try tracing the shape of the lights on newspaper or something, then cut them out and tape them on?

 

true but when you tape the perfect circle to the light the tape will go over the paper. If I use double stick tape I will have to cover every bit of the circle so it wont let paint seep through.

I will have to thoroughly think this one out and improvise a bit on this one...