Blacked Out My Tail Lights

**supercopone** · 11-16-2009, 04:59 PM

Now I just gotta get the headlights smoked and turnsignals done.

**BADASS2000SS** · 11-16-2009, 05:54 PM

Looks good, now get some 5 % tint on there and you will be all murdered out!

**supercopone** · 11-16-2009, 06:00 PM

yep its on the list....

**supercopone** · 11-16-2009, 06:00 PM

That VHT is easy to use.

**cammed goat** · 11-16-2009, 06:15 PM

Lookin good.

**supercopone** · 11-16-2009, 06:17 PM

Originally Posted by cammed goat

Lookin good.

when you gonna start doing some stuff to urs

**cammed goat** · 11-16-2009, 06:20 PM

Pretty much done. Here in NJ it's illegal to black out the lights. Although I have thought about the 35% tint for my headlights from headlightarmor.

**tatertot91** · 11-16-2009, 06:56 PM

Looks good
Always liked the black on black

Originally Posted by BADASS2000SS

Looks good, now get some 5 % tint on there and you will be all murdered out!

what tint are you running on your front windshield?
was gonna do probably 5% on the back and sides, but dont know how dark to go on the front
dont wanna go too crazy

**02sunsetorangeZ** · 11-16-2009, 07:18 PM

looks good man!

**supercopone** · 11-16-2009, 10:53 PM

thanks

**cdz28** · 11-17-2009, 12:04 AM

Looks good!! I'm a fan of the all black look

**jason_a_marzewski** · 11-17-2009, 12:25 PM

From your picture, you did a spectacular job of blacking out the tail lights of your car - way to go, dude!

From experience, a word of caution about blacking out, or even lightly smoke-tinting, your headlights: you may loose most, if not all, of your night-time illumination and visibility. I found out the hard way that VHT NightShades is a funny thing. You can put even a light mist across a lens, and it will block out more outgoing light than you would expect. The light doesn't look inhibited from the outside of the lens, but believe me, it is from the inside! And if you do apply even a moderate amount of approximately 5 - 6 very light mists like I did, the amount of light that the spray prevents from escaping will compound exponentially.

Case-in-point: I've specially wired my low beams to stay on when my high beams come on. Plus, I run the brighter 4300k HID bulbs in both my low and my high beams. With the lenses smoked as I described, I couldn’t see a thing past about 6 feet from my bumper even with all four HID lights on at once; my headlights were putting out about as much light as my parking lights. It was amazing...and costly as I had to replace my headlights so that I could safely drive at night.

Bottom line: Seeing someone else's tinted or smoked headlights is cool; the side-effects of owning them yourself generally are not.

But, cars are art and art is subjective. Make your art the way you want to, and then enjoy YOUR masterpiece.

- J@M

**SiggyZ** · 11-17-2009, 12:28 PM

Not big on the tail and head light tints, but to each their own.

**supercopone** · 11-17-2009, 03:59 PM

Originally Posted by SiggyZ

Not big on the tail and head light tints, but to each their own.

ok ...I guess

**BADASS2000SS** · 11-17-2009, 04:07 PM

Originally Posted by tatertot91

Looks good
Always liked the black on black

what tint are you running on your front windshield?
was gonna do probably 5% on the back and sides, but dont know how dark to go on the front
dont wanna go too crazy

40% on the front windshield. Its a little to dark at night. I suggest 50% Alex. Dont forget, it is illegal to tint your front windshield! Just a reminder.

**toi tyme** · 11-17-2009, 04:11 PM

Originally Posted by supercopone

Now I just gotta get the headlights smoked and turnsignals done.

anakin is lookin mighty darth vader

im lovin the black out look!! I cant wait to do mine!!

**supercopone** · 11-17-2009, 04:14 PM

it was easy to do...some sand paper, cleaner, vht and about two hours. It only took like ten minutes a light to do but the dry time took awhile

**toi tyme** · 11-17-2009, 04:16 PM

Originally Posted by supercopone

it was easy to do...some sand paper, cleaner, vht and about two hours. It only took like ten minutes a light to do but the dry time took awhile

hah yeh, i wont pass inspection here with it... so i have to either buy covers for now, until i can buy an extra pair of tail lights to tint/smoke, and keep these old ones to switch for inspection....

**tatertot91** · 11-17-2009, 04:18 PM

Originally Posted by BADASS2000SS

40% on the front windshield. Its a little to dark at night. I suggest 50% Alex. Dont forget, it is illegal to tint your front windshield! Just a reminder.

I dont want anything too crazy, just enough to keep the car cooler in the sun
Any good places up in palm beach you would suggest? Might end up doing 50% like you said, and probably 15 on the sides and 5 on the back. I'll see when i get there.

**supercopone** · 11-17-2009, 04:27 PM

Originally Posted by toityme

hah yeh, i wont pass inspection here with it... so i have to either buy covers for now, until i can buy an extra pair of tail lights to tint/smoke, and keep these old ones to switch for inspection....

just slip them a $20.00 on they sly or walk in with a pizza