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10-15-2010, 10:20 PM | #1 |
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Blacked out taillights
Did a search and didnt yield much. Has any one tried VHT Night Shades on their taillights? Or is anyone selling them?
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10-15-2010, 10:49 PM | #2 |
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Re: Blacked out taillights
i've done it on many cars, but neverr my trucks.
I did use it to black out the front markers in the grill on the burb (68 nose) makes them disapear when turned off |
10-15-2010, 10:58 PM | #3 |
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Re: Blacked out taillights
Nah, not on these trucks, but longhorn man did do a good job on the marker lights...
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10-15-2010, 11:09 PM | #4 |
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Re: Blacked out taillights
when i was in High school i used a light coat of metalic blue on the inside of my red taillights for the "blue dot" look. .......then i got pulled over the same day, so i cleaned them out, but it looked cool
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10-15-2010, 11:32 PM | #5 |
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Re: Blacked out taillights
I also used the vht in 94.... back in high school...
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10-16-2010, 02:12 AM | #6 |
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Re: Blacked out taillights
i did VHT on my old toyota i drove in high school
im thinking about thinning down some gloss black ppg and doing a real light smoke on the rears of my 01
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10-16-2010, 11:03 AM | #7 |
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Re: Blacked out taillights
I dont have mine doen, but I have tinted some taillights. VHT works, but the best look is done with clear with some black basecoat mixed in. Scuff the taillights, and shoot. The more coats the darker the tint. It will dry and have a nice glossy finish, where I have seen the VHT stuff have a flat almost chalky finish after a little bit in the sun.
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10-16-2010, 02:26 PM | #8 |
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Re: Blacked out taillights
I just finished painting my truck and almost finished with wet sanding and buffing. But I do have a couple spots I would like to go back and touch up, so I think Im going to try the paint gun method. My truck is two-tone black and silver, I put my tail lights in and they didnt look good at all against the black. I have alot of black base coat and clear left, but I guess I will go buy a quart of single stage black an give it a try.....
I will post pics when it gets done.. |
10-16-2010, 03:25 PM | #9 |
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Re: Blacked out taillights
I like it on black vehicles...depends on local law inforcement...in my area of VA I'd get a ticket any time I took it out if I did that
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10-16-2010, 03:38 PM | #10 | |
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03-01-2012, 11:57 PM | #11 |
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Re: Blacked out taillights
I'm getting ready to put a light coat of VHT on my blue taillights i bought off ebay, I'm blacking out my whole truck though too so...
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03-02-2012, 12:57 AM | #12 |
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Re: Blacked out taillights
Do any of you that have done em think that they appear "less bright" afterward? Just curious. They do seem that way to me when I'm the shmuck behind someone with em, so I'm wondering if it's just my imagination, which it certainly could be.
As for blue dots, dang, I LOVE em, but I got pulled over continuously in an old 57 chev I had, so stopped using them. On one old truck I put them on, but kept a stock pair in the glovebox so I could tell him "I just found out, and I'm gonna install em as soon as I get home.." Yeah, that didn't work either. Anyone know WHY bluedots are illegal? I never quite understood that - so what if they aren't red... They are kinda red-dish, and bright! Oh well, I would not have made a good traffic law inventer. |
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03-02-2012, 01:59 AM | #14 |
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Yeah, I understand what you're saying - I realize it's a DOT standard, but that's what I'm questioning - I never thought blue dots had any negative aspect to them or safety hazard. But then again, if we opened it up for those, next thing ya know there would be all those japanese cars with super bright lights and stuff like that. Oh wait, there ARE those already! I'm with ya, I must be getting old, but those darn bright funky lookin things blind me. But it's not just the foreign cars now, new US cars have em from the factory now (some of them).
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03-02-2012, 02:01 AM | #15 |
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Re: Blacked out taillights
I've put VHT NiteShades on a couple different rides over the years. But on my Ram it's a similar thing, but more professional application that uses a dipping and clearing process.
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As for the tails... again, it's how it's done. Not just how they're done, but also what's done along with them. That's why I've got a PlasmaGlow Fire & Ice lightbar as well.
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