I used to have tint on my taillights that I bought off eBay for like 11 bucks but it recently flew off. I guess I got my money's worth for the year it lasted. I was wondering what you guys used for smoking your taillights? ie: AM Tint,VHT,eBay tint or any others
American muscle has tail light tint pre cut to go on your tails and they work really well they black them out and stay on it looks very professionally done and you can tell that is is vinyl.
I used VHT nightshade. It's easy, cheaper, and looks great. Plus you can pick the shade you want it (whether it be 2 coats or 5 coats.) Be careful though.. Cops can an will pull you over for having smoked tails. I have been pulled over several times for them.
Nightshade is 8-12$ (plus you'll have a lot left over for other stuff) vs 30$ at AM.. Plus you can get the nightshade today. Up to you though.
I used vht and it looks like crap. Yes I cleaned sanded buffed and cleared but they still ugly plus one's darker than the other. Go with vinyl tint in my opinion
We cut all of our Vinyl Striping as well as Tint in house to cut down on QC issues and ensure that the best product possible is leaving our warehouse. Feel free to take a look at our Tint Kits and don't hesitate to let me know if you have any questions, I'm always here to help!
Yes they are pre-cut individual strips that you apply one at a time. If you take your time, clean the surfaces thoroughly and use a hairdryer they adhere and form to the contour of the lights real well.
Another nice thing about the vinyl strips is that you an still see the reverse lights during the day and if you don't want that portion tinted at all you can simply cut that section out.
Corvette has VHT tails and the Mustang has Vinyl from AM. Both look good, the VHT you have to worry about dripping and it fading if you don't polish and clear coat it, the vinyl looks pretty good.
I agree if done correctly it doesn't look bad, but you have to put some effort into it, not just spray some coats on and call it a day.
My biggest complaint about VHT sprayed lights are when people make them soo fricken dark. I wouldn't go any darker than you did on your Bullitt, maybe even a coat or two less.
Yea if I had to do it again and pick, I would go with the vinyl again. And yea it was darker in the garage... Plus the nicer pic has an Instagram edit on it lol
I want the matte look on mine since I am going to matte the decklid and want it to blend well with tail lights. Plan on using Smoke plastidip this weekend so I will let you know how it goes and post some pics
I recently installed the smoked tail lights and sequentials from raxiom on mine. They're definitely darker, but not much.
Here's a pic of my ass end with the smoked lights as a reference. Also, you said about doing the decklid. I did mine with the pre-made vinyl from AM, very happy with it.
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