should i black out head/tail lights? Options

[NewOrleans]

With my paint job do you think it would look good to get my headlights and taillights blacked out?
Someone on craigslist can do it so was just curious what yall think
heres a pic of my car

just a side pic to get the idea of how the contrast works

[richee3]

Tinted taillights look good on silver. SwissFerdi just did his. Don't send your lights off to some dude on Craigslist though. You can do it yourself and save a bunch of time and money.

[NewOrleans]

Tinted taillights look good on silver. SwissFerdi just did his. Don't send your lights off to some dude on Craigslist though. You can do it yourself and save a bunch of time and money.

so what bout headlights? and how can i do it myself

[black13]

There is tint film on ebay, you can easily just cut it and apply yourself and if you don't like, just peel it off.

I think with that two tone, if you black out your inner headlights, it lines up with the black paint on the hood and could look cool.

[NewOrleans]

anyone good with photoshop wanna do it for me????? thx

[Tech-Nics]

why not just tint the high beams??? like this?

[SwissFerdi]

^ Craaaaaaaaaaaap...that's tempting.

NO, you can either do it via Nite-Shades like I did (12.99 for a can) or go the vinyl route. However, don't send them out to some guy either way. Just don't. Check my last profile pic for what tinted tails look like (although mine are only tinted and not blacked out like you wanted).

[NewOrleans]

^ Craaaaaaaaaaaap...that's tempting.

NO, you can either do it via Nite-Shades like I did (12.99 for a can) or go the vinyl route. However, don't send them out to some guy either way. Just don't. Check my last profile pic for what tinted tails look like (although mine are only tinted and not blacked out like you wanted).

Well how did you do that. I like how yours look
and the highbeam looks freekin sweet like that

[SwissFerdi]

Wet sanded the tails using 600 grit sandpaper; make sure the tails AND the sandpaper are both wet enough. I did three VERY thin coats of VHT Nite-Shades from about 15 inches away. I then threw three coats of clear on (make sure to wetsand in between coats to enhance gloss).

Done.

[NewOrleans]

Wet sanded the tails using 600 grit sandpaper; make sure the tails AND the sandpaper are both wet enough. I did three VERY thin coats of VHT Nite-Shades from about 15 inches away. I then threw three coats of clear on (make sure to wetsand in between coats to enhance gloss).

Done.

and how well does the light show thru. and you wet sanded inbetween each spraying? and where did you buy the clear from? also in ur personal opinion do u think the night shades would look good on the high beams? sorry for all the questions lol

[SwissFerdi]

All good, questions are fine.
Light shows through perfectly, just like stock. I didn't wet sand between any coats, but I should have. Just do the three coats (no wetsanding in between) of Nite-Shades (or two thick coats, it really depends on the darkness you want...I'd recommend spraying something else that's plastic to get a feel for it). Then one coat of clear, wet sand it, then another, etc.

I bought both the Nite-Shades and clear from Advance Auto. I used Duplicolor clear, but I wouldn't recommend it because it is not very glossy. Again, this can be due to not wetsanding between coats of clear.

This post has been edited by SwissFerdi: Nov 8, 2009 - 1:59 AM

[yellowchinaman]

If you black out your tail lights I'd say black out the number plate surround too so it looks like a continious strip.

[Spider77]

why not just tint the high beams??? like this?

Like the highs, but where can I get my hands on those covers for the lows?

[SwissFerdi]

If you black out your tail lights I'd say black out the number plate surround too so it looks like a continious strip.

I'm thinking about getting a CF license bezel. Not sure if that would work since I have no other CF on my car. Wonder if I could just spray my existing bezel black?

This post has been edited by SwissFerdi: Nov 8, 2009 - 11:10 AM

[96stgreendemon]

Don't spray your highs with nightshade, I did this to my old car and when you hit the brights they look red and it's illegal, this is why they want to make nightshades illegal

[PHLCELICA]

You can do what I did to my old celica. I took nite shade spray tint and made eyebrows on all headlights... Wish I had pics of it. It will still give you the option to use the highs and lows if u want to and im sure it'll look good on ur car.

[NewOrleans]

well what could be done to black the highs without makin em look red then?

[SwissFerdi]

Don't spray your highs with nightshade, I did this to my old car and when you hit the brights they look red and it's illegal, this is why they want to make nightshades illegal

I can imagine that cops wouldn't appreciate tinted highs, but how would it show red? That's impossible.

[mmmchocolate]

If you black out your tail lights I'd say black out the number plate surround too so it looks like a continious strip.

I'm thinking about getting a CF license bezel. Not sure if that would work since I have no other CF on my car. Wonder if I could just spray my existing bezel black?

thats what i'm doing....

[benzo]

dude, i normally don't like cars with 2 colors, but your paint is sooo dope!!