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DIY Smoked Tailights

nosbiggie

Ready to race!
Location
SoCaL
thanks for the DIY
 

valve

Passed Driver's Ed
Location
Dallas, TX
Ok, here goes.

Materials needed:

-VW GTI tailights (and preferably the car too lol).
-1+ Can of VHT Nightshades spray tint (approved for off-road use only).
-1 Package of 800 grit sandpaper.
-1 Package of 1000 grit sandpaper.
-1 Package of 2000 grit sandpaper.
-1 can of Clear coat (don't be cheap here buy the good stuff)
-Newspaper
-An outside location (this is preferable, trust me)

How to:

Remove the taillights from the car (duh), using 800 grit sandpaper sand down the face of the lights till not a single spot is shiny, this promotes adhesion (prevents tint from peeling in the future). Sand down the middle little dot thingy (okay you think of a better word for it) till the lines around it are gone. Also, pay close attention to the rims of the lights, they are recessed a bit, so fold the sandpaper over and use the edge. After this, wipe the face of the light clean to remove all the dust (there will be quite a bit). This is what the light should look like at this point.


Sanded:


One of the greatest benefits to using the spray tint method vs. the film method is that the spray tint method allows you to adjust the level of darkness as you go. Apply spray tint in THIN coats, watching carefully for drips/runs, here's what each coat SHOULD look like...





HOW DO YOU TAKE THE LIGHTS OUT???
 

Widebody MkVer

Performance Infused Style
Location
Selden NY
the paint was 12 bucks a can or something, the sandpaper and clear coat was like 20 bucks or so all together. i will make 1 more suggestion and that is even after the lights are outta the car mask off the black plastic, the overspray is visible on it :-( and it wont come off either. learn from my mistakes. BTW I am Blackmagicgti'06
 

Raven6t9

Noise Pipe Plugs FTW!!!
Location
Nomadic
Car(s)
~MKV GTI~
A better way to do this to make it look like you dont even have tails is to paint match it, only mix some clear in with the paint so that its still a little translucent. Paint matched tails! And then just add a reflector to the rear of your car like the R32s, make sure you can still see a reasonable amount of lights and you're legal!
 
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