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tinted tail lights?
So I tinted my tail lights, and was just wondering. Is there any way I can make them shine like the rest of the car? I tinted them, and then clear coated them. Should I do some wetsanding then buff them? I'm not really much of a detailer....
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07-28-2008, 08:48 AM
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Re: tinted tail lights?
clear coat them.
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07-28-2008, 09:02 AM
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Re: tinted tail lights?
ya i did clear coat them. and they arent "shiny" i even applied a couple coats of wax...
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07-28-2008, 05:17 PM
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Re: tinted tail lights?
I just did mine recently.
I didn't clear them though, what I did was apply a couple coats of Niteshade and let it dry overnight. Then wet sanded them with 600 grit and after that I hit them with 3M polishing compound about 5 times and then about four coats of wax to get the finish you see below. I am still thinking I should clear them but I'm glad I got them like this first. 
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07-28-2008, 08:23 PM
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Re: tinted tail lights?
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You need to use professional car clear coat. But seriously, go do a search in Exterior Mods. There are a million topics on the same question. dave.
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07-28-2008, 09:50 PM
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Re: tinted tail lights?
i did a search and didnt find anything. i always do a search before i post a thread
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07-28-2008, 10:21 PM
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Re: tinted tail lights?
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I'm not sure what you can do now other than wet sand and polish and reclear them. They may do allright with just the wetsand and polish without reclearing though. I've found that Duplicolor clear works fairly well but it does require some effort to get a good shine out of it.
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07-28-2008, 11:33 PM
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Re: tinted tail lights?
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dude, if I've got to go through and show you the millions of threads about niteshading....you're going to regret it....  Seriously, all the questions that you could ever think of about niteshading have been asked over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and so on.... dave.
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07-28-2008, 11:44 PM
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Re: tinted tail lights?
http://forums.focaljet.com/exterior-...ght=niteshades
http://forums.focaljet.com/exterior-...ght=niteshades http://forums.focaljet.com/exterior-...ght=niteshades http://forums.focaljet.com/exterior-...ght=niteshades http://forums.focaljet.com/exterior-...ght=niteshades http://forums.focaljet.com/exterior-...ght=niteshades http://forums.focaljet.com/exterior-...ght=niteshades http://forums.focaljet.com/exterior-...ght=niteshades http://forums.focaljet.com/exterior-...ght=niteshades http://forums.focaljet.com/exterior-...ght=niteshades http://forums.focaljet.com/exterior-...ght=niteshades There are 137 posts with niteshade information...... dave.
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07-29-2008, 08:37 AM
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Re: tinted tail lights?
Man i want Steve to tint my tails...LOL Damn that sounded GAY...LOL
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07-29-2008, 09:32 AM
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Re: tinted tail lights?
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It's ok.....everyone wants him to "tint their tails"         dave.
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07-29-2008, 12:26 PM
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Re: tinted tail lights?
i didnt do a search for "niteshade" i did a search for tinted tail lights
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07-29-2008, 01:15 PM
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Re: tinted tail lights?
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ahh! I bet that only came up with just a few dead ends then. Hopefully you'll find all the answers you need! There is a wealth of info on here about niteshading. dave.
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07-29-2008, 01:26 PM
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Re: tinted tail lights?
yea it did come up with dead ends. thanks for the help i appreciate it. didnt really think to search for nite shades
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08-06-2008, 08:56 PM
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Re: tinted tail lights?
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That is SO sig worthy!!
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08-07-2008, 10:42 AM
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Re: tinted tail lights?
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No it isn't.
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