So I thought id try my hand at tinting my tails and 3rd brake light. Had a friend use this stuff called Transparent window tint that they use on model cars and his turned out really good and he told me how to do it so I tried it.......they look good, but my only thing is if you get up close theres ripples all over it where it was sprayed........idk if I just didnt let it dry enough before adding coats or what.....Anybody if theres a way to fix it? I also taped off my reverse light. Didnt want to go too dark, but what do yall think!?

 

looks good , i like it

not too dark nor too light,

looks a tad darker than the harley tails


did you use a clear coat ?

 

looks sweet, matches really well with that color truck.

 

no I didnt use any clearcoat, the stuff I used had a glossy finish by itself

 

do you remember the brand ?

 

Looks no different almost.. I would have gone a little heavier. Red and black go so well together.

 

Its called

Model Master - Custom Spray Lacqure- Transparent Black Window tint

 

I can tell its darker, I may end up going a little bit darker to see if I can get rid of the ripples that appear..idk how it happened, but you can see it when you look close enough

 

I would go a little darker and then wet sand and buff once you are done, that should work

Looks good though

 

Great work man.

 

what do you think I should use to buff with?

 

Did you sand the lights before you painted? I had my tails tinted on my Cadillac CTS with VHT, which is probably the same thing as what you are describing. And for the ripples, this stuff is very thin when sprayed. You have to do very very light coats until you get your desired shade of tint. The only way to get rid of them is to sand them down and respray them.. Heres my CTS when I had them done.

 

No I didnt sand them before I did it, The guy who told me how to do it didnt sand his......but I guess ill have to do them all over again or try and wet sand and buff them and see what happens.

 

I buffed them with a nano wax, polished them right up!!

 

I think plastic-x works good as a polish also.