has anyone smoked there own tail lights with tint? if so ..how did you do it and what kind of tint and (%) did you use? ive seen some youtube videos on it and it seems pretty easy and alot cheaper then some shops out here will do it for..oh and of course some pics of yours tinted would be great..i really wanna tint mine and leave the reverse lights not tinted..let me know what you guys think...thanks

 

I did this on my ranger and am going to do it on the F150 as soon as my can of nightshade arrives.

Buy nightshade, (available almost anywhere online)
Tape off reverse light
Prep surface
Apply coats (These were prob 5-6 coats, extremely dark)
Apply clear coat - wet sand - buff - for a glossy finish, nightshade outta the can is naturally flat



Best Pic I have lit up

 

looks great LoneRanger...ya i was thinkin about doing nightshade..but a buddy of mine did it and didnt seem to come out that even looking and really flat ..(his fault) ..i dont remember him sayin anything about wet sandin or buffing..whats more visible when the lights are lit up? tint or nightshade?

 

I'm not sure exactly what you mean by 'tint', like window tint? Cuz I would highly recommend not doing that to your taillights if you plan to keep them for an extended period of time. I've seen a couple products similar to nightshade on ebay, nightshade is just easy to come by and it worked well for me already so I'll stick to that.

Yes the nightshade does come out flat, that can easily be remedied by spraying a few coats of gloss clear coat, you can get a better surface and more gloss by wet sanding with something like 2000-3000 then polishing it up with some plastX. I don't have any body shop experience or fancy tools and did everything by hand in a few hours. Very simple procedure as long as you're patient

 

951!!!

HAHA Im from the 760 in the IE. I have been looking into tinting my tails too. Seems like most people here use the nightshade in a can. It comes with directions etc...

If you dont want to do it, I have been keeping an eye on this guy on evilbay that does it and has a set of our lights up now for 160ish and he even buys back your old ones. They look really good.

 

ya it does seem like everyone uses nightshade...alot of tint shops out here charge about that much also..i wanna do it..i got a heat gun and a squeege ..i just dont know what kind of tint to use..i guess ill just call one of the shops around here and ask..

 

so nobody has tinted there tails without niteshade i guess??? no vinyl or tint? anybody?

 

some have used this i used it for fog lights

http://www.rvinyl.com/tintkits/smoke...f-150_2004.htm