So I have the clear euro tails on my truck and I really don't like them so I attempted to paint them using niteshades. I started on them tonight, but they came out pretty dark so I want to wet sand them down until they lighten up then I'll put a bunch of coats of clear. The reason for not doing my factory tails is b/c I had cracked one of them due to a mailbox. So my question for you all that have smoked out tails is, do they all have a hazy look when you turn your lights on due to the type of paint of did I just do that bad of a job? Hopefully once I lighten them up they're not as bad. If they end up not coming out good it's ok, b/c I didn't like the ones I have and there's not many people who would buy them. lol

 

mine arent hazy...Did you clear coat or buff them?

 

i used 4 coats of Krylon crystal clear on mine after 3 coats of niteshades. they are not dull at all

 

If you didn't clear coat/wet sand them, they're bound to turn hazy. Wet sand in between the layers of clear, and they should come out better.

 

Wouldnt that defeat the purpose of clearing them? I always put an extra coat on since the wet sanding will take off one layer.

 

Not sure. I was just following one of the writeups, and mine came out pretty good. If you can get the same results without wet sanding, that would make things a little easier.

 

so you wetsanded after each coat? Bet that took forever to finally finish the job...Im sure they look outstanding after all that work!

 

yea mine were hazy before i clear coated....i used 2 cans of niteshades haha

 

i can see wetsanding the clear is you see a blemish in the clear, but if there is no you can get the orange peel out at the end. just make sure you have enough clear on there, 3 coats should be good . then wetsand 800-1000-1500-2000 and then some scratch remover and buff em out, should look like glass when your done.

 

Well I don't think I applied the Niteshades on right. It's only hazy when the bulb is lit up just in that area. When I applied the Niteshades I did 3 coats, but think one of them was to heavy of a coat which cause 2 or 3 fish eyes in each light. I didn't relize until after that the paint will level out on its own. At first it looked rough then after sitting it smoothed out. I tried Krylon clear, but even after 5 coats it was dull. I used the Dupli color and worked great. I have to wetsand them again and reclear them b/c they have a few pieces of trash. Needless to say I'll either order some lights off of ebay or strip the Niteshades off and try to redo it now that I know the correct way.

 

i think the factory tail lights or the hella tails would look good on your truck

 

The smoked ones may be to dark and clash with the red just as bad as the chrome did with the ones I have. I may need to go with a light that has the back area black and a tinted lense.

 

what about Harley's ?

 

The Harley's were another thought. I recleared the lights last night, but when I woke up this morning one was still dull and needed another coat. I put the other one on to see what it would look like. It doesn't look to bad, but I'm still not sure. I'll try to get pic's as soon as I get them both done to see what everyone's opinion is.