Tinting tail lights is a good way to get a lawsuit if someone gets in a wreck and people complain they couldn't see the lights. (Diming any lights on a vehicle that are used for sight or for others to see you or sight to see your driving lane is beyond stupid)
Hi. Hey bro. I live in CA But I can’t fine a place to put tint on my lights with wrap plastic tint. Where I can go to do it. Help me thanks if you no a place 👍🏻
I do window tinting in Texas and I’ve been asked about this many times. this is probably one of the best instructional videos I have come across thank you
In my opinion tinted tail lights are easier to see because the red tail lights you can’t really tell when the light is on it’s just a brighter red. I love the look! Had my civic taillights tinted for 3 years never had a problem
This vid covers all bases and whilst I've seen a couple of these how-to's on youtube, this is just so well done. Thanks man. Quite well laid out and made it easy to watch!
I clear coat them with PPG after I nightshade but I have a body shop so that's hard for anyone to do at home but I get a mirror finish after I'm done and I always tape off the reverse lights I like being able to see when I back up at night. But I still like y'alls product it's perfect for the average do it yourselfer.
Exactly it’s all about the effort nightshade can be used effectively and look nice if done right. Most people just spray them and don’t even bother to see if it’s even and just leave it but if you actually but effort into them. Like spraying them then doing a light wet sand then spray a few coats if clear and also do some wet sanding and then polish them. They will come out with a high gloss mirror finish with simple products. But nobody does all that effort so they look all dull and like shit.
david peirce were talking the average consumer who buys nightshade who it’s marketed too. Not everyone has access to professional materials or A booth. Of course the proper way is to have a body shop do it but these steps is for your average garage worker.
Out of all the videos I have searched this was the most helpful one that made me feel confident in doing my own install. Thanks guys! Much love and respect from Cali!
personally I say it was the person who did it. I did mine with the purple can spray and it came out glossy clear and smooth. so it was just poorly done.
This is such a safety violation that you can't get away with in many states. Here in Florida, although statute 316.234 states, "An object, material, or covering that alters the stop lamp’s visibility from 300 feet to the rear in normal sunlight may not be placed, displayed, installed, affixed, or applied over a stop lamp," law enforcement officials overlook it. So, in addition to speed traps to meet monthly quotas, they could meet them much quicker by impounding such vehicles; ditto for the headlights and windows. Folks go for the cool appearance factor and not safety.
The nipples can be sanded down and tail light buffed with metal Polish ... Then tint them properly and have no trace left behind ...... Liked and Subscribed ... Great channel
Is there anyway you can show the difference in percentages of tint vs how "blacked out" you're trying to go? This was a very helpful video my man. Many thanks!
@@splooshkaboom4210 Actually it is. Even the light smoke tint on tail lights in bright sun light reduce the actual visibility of the lights by over 75%. In a shop or dim light setting the difference does seem like a lot, but once you get into bright day light it very much indeed does affect the visiblity. Hence why smoked or tinted headlights and tail lights are illegal on roadways.
@@splooshkaboom4210 I have worked so many wrecks from people not seeing the tail lights it's ridiculous. (The person with the tinted lights is pretty always found at fault as well for altering the visibility of the light)
For the chodes, the advantage to using film instead of spray is bc where I live in order to pass safety inspection to get license plates you can’t have tinted tails. So with film u can peel it right off and re tint in a few minutes after inspection
For those "bubbles", wouldn't filling them in with clear nail polish work to prevent the dimpling effect? Kind of like transparent bondo. Let it dry and smooth it with the clay-bar again.
The nail polish solvent would "fog" the plastic on the tail light. You definitely want the film bonded with the light itself not with any filler between.
luke tisdelle it's not good for the taillight though, it's shiny cause of the grease and grease is really bad for taillights, headlights etc.. it eats it out (my opinion shouldn't matter lol)
I clear coat them with PPG after nightshade but I have a body shop so that's hard for anyone to do at home but I get a perfect mirror after I'm done and I alway tape off the reverse lights. I like seeing when I back up at night but still really like y'alls product it's great for the average Do it yourselfer
Joe Patcity I’m I the only one who thought... that’s all of f**king work, when u can clear coat the spray tint and use compound after. Totally agree with you guys👌
I’ve used VHT night shades several times on my cars, if the light looks that nice after you stripped it, the niteshades wasn’t done properly is why it looks so bad, also you’re supposed to clear over niteshades after spraying it, all my lights looked as good or better than tinting the tail light. But I wouldn’t recommend using the niteshades if you aren’t a good painter of auto parts. I checked out this video because I was to try tinting my new cars lights instead of painting so it’s not permanent Great video 👍🏼
I can tell he’s used to telling customers the same thing over to assure the customer everything is cool. I do car audio and I find myself repeating the same stuff for them to wind up asking the same question. Either way, good vid man I’m inspired to do my own now
I live in Arizona, I spray painted my tail lights with some cheap spray from Walmart & got pulled over 3 days later. I removed the spray paint & had it done professionally & havent been pulled over since. Tail light film is actually legal in Arizona, but your lights need to be seen clearly.
1ro no se usa liquido 2do estiras muy mal el vinilo 3ro cocinaste el vinilo demasiado 4to se sacan la tailight para hacerlo bien 5to se usa primer para fijar los bordes
That tiny spray was applied horribly, I used to use it all the time. It’s basically like painting you have to wet sand and even buff sometimes. I used my homemade headlight restore kit on the tint spray and couldn’t even tell it was sprayed
In my opinion the niteshade done right and wetsanded looks better, you can get a good gloss on it. But if I tint lights I just drop them at a body shop and pay the guy to do a clear coat and black mix.
Not if it can be seen from 500 feet away...pulled over once, proved it in court..dismissed...never pulled over again....well for my tinted tails....exhaust is a whole different story..🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You did an excellent job tinting the rear taillights. Two thumbs up👍👍. If you can tint the rear taillights on my 1995 Mercedes SL , I'll ship you the taillights , since I live out of state .
I tried vivids dry application and this film seems a lot more forgiving. The vivid wrinkles a lot and you can’t get enough heat to make it lay nice without burning it. Definitely gonna try this film next
It looks like they didn't wet sand that plastic before using the spray Nightshade. Generally you do this otherwise you can easily get a crappy look like they had. Even still, you can do everything right with that stuff and then coat it with glossy clear coat only to have it STILL look matte in finish. I've done both that stuff and vinyl on different vehicles and I have to say, vinyl is the only way to go. I will never use Nightshade again. On my M3 I used Vvivid Smoke vinyl on the tails and the headlights. Looks absolutely killer.
I used a spray tint and a semi gloss clear coat and in my opinion it was way better, my taillights have odd indent designs (2003 Ford Escape) and even a weird dip in the plastic. I have them super dark and they still shine through very well. I would recommend if you are worried and have an older car to get brighter bulbs though but stock should be fine
@@maddawgnoll nope, they are actually holes on the taillight. Manufacturers that use a specific plastic added small holes to allow water evaporation from build up, thermal expansion from light heat, and drainage. Usually cheaper made ones or models that were known to have a seal issue due to cheap products had this done to combat the issue without having to do a recall or change the way they built the parts allowing them to keep a lower cost
@@maddawgnoll Maybe do a little research? Try googling and educate yourself a bit. Having worked at a manufacturing plant nearly 20+years. I can assure you especially in older vehicles and many cheaper made production models, a small hole was indeed placed in the two plastic layers for those reasons. It allowed for thermal expansion, as the car ages with cheaper plastics used in tail lights they would break down due to built up trapped heat. This air way allowed air to escape so that when it expanded it would reduce cracking. Next time you goto a car wash pay attention. You'll even see this on alot of new cars still. When it's a beautiful and hot day , a person takes their car thru a touchless car wash, gets home and notices theirs quite a bit of condensation in the rear lights. This small pin hole allows the heat of the light and the sunlight to evaporate the water and allow it to escape. With out this pin hole it would be like a water bottle in sunlight, it continuously condensate on the inside lens without drying possibly shorting out the light. You're welcome for this little bit of factual knowledge. ;)
Don’t worry about the internet trolls bringing ya down nice job on the lights an good job getting out there an actually showing step by step very thorough. 2 thumbs up.
Yes when they use the Nightshade they forgot to do one last step which is to put a couple coats of clearcoat or else he would have come out looking pretty good
first of all this tint job looks awesome. love the result. i was gonna spray mine but im convinced not to now. i have a 01 sunfire (its mine and i like it) and would do this myself. would you recomend using a little water/soap or a bunch on the sticky side at first?
IMO the best way to tint a tail light is to add a little color to the clear and triple coat it. I had a silver Chrysler 300 that I tinted the tail lights silver, rebadged, looked clean af.
