To young morph: I used VHT Nite Shades.

to TBB: I compare the tail lights to the trim because all the trim you see when looking at the rear is all flat. It's the way I see it, Just my opinion. besides, I am still contemplating clear coating them anyways. The shine would look pretty good against the shiny paint. Not sure...

Thanks Sisk. I am at that stage right now where I am trying to figure out where to go from here. But yeah, the tint came out great afte second attempt lol.

 

I HATE VHT. I've used it in the past before I knew any better. It's flat and hard to apply in an even coat. Even if you topcoat it with clear it still doesn't look right. Real automotive clear mixed with some black looks best. I prefer to wet sand the letters off the lights with 400 then sand the whole light with 600. You have to spray light even coats and keep counting how many coats you put on since the more you put on, the darker they get.

These are a set of Camaro lights I did then traded to a friend(this is his car):

 

See? Send them to a body man/paint shop and tint them right!

 

That's fine and all, but how much does it cost to have a shop do them?

 

No idea since years ago I had tried to get a shop to tint mine since they did it on their personal vehicles. They wouldn't give me a price and said they can't guarantee it would stick. I did the lights myself and had the paint stuff already laying around. It only cost me my time to do it.

 

May sound stupid but im brand new to all this, just bought my first blazer. Do you spray the outside of lights or have to take them apart and spray the inside?

 

Clean well and spray the outside

 

That gave me a sigh of relief lol glad I dont have to start taking things apart lol. Thanks.

 

If I bought a set of lights, would anyone be interested in painting them? I have little time as a college student, and since the blazer is sitting in the garage... might as well right? PM me, if you are interested just shoot me a price, I am zipcode 61422 and 61606 at school...

 

The only problem with tinting clear is most clears is says right in the data sheets its not tint-able. Thats why most body shops won't do it for you and you have to find either some hack or somebody doing in under their carport. There are one or two brands that is tho so if you can find somebody that will research and do it right by all means please go ahead.

Personally I still like the tinted films, little soap and water, razor blade, heat gun, and you don't have to worry about too dark or runs.