philyeagles7994

Decided to save a bit of money and go out and buy VHT Niteshades and tint my tail lights myself. Check out the pic and tell me what you think.. If anyone wants I can put up a pic with the brake light on but 3 coats of Niteshades and it still shines right through

lamonsas

looks nice man

tanktube67

A little too dark for my taste, I would not last a day with out getting a ticket here in SoCal, specially with our hungry cops.

Sportstick

By definition, the light cannot be as bright, therefore, sorry, but thumbs down from me and I hope never to be driving behind you at night, especially in bad weather visibility.

philyeagles7994

haha i was just as skeptical as you man so heres a couple pics to make you feel a little safer about driving behind me

ZeroSeVen

That's only 3 coats of nightshades?! It looks close to black already

Lighten it up a bit to dark cherry

philyeagles7994

haha yeah they were some pretty dark coats but i was going for the blackout look anyways

tanktube67

Now take some day time pictures.

Sportstick

I'm glad you are thinking about the concern, but those photos don't make the case. The issue is not having the light disappear completely...it's the amount of loss. You would need before/after comparison of light meter readings, which I think will show the reduction in light output. If you found a tint where the difference is zero, then I retract all my concerns!

hitokiri89

Did you spray the outside of the light or the inside ?

Strfry

My tails are dark like that too and I'm getting around to replacing them.

Daytime is a killer.

Scat01

Above and beyond all of the accurate concerns about the reduction of light/safety discussion...The work itself looks shotty at best - Sorry man, but you can see red that was not even covered, the finish looks bad, there was obviously no clearcoat applied...Total fail in my book.

Is there a simple way to reverse the niteshades process?

ZorroAMG

Spraying behind red plastic on the inside would not achieve that color.

You should clear coat it, VHT coating sucks as far as the shine goes compared to OEM plastic.

hitokiri89

So i would just have to tape off the parts i dont want sprayed and then go for a few coats ?

EASYDOES1T

That's really dark

victort

too dark for my taste. that'd be just asking for cops to pull you over here in SoCal. Cop pulled over a white C300 right in front of my office for tinted taillights, and everybody in the office thought it was me, so they all asked me why i got pulled over. lol

Mixedfruits

save some money...... the cans only 10$ or less lmfao

C300S 6MT

Try this headlight restoration kit.

kirillbenz22

let me see it during the day!

blue00r6

bleh... that look is so '93 honda civic

ZorroAMG

If you spray it again with vht and wipe it down with a cloth, the old mixes with the new and can be removed.

PS it's shoddy, not shotty.

Scat01

Haha - You are correct, it is shoddy...and it is shoddy.

delirium

Yea ive notice on other cars, its not the nighttime where the light isnt shining through, its in the daytime when the light isnt bright enough...

masterstudent

I prefer the red over black. Maybe one coat would've looked better. But as long as you're happy with it, more power to you.

Sportstick

Forgive me, Master, but I think that is the wrong approach. Unlike most mods which can simply please the owner and not risk hurting anyone else, tinting brake lights requires a different standard. As long as it doesn't increase the risk of someone else not seeing your car as easily and quickly as with a normal taillight, then "more power to you". I suspect this one fails.