TAILIGHT TINTING

[joncav2222]

tinting my tail lights today guys...their the GTS version not the es...im guna take em off clean em and spray em...ill have pics up in a bit when im done spraying...ima clear coat them after so ill have the finished result up tommorow...

AFTER ALMOST 3 DAYS LOL IVE DONE IT...WELL ATLEAST HALF OF IT
IVE BEEN GETTN HOME LATE FROM SKOOL, WORKING, HAVING TO PUT THE TAILS BAK ON AND OFF WHHILE IN PROGRESS...I WAS ONLY ABLE TO COMPLETE ONEOF THE TWO...LOL

THESE ARE PICS IVE TAKEN AFTER WAXING IT

I PROMISE GUYS AS SOON I FINISH THE OTHER ILL HAVE DAY AND NIGHT PICS UP...
http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/3786/p1310173wv3.jpg
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[o1naturalhigh]

good luck

[fatal1]

cool hopefully they will come out good

[joncav2222]

so far so good!!!

can said only use 2-3 coats...i used almost a whole can
heres what i got so far...
http://img294.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1290162uy5.jpg

im hoping that when i put the clear coat on it doesnt make it even darker!!
ive had problems before with certain paint an clear coat reacting this way, but well see...ill have the finished result tommorow...i gota clear coat them in lik 6 hours, put em on before i goto school and then ill have the pics for u guys!

[mattalicslvr8g02]

looks good... if you wanted it to look really glossy I would of seperated the tail light assembly from the lense and sprayed the inside of the lense

[joncav2222]

FLASH WITH LIGHT ABOVE
http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/4836/p1290162rx6.jpg

LIGHT ABOVE WITHOUT FLASH
http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/1743/p1290163vi0.jpg

CLOSE UP WITH FLASH
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/3610/p1290166np1.jpg

CLOSE UP WITH OUT FLASH
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/277/p1290167bw3.jpg

STANDING UP WITHOUT FLASH
http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/5871/p1290169an3.jpg

[joncav2222]

i thought about doing that..all it is is 2 small screws and the glue...

[krazienluv10]

last pic is pretty dark... but i know ill get pulled over within a week

[9G]

i wanna see it on the car :)

[G-spot]

it'll shine right through, don't worry too much

[joncav2222]

well just about finishing up...its dried...ive wet sanded it with my friend with 600 grit...wulda used 800 but they didnt have it, let it soak for 15 then sanded em down lghtly. my friends helping me polish compound them to get the scratched out an then ima out the clear coat on...3 coats and wet sanding in b/t each coat...

[XxGiRLaNT06xX]

Looks real good. Post pix when they are on the car.

[joncav2222]

no problem...

[joncav2222]

ran into alil bit of a problem with orange peel showing so i scraped one and am in the middle of painting it...guna be a bitch to try to match each other now lol...should have pics tonight of what it looks lik on the car at night..ill keep u guys updayted

[mattalicslvr8g02]

good luck matching the tails

[mapid145]

looks hot man.. cant wait for the final pic

[joncav2222]

LEFT ONE CAME OUT MINT...THE RIGHT HAS TO BE REDONE...I GTOTA ORDER MORE SPRAY SO IM GOING TO LEAVE THIS AS IS . WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK?

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[shortdogg2k05]

Looks good

[G-spot]

no complaints

[mattalicslvr8g02]

:smt023 :smt023 looks good where in ny are you ?

[joncav2222]

queens...thanks guys

[mattalicslvr8g02]

o cool hope to see you at future tgcny meets

[joncav2222]

same here...anyone noe wherre the next ones taking place and when?

[mattalicslvr8g02]

if you look in the eastcoast section there might be a tri-state meet soon

[XxGiRLaNT06xX]

same here...anyone noe wherre the next ones taking place and when?

Finally i wont be the only 9G! :D

The tailights look great! Nicely done.

[9G]

job looks good but hmm..

Now it kinda looks like the regular es lights with spoiler but just tinted.

Looks good though.

[joncav2222]

thanks grlant, i deff plan on going to the next meat...hope to see u there

[XxGiRLaNT06xX]

thanks grlant, i deff plan on going to the next meat...hope to see u there

no problem!

[Kilsom]

Tinted mine a different way, works though... my gold 9G with the tint.... don't look too shabby and the front lights are wicked too will post soon :)

[4g63lover]

looks good. I liiike.

[dusthead]

definate props on the tinting.

[mindwerkz]

pro job =)

[shi04ES]

what do you use for that..what product, is it a spray??

plz write back asap

[01galant01]

you could use film or spray....me personally, i just went with spraypaint and held it bak bout 8-10in so light coats would be applied...........film comes off easily(inspection)..think you can find that on ebay

[galantino_es]

I really wanna know if is legal or not ?? :mrgreen: can anyone ??

[Divinity]

I got a ticket for mine, FL law says that red light has to be visible from 1000ft. I'm actually taking my ticket to court mid-November. My tails are pretty much black and dull, but you can see the light when I brake. I'm actually going to put some more clear coat on them within the next two weeks.

[Koncept]

I got a ticket for mine, FL law says that red light has to be visible from 1000ft. I'm actually taking my ticket to court mid-November. My tails are pretty much black and dull, but you can see the light when I brake. I'm actually going to put some more clear coat on them within the next two weeks.

Maybe if you throw some bright LED replacement bulbs in your tails then you could have a case to argue :twisted:

[Divinity]

lol, I already have really bright bulbs in there. The leds only show a spot and don't light up the whole area. I really don't have the money to buy the 360 degree bulbs that are like $20 each just to try them out to see if they work. He pretty much pulled me over because my tails look completely black. Which they are. When he saw me brake, he was already right behind me, not 1000ft away. The FL law says nothing about how light or dark tint or coverings are on lights, just that red light has to be visible. It's a tricky law, lol, but I'm going to take my chances. I haven't been bothered since.

[cdipier2]

looks good! i didnt think it woulda turned out good but i was wrong

[GnarTot]

i like it a lot... do you think you could use the cheep window tinting you find at auto parts stores?

[Rob Yung]

how much u pay for the spray?

[G-spot]

most places sell them for $10

[silver01g]

i went to a model store that deals with small model cars and stuff like that, got a small can of "smoke" the top of it looks like a window tint color black but you can see threw it, the more coats you appeal the darker it gets. payed $6 a can. i just did my VRG foglight trim.

[Ruslik]

good job man looks good

[joncav2222]

no deff do not use regular window tint..that shit never handles right an just doesnt look good..better off getting it done at shop with the thick mil tint or the spray as said above for lik 8 bucks a can on ebay..

[trzackery]

looks good what kinda of paint did you use and what was the process because i wanna tint mine

[Eclipse97526]

hehe i wrote this a long time ago, before i was able to get pictures, i put it in the tutortorials, its been almost 2 years, and by my method, my lights still look wonderful !!! i will take some pics when i get my car back from the shop, and my car is always outside also, and always raining here :(

But here is a link to the method i wrote up hehe

https://www.thegalantcenter.org/showthread.php?t=26418


Hope this will help all of you in the end, And to not get orange peel, u wanna use very thin coats. ;) follow my walkthrough step by step, and in my oponion, they look the best, when your parking lights are off, they are a dark red. or at night. Black. but when u use your breaks, u cant even tell that they are tinted ! :)

[Eclipse97526]

And VHT Nightshade is the best product to use, But you gotta be very very carefull when painting with this stuff, And i tried to do my headlights, Was virtually impossible, But was cold out, Make sure it is 75-80 degrees outside when u are painting, Or the paint will run or crackle. Also, Make sure to clean the product, and not to get any skin oils on it right before painting, or you will get fish eye effect. And rember, the object is not to spray it on so thick u can see it, just mist it till it looks slightly glossy, let it set up a few minutes, then re mist it. best results is actually, BARELY spraying it, 10-15 coats. Over time the darkness does fade a little bit, But the shininess does not. my tails still look very very factory ;) But. Yea. some places have very strict road rules ;( At least they dont look stock at all when my lights are off ;))

[Eclipse97526]

This one was taken over the winter ( while i was rebuilding the motor ) before i wrecked it, and screwed thoes wheels :( grrrr... But it was raining and crappy, an sittin for a month in this picture and does not serve these tails justice, this was with a year and a half a wear on them, But they look much shiner clean :)

My Galant center sticker was fallin off, lol, ride started falling apart ;P was time for a fresh motor and a rebuild ;)

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p110/eclipse97526/10-14-07_0920.jpg

[fernando.caballero]

do you think it will work with the regular red tail light?

[Da_Prodigy]

the pic above your post is a regular red tail light on the 99-01 model

[kglenn]

yea It works fine on those tails. I used VHT night shades too. Wasn't too hard just have to be super careful. I followed Eclipse 97526's thread on it.

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[galantegz]

looks really good...