Nightshade my tail lights..

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  1. TLSF150

    TLSF150 Full Access Member

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    So since I have a garage to use this weekend to paint my wheels I thought it might be a good time to tint my tail lights too.. But how should I do it??

    Right now im thinking about masking the reverse light section off and doing 2 coats then un masking and doing another 1-2 light coats over the whole light to kinda blend the reverse light in..

    Or should I leave the reverse light completly masked?? or tint everything??

    If anyone has any examples of flareside or screw lights they did that would be awesome..

    And 1 last thing.. Nightshades or Rustoleum tint??
     
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    I know your tail lights are completely different from mine but I like the look of the reverse completely masked off how I had mine done.
     
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    Yeah im really stuck between the completly masked or just a light coat.. I dont think I wanna tint the whole light
     
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    tint the whole light. :peace:
     
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    I think it would look odd with the reverse with a light coat and then the other parts really dark.
     
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    What i did with mine and a friends is masked off the reverse light, done 4 light coats spraying about a foot in front of the light then I done 2 more light coats the same way but this time with the reverse light NOT masked off. It took me 6 light coats of nightshades to get them how I wanted WITHOUT using clear coat.
     
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    I only coated my reverse light one time and the rest of the tails 3 times. I was worried about some idiot driving through the ass end of my truck to go any darker.


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    suprisingly you can go pitch black with niteshades and it still puts out enough light to be noticeable from a long distance because of how transparent it is.

    i say what these guys are doing should look good, 3 masked 1 coat unmasked.
     
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    mask off your reverse lights. You can always go back to niteshade them if you don't like the look.
     
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    i'll believe it when i see it. just like your rims :lol2::poker:
     

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