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Old 12-30-2009, 06:43 PM
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and isnt it illigal?
only if you get pulled over, well actually not really, as long as you can see the light clearly from like 300ft away your legit.
 
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Vht?????????????/
 
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vht is the brand of taillight tint. its called "vht nightshade".
 
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Originally Posted by thunder98110
wash the lights real well and use 2000 grit sand paper before you spray the vht.
didn't even think of the 2k grit and I worked at a body shop forever haha...I just bought some probably gonna do it this weekend I'll post some pics.
 
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Old 12-31-2009, 02:17 PM
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im adding some more coats of clear, weren't shiny enough for me.


edit: heres the final product. i clear coated it like 10 times. it looks really nice. the 3rd brake light has a little orange peel appearance but it doesn't bother me.
 

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Old 12-31-2009, 08:25 PM
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put another coat of tint on em not dark enough! mine are almost black lol
 
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Mine has been done like that.. but waaaay to dark.. lucky to see the brake lights at 100 feet in daylight hours.. let alone 300ft. After alot of debating with myself.. I ordered aftermarkets today. If whoever done it would have made it just a few shade lighter.. I would have loved them.
 
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Originally Posted by tristatehunter
Mine has been done like that.. but waaaay to dark.. lucky to see the brake lights at 100 feet in daylight hours.. let alone 300ft. After alot of debating with myself.. I ordered aftermarkets today. If whoever done it would have made it just a few shade lighter.. I would have loved them.
you can take paint thinner to them and wipe it away or atleast make it lighter.
 
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I may do that after I put the new ones on.. I was thinking steel wool & water.. then buff them to get rid of any scratches. The thinner idea would be much less work.. might try that first. I do want to keep them.. never know when they might be needed
 
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Originally Posted by tristatehunter
I The thinner idea would be much less work.. might try that first. I do want to keep them.. never know when they might be needed
yea in research for the vht i came across a diy on removing the tint, let me find it.......http://www.iwsti.com/forums/how-inst...ght-shade.html

also ive seen that googone works.
 


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