i painted all my badges black on my truck and just got them installed again today, looks great.
i have some vht nightshades coming in the mail tomarrow for my tail lights, and was wondering if anyone has used that to tint their headlights?

my headlights are kinda oxidized i guess you could say. if i put the nightshades on there do you guys think it would hide the imperfections or emphasize them?

plus i would like the look of having the lights tinted a bit.

i will throw up some pictures tomorrow when i tint the tails.

 

cant wait to see em, should look great!

 

thats funny, I called almost 30 shops around town to get my head/tail/3rd brake light tinted just today!

They do not really want to tint the lights because of the heat issue, but almost all of the shops use a "special paint" that they apply, "its very expensive to do and buy". Of course, I said "ohh yes, VHT nightshade, like $11 a can" They wanted around $100 to do it on average, and I found with a little research that it takes quite a bit of prep/sanding and skill to get it looking really good. Thats almost worth the hundred.

On the other case, you can get a sign shop to wrap vinyl over it (or do it yourself). The vinyl will hold up better and look better I think, but will not show as much light through. The translucent vinyl is not very stretchy, so it is impossible to wrap 07-08 (or 06-08?) lights but easy on the old flat style.

Call your local shops, you will definitely find someone that will do it. One layer of VHT is a smoked look, two is a tinted look, and 3 is about too dark

 

ya its just 2007 to 2008 trucks that will have the problem with the vinal and the curves of the tail lights **

 

a guy in my area does paints the brake light for 15, 80 for the tails..

 

My headlights and taillights are tinted with VHT NITESHADES. I did like 4 or 5 coats on my tails and around 5 or 6 on my headlights. The headlights being a clear lense is harder to "black out". Thats why my heads look smoked in the right light. Now I was spraying LITE coats. As far as the prep work all you do is clean them real good with something strong enough to strip the wax and what ever off then I lightly scuffed them with a scotch brite pad and cleaned them again, let dry and started applying the VHT. I let it dry 10 to 15 mins between each coat. After it drys you should clear coat them.