ok smoked my taillights last night, i did three coats with the vht night shades. ok first is stock color


ok this is after the first coat


well i forgot to take a picture after the second coat but here is the final product


ok should i do another coat or is that dark enough? also ive heard of some people using a clear coat to bring back the original shine of the light, which clearcoat should i use for this app? oh yes i know im doing the third brake light today

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I would go with another lite coat or 2. Seems like I did 4 or 5 on mine. As far as the clear VHT is enamel based so a High gloss enamel clear would be good.

 

I would decide based on how much light is getting through the coating. If there is enough getting through then add some more coats to make it darker. If you feel like you are right at the point where any more coats would make them too dark for the light to get through I would leave them alone.

 

ok sweet thanks for the help guys, will get to it right now and post pics after its all said and done

 

Maybe it's just the angle of the light but your passenger side looks a little more transparent...hard to tell.

 

Post up some pics with them lit so we can see how much light is making it through the VHT.

 

ok i did two more coats and it looks alot better, did the third brake light and ill have to wait till it gets darker to show yall how it looks with the light coming through, they still are very visible during the day i just dont want to go back out till i get some beer in me oh i took my runnin boards off, i like the way it looks with out them, but im thinkin of paintin them black, not sure how id do that with them being chrome. im gunnin for an all black and red truck, i ordered a new primer black grille to replace my chrome one, im gonna paint that red, im also lookin for a sport bumper, you know one with out the chrome insert, is ebay the best place to get it? hids are in the mail from twiggy, also is it worth it to take apart the stock headlights to paint the inside black or should i just order some blacked out replacements?

 

looks good. cant wait for more pics

 

Just painted my chrome side steps last week and it worked fine. Give them a good sanding first and the paint should stick without a problem.

 

lights are looking good