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INFORMATION How to tint headlights and taillights



I took a good amount of time on the both sets that I did and they turned out good. I think if you take your time and do it right they will be fine. I used to work with a kid that got pulled over for his and asked how he tinted them and he said that he put on like 5 coats of VHT and did not wetsand or use clearcoats. They just looked like someone had taken a flat black spray paint to them. They had very poor output too. So don't do that. lol
 
Would a normal tint shop do a good job? And how dark

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marines542 said:
How much tint u recommend? 50%

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I cannot vouch for what you should do with the headlights but for the tails if you use VHT do a light coat and then a second coat and that should be plenty of VHT. Itll be enough to notice but it wont be overdone. I just followed a write-up on here about how to do it and I think it involved wetsanding between each coat and then applying multiple coats of clear and wetsanding I believe.
 
Not sure what a tint shop would do but they would probably work with you and get an idea of what you are going for.
 


What kinda paint and clear? Wet sand in between?

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99PGPGT said:
they mix it, not you. They will use a spray gun, so better to go to an actual body shop. Not a tint shop.
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OK that makes more since. Theres is a really good body shop I'll call em later and see. If not I may try the tint on that sight

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I will not lie, my tails are pretty dark.
But thank the heavens the GPs were blessed with a third brake light...
 

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I'm gonna have my headlights tinted professionally at a local body shop. But before I tint them I want to upgrade the lights with some good HID's. What's the best and easiest way to do this. And I don't have an oven to bake my headlights in.

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