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VHT Nightshade



Fem said:
So I went and bought all the stuff to tint my tails and heads. Chose to start with my brake light for practice.
My brother in law, who claims to have done this alot and been paid to, proceeds to take over without asking and starts doing it. I let him do it because well I assumed he was good at this and I didn't know what to do.

He leaves for San Antonio with instructions to put on a clear coat then polish after letting it dry for an hour. I wait for an hour, go outside and there's cracks in the tint all over the brake light. It looks like complete utter f*cking sh*t. I could have easily done a better job. Seriously the guy just threw on several layers all at once im guessing because that's the only reason I can think of that it looks this bad. Now I have to go spend MORE money to fix this sh*t. DAMNATION.
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it dies that on plastic if it isn't prepped correctly, it's too humid out, done outside, done indoors, too hott, too cool.

seriously it's a roll of the dice in florida. i did a few things here and there and i randomly would have that happen when i sprayed everything the same time.

and be careful using vht to tint your heads and fogs as vht is a purple based black

of coarse the only thing i ever tinted with vht was a dead gtp and it took flip 4 hours to sand off. so every vehicle after that has been tinted by flip. the truck had it done 2 times but thats a long story
 
I did not use VHT on my car b/c i have pre-tinted tails anyway but i did do it to my sisters car awhile back and it turned out great!... she didnt want them crazy dark so this was the out come ..
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well 8 bucks and one hour later i myself have ventured into nightshade....i was digging all of the smoked lenses but after puttin it on my car blacked out was far better IMO....had to change the head lights a little after picture to actually get some light through hah

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Im going to get the pontiac black inlays then the tinted sticker that says grand prix for the 3rd brake light and a debadge

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slick2500 said:
Shouldnt have tinted your headlights so dark if at all and you forgot your 3rd brake light.
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I went and took the liberty to fix the head light issue lol.....and the 3rd brake light i want to get a tinted sticker that says grand prix cuz i plan on debadging
 


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befor wetsand and buff
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but this was them befor clear so idk if the clear i used was **** or i just did it wrong but i wetsanded with 2k grit between each coat of clear
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more buffing needed, did you use clear coat?

looks like i can see scratches still or it just may be reflations the pic, but they lost their shine.
 
scottydoggs said:
more buffing needed, did you use clear coat?

looks like i can see scratches still or it just may be reflations the pic, but they lost their shine.
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ill try buffing them more with a machine maby but i buffed them a few times as hard as i could then polished
they look better in person but i know they could be better
and heads look like **** cus inside moister and **** i wetsanded them with restore kit and they shined up a little but still dont look new
 
this was 2 coats of vht, 5 coats clear, wet sanded and hand buffed,( i used turtle wax liquid compound heavy to medium) i later used a porter cable on them and they got more shine.


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this one is still hand buffed.VVVVVVVV
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scottydoggs said:
this was 2 coats of vht, 5 coats clear, wet sanded and hand buffed,( i used turtle wax liquid compound heavy to medium) i later used a porter cable on them and they got more shine.


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this one is still hand buffed.VVVVVVVV
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they look like what mine do in person i did 3 coats vht and 3 coats clear
 
hey, i used VHT nite-shades and i was completely happy with how it turned out. i only did 3 or 4 coats of it because i didn't want my taillights completely blacked out. using nite-shades is hard because you need to make it consistent with both lights and that is harder when you don't go the complete black out.
here is my before and after
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Schmidty said:
hey, i used VHT nite-shades and i was completely happy with how it turned out. i only did 3 or 4 coats of it because i didn't want my taillights completely blacked out. using nite-shades is hard because you need to make it consistent with both lights and that is harder when you don't go the complete black out.
here is my before and after
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Looks good.

Now debadge that *****.
 
i've only had this car about 4 months and i bought it right before a left for school. My plan is to debadge it though!
 
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