Second attempt at nightshade turned out with much better results than my much too blacked out corner lights. Tried a new prep method for it as well which worked really well. Instead of sanding i used steel wool to scuff the lens thoroughly, then cleaned it with a cleaner we use at work (m600 i think its called). Then did three fairly thick coats of nightshade leaving about 15-20 min's in between coats. Then used a standox blend paste and a yellow scuffing pad (soft brillo type thing) to scuff the nightshade and then had 2 coats of clear put over it. It turned out really nice! super glossy and just enough tint! I am going to do my tail lights the same way soon.

 

Dude that looks awesome! Helps clean up the look

 

nice work

 

Very well done! Wanna do my tails?

 

Thanks, Nighshade has to go on so thin that you cant get a nice smooth coat so doing a super light scuff and a few coats of clear will make it look like glass!

 

Thanks 08XLT4x4.. I need to get around to doing mine first! Its not that hard to do on your own. I am not sure if, or how i am going to mask the clear part for the reverse light. Need to do some looking around at other peoples tinted tail's to get some ideas.

 

Anybody have any ideas/suggestions on what to do with the clear parts of my tail lights when i nighshade them! should i mask them off or just spray right over it?

 

mask them off with masking tape

 

 

i masked mine with masking tape. Pic was before the clearcoat.

 

Thanks guys. I was planning on taping them off but was not sure if i should mask the whole white section or just a strip of it or just say screw it and nightshade right over the clear part of the lens as well. But i do like the way that yours look mossyoak03, they are the same style tail's as mine as well so i think i am going to go with that. Thanks for the help guys!

 

That looks awesome!

 

Thanks for the complements guys. I think I am confident enough with how it looks to do my tail lights now. I was hesitant about doing them and messing them up like I kind of did to my corners (too dark) but now that I figured out what I am doing I'm going to go ahead and do them now in the next week or two as soon as i get a chance. They are just begging for it now that the top one is done. I think it will will make them pretty close to body color as well.