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Old Jun 23, 2007
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night shade reverse lights

So I just recieved my clear corners and I plan on putting them on as well as putting night shade on my tail lights tomorrow. I've heard a lot of people say to tape off the reverse lights (I'm assuming so they're seen better) but my question is how hard would they be to see if I didn't and I put on two or three coats.
 
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Old Jun 23, 2007
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Sorry Had to do it



Reverse lights arnt very bright....I woudlnt imagine youde be able to see very well
 
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Old Jun 23, 2007
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lol i cant put pics i haven't put them on yet but i will once i have
 
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Old Jun 24, 2007
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you can say goodbye to your reverse lights. tape them off or buy some other lights for your reverse lights like i did.
 
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Old Jun 24, 2007
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tape then off then put 1 to 2 quick coats on the reverse light part that a few coats of clear over them all

thats what i did

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you can tell the one that was not clear coted yet
 
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Old Jun 24, 2007
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Hey how the heck do you guys make your niteshade look so nice, i did it once and it looked like i put flat black paint on it....
 
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Old Jun 24, 2007
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I nite shaded my tails, turned out real nice... def don't nite shade the reverse light part because when their lit up, it's purple. mad gay. Then MAKE SURE you clear coat the whole thing, prevents chipping, and looks 10 times better
 
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Old Jun 24, 2007
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Originally Posted by DangaRanger99
Hey how the heck do you guys make your niteshade look so nice, i did it once and it looked like i put flat black paint on it....
clear coat might have helped with that. i didnt use a clear and mines pretty shiny. i just cleaned the taillights and sprayed light coats until i got what i wanted.
 
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Old Jun 25, 2007
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Well I ended up nightshading the whole thing including the reverse lights. I also installed my clear corners. I'll try and post some pics up tomorrow.
 
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Old Jun 25, 2007
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anyone ever night shade there headlights?
 
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Old Jun 25, 2007
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Here are the finished results.

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Old Jun 25, 2007
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i didnt use clear and i love them i did it on purpose though, made mine look better on black. pics in my sig. first mod i recommend. very easy to do and looks 10x better!

very nice job!

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Old Jun 25, 2007
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Both trucks look great! The 06's nightshaded look sick. I'm going to give them a shot after I do the headlight mod tomorrow.
 
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Old Jun 27, 2007
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with my tail light covers, i cant see for sh*t in reverse at nite... i gotta slide open my rear window to try and see.... time for some small driving lights mounted under the rear bumper hooked up to the reverse lights
 
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Old Jun 27, 2007
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Originally Posted by 07Ranger
i didnt use clear and i love them i did it on purpose though, made mine look better on black. pics in my sig. first mod i recommend. very easy to do and looks 10x better!

very nice job!


so would this look good on my Grey truck?
 
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Old Jun 27, 2007
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im still wondering if we could do it from the inside out

just the lens only
 
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Old Jun 27, 2007
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im still wondering if we could do it from the inside out

just the lens only
it would still look red then, but light up darker
 
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Old Jun 27, 2007
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I used 1000 and 2000 grit wet sanding techniques along with clear coat to get a glossy finish on mine

https://www.ranger-forums.com/forum2...ad.php?t=45537
 
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Old Jun 28, 2007
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Ya I didn't have any sand paper that fine at the house so I didn't wet sand mine but I think I might take them off and do it.
 
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Old Jun 28, 2007
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how did yall do that and with what???
 
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