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nite-shade yes or no?

Old Mar 31, 2008
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older pics but here is mine with niteshaded tails and 3rd brake. It looks good on dark trucks i think..

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Old Mar 31, 2008
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1 style, there is more than 1 set.
 
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Old May 26, 2009
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nite-shade comes in tomorrow, haha

thread from the dead!!!!
 
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Old May 26, 2009
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lol more than a year and you dug it up ..bored are we?
 
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Old May 26, 2009
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Originally Posted by Lone Ranger 93
tape off the reverse light! I like how mine turned out even tho there kinda dark

x2 dont nite shade the reverse. I HATE when people do that.
 
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Old May 26, 2009
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did you get the LED tails?
 
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Old May 26, 2009
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Cant wait to see them done. As long as they are just dark enough to give the reverse light a smoked color I think they will look good. Any darker and I don't like them.
 
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Old May 26, 2009
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Originally Posted by RangerNDog
Cant wait to see them done. As long as they are just dark enough to give the reverse light a smoked color I think they will look good. Any darker and I don't like them.
stockers.

gonna look like this:
 
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Old May 26, 2009
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^^^ That will look good.
 
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Old May 26, 2009
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Originally Posted by GrafixGuy
stockers.

gonna look like this:
Dont do the reverse light. Your going to regret it.
 
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Old May 26, 2009
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I say do the reverse light, it'll look better and if you are only doing it really light I doubt it'll affect it much.
 
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Old May 26, 2009
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yeah I could get LED back up lights...

but then I saw this: that flex is the same color as my truck and has the tinted tails

 
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Old May 27, 2009
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can came today around lunch... weather permitting I'll get to paint em' tomorrow! :-D

BTW they've changed the can design, looks alot better spray nozzle, and the directions now read, DO NOT DO MORE THAN 3 COATS OR LIGHT MAY NOT SHINE THROUGH, lol
 
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Old May 27, 2009
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lol nice :P
ill try to nightshae minein this days with regular black spray.. clear coating it and alot of wet sanding :P

lol hope it turns out nice :P try a few on some cd boxes not that bad. though i didnt have clear spray ill get some tomarrow :P
 
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Old May 28, 2009
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This is with 5-6 coats and 3-4 coats clear

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This is with NO sanding at all. You do NOT have to sand them. Hope this helps in your decision on doing the rev or not Cody.

I vote not lol
 
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Old May 28, 2009
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ooooo that looks good! I made my decision keeping the reverse lights clear! wonder if this stuff would work on the line of fire?
 
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Originally Posted by GrafixGuy
ooooo that looks good! I made my decision keeping the reverse lights clear! wonder if this stuff would work on the line of fire?
It will, but for that I would only do maybe 2 lite coats.
 
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Old May 28, 2009
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Originally Posted by comunistico
lol nice :P
ill try to nightshae minein this days with regular black spray.. clear coating it and alot of wet sanding :P

lol hope it turns out nice :P try a few on some cd boxes not that bad. though i didnt have clear spray ill get some tomarrow :P
Regular black spray paint will not work. Night-Shade is completely different. It is a translucent paint.
 
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Old May 28, 2009
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yeah black paint will not be a good turnout... I thought about going all stealthy and painting the reflectors black then nite-shade on top, but that is kinda illegal...
 
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Old May 28, 2009
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I think a light coat of nite-shade would look good, as mentioned before, it only looks good on certain trucks... yours would look good with the silver.. That shade on the mustang would be perfect on your truck.
 
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paints drying ATM waiting to clear them... they look identical to Mike's taillights (sonic)
 
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Old May 28, 2009
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paints drying ATM waiting to clear them... they look identical to Mike's taillights (sonic)
If you are using clear in a spray can make sure you put heavy coats on. Otherwise you will get dry spray.
 
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Originally Posted by Sonic04Edge
If you are using clear in a spray can make sure you put heavy coats on. Otherwise you will get dry spray.
plus youll get kind of a spotty look to it too..
 
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Mike what clear coat did you use? I can't get mine to shine up too well, its giving me a pretty heavy matte finish even with 1 coat of clear
 
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Old May 28, 2009
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Do like 3 coats of clear, wetsand and polish.
 
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