Tinted tail lights

beachz said:

Not that I am opposed to leaving them uncoated (I probably would have if I had seen this or thought of it), but the single coat doesn't impede much light emission at all. If I was going darker with multiple coats, it would be a must though.

As you can see in my pic, it looks almost purple unmounted. Back on the truck with black paint behind it, it's totally black. With a silver or white truck, you would almost have to go darker. I imagine blue would be somewhere in between.

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terryturner said:

Very true. I'm thinking maybe I can do the whole thing with 1 coat and then tape off the 3 lights for coat #2

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Soldier64 said:

I used VHT night shades. One slightly heavy coat on each tail light and three coats on the 3rd brake light. As said before I cut out circles using painters tape to allow the LEDs to not be blocked. I used a 10mm socket as my stencil for the circles. Not the best pictures but you get the idea. View attachment 55999
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Edit: I also used three coats of clear on the tails and 3rd.

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beachz said:

I will try and take a couple of pictures for you tonight that semi-accurately depict what mine looks like as it is.

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terryturner said:

Are they still fairly bright/noticeable?

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Awesome! Really appreciate it.

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terryturner said:

Very true. I'm thinking maybe I can do the whole thing with 1 coat and then tape off the 3 lights for coat #2

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