HOW TO: Smoke your own Accent tail lights
 

By zeroindigo

what you need:

1500 grit samd paper

Transparent black window tint spray *for models* (available at most hoby shops)
-1 can per light

what to do:

-remove tail lights

-wet sand tail lights thouroughly! any spots you miss will come out bad looking, sanding in small circles untill fine white foam appears should be sufficient. NOTE: tape off any areas that you dont want dark (IE reflectors)

-dry tail lights thouroughly, they should have a haze to them like this:
https://www.hyundaiaftermarket.org/i...ersand25kl.jpg

-heat up spray cans by soaking in hot water for a few minutes

-before spraying make sure lights are in a postion to minimize dripping

-lay on a *VERY* light coat and let dry completely (20-25min) before proceding to lay on thicker coats maintaining either horizontal or vertical spray paterns on both lights.

-5-6 coats per light should be plenty dark let each coat dry 5-10min between coats

-before reinstalling lights let cure for 30-40min to ensure clean smooth finnish.

So is there any finished pics to show end results? I know everyone that would do this, the outcome would be slightly diff. But would help for a visual. Thx for posting this.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(GDAccent @ May 5 2009, 01:45 AM) </div><div class='quotemain'>So is there any finished pics to show end results? I know everyone that would do this, the outcome would be slightly diff. But would help for a visual. Thx for posting this.</div>


PICS!

This is vinyl (Which I sell For this specific reason)
https://i185.photobucket.com/albums/...d/100_3528.jpg

This is Nite Shades Spray tint on My Accent (which you can get on eBay)
https://i178.photobucket.com/albums/...d/100_4908.jpg

BTW 6-7 Coats of niteshades is way too dark! 3-4 very lite coats should be plenty Dark For safety's sake!

BTW VHT Nite-Shades is the product to use. The hobby tint stuff will work but it's not the best option.

It looks great with a good clearcoat over the Nite-Shades also.

I'm going to tint my emblems and tail lights on the Accent.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(187sks @ May 5 2009, 12:33 PM) </div><div class='quotemain'>BTW VHT Nite-Shades is the product to use. The hobby tint stuff will work but it's not the best option.

It looks great with a good clearcoat over the Nite-Shades also.

I'm going to tint my emblems and tail lights on the Accent.</div>


i didn't clear the tails on the accent. I polished them with plasti-X.

Yeah, I've seen vinyl, plain, polished, and clearcoated next to each other and IMO nothing compares to the clearcoated tails. It would probably work well with a flat paint job, but most of us don't have flat paint jobs. They look better than stock w/o the clearcoat, but the clearcoat really makes the tails look professional.

For example, these and mine.

omg i want to do that to my HD now.........................