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Old Jan 26, 2015 | 05:03 PM
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So my last truck had a bit of night shade on it. I'm just curious what designs/style of taillight you went with that's smoked or tinted. If it's LED or stock.

I'm trying to see what style I want to go with either tinting or go with a smoked taillight.

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Old Jan 26, 2015 | 06:02 PM
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i just candied and lightly smoked mine both the nightshades brand i feel they came out good and looks better then the chrome heres a before and after


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Old Jan 26, 2015 | 06:08 PM
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Originally Posted by XDf150
i just candied and lightly smoked mine both the nightshades brand i feel they came out good and looks better then the chrome heres a before and after
That looks really good....but whats candied? I wanted fx tails but how yours is would do perfect.
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Old Jan 26, 2015 | 06:13 PM
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That looks really good....but whats candied? I wanted fx tails but how yours is would do perfect.
thanks ive always heard of it as candied it may be called something else but its basically transparent red paint
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Old Jan 26, 2015 | 06:22 PM
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i just candied and lightly smoked mine both the nightshades brand i feel they came out good and looks better then the chrome heres a before and after

That looks slick man. I was thinking of just night shading but I thought I'd see my other options.
Plus I wanted to see how much night shade people have put on.
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Old Jan 26, 2015 | 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by XDf150

thanks ive always heard of it as candied it may be called something else but its basically transparent red paint
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Old Jan 26, 2015 | 06:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Houlio44
That looks slick man. I was thinking of just night shading but I thought I'd see my other options.
Plus I wanted to see how much night shade people have put on.
i did 2 coats of red and one light black coat
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Old Jan 26, 2015 | 06:47 PM
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Niteshade and some color match from a local paint shop on my old truck

Tail light tint-image-1255896490.jpg
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Old Jan 26, 2015 | 07:06 PM
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Niteshade and some color match from a local paint shop on my old truck

now that's awesome. And I also have a white truck. Can you show an up close of your work and how you taped it off and such?
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Old Jan 26, 2015 | 07:51 PM
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Sorry but that's the only picture I had. I had some tape that was the same width as the reverse light opening. Once that was covered I hit the whole light with two coats of niteshade. When that was dry I taped off the tail light area I wanted exposed and sprayed the surround to cover the chrome. The worst part was taping the exposed part. It took a while to match both lights so they looked even.
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