How to smoke tail lights
05-18-2009, 06:11 PM
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How to smoke tail lights
I was bored this morning so i decided to take out the new black bezel tail lights that i bought and smoke my origianal tail lights on my 02. So. . . .
First remove your old tail light
and sand them with a high grit wet sand paper, i used 2000
then clean them with alcohol
i decided to cut out star stickers and place them where the reverse light is and where the brake light is
then i laid down 3 coats of black high gloss spray paint and dried them
next i removed the stickers and lightly wet sanded the entire tail light to make the surface smooth.
then i applied ten coats of clear and then very lightly wet sanded the tail light again
First remove your old tail light
and sand them with a high grit wet sand paper, i used 2000
then clean them with alcohol
i decided to cut out star stickers and place them where the reverse light is and where the brake light is
then i laid down 3 coats of black high gloss spray paint and dried them
next i removed the stickers and lightly wet sanded the entire tail light to make the surface smooth.
then i applied ten coats of clear and then very lightly wet sanded the tail light again
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05-26-2009, 11:10 AM
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Yea i put 18 coats of clear on them and they look nice and polished now but heres some pics of them at night before i cleared them
and then the running lights durring the day
and then the running lights durring the day
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05-28-2009, 04:41 PM
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dude good job, know i feel like do something like that on my truck. did you use any type of paint or any kind of paint will do? i also like the blue reverse light, excellent job man
05-28-2009, 05:31 PM
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You literally used spray paint?! Why not use Niteshades that is designed for tinted tail lights and allows light to go threw the tint very well.
That's without the brakes applied.
That's without the brakes applied.
05-28-2009, 08:35 PM
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where can i get this stuff at, and how hard is it to use, i rather do it that way, so you can atleast see the taillights, cause the cops where i live are ***holes, sorry if you are a cop, but i had a 93 bronco with the covers on it and they pulled me over and told me to take it off, this was during the day time lol, and they just gave me a warning thank god, now i have a 1978 ford f150 and they don't make nothing cool for the tails it seems like, so i will give this a try and i will post before and after pics when i finish