Glossy Smoked Tail Lights

hey guys I DIY myself a pair of smoked tailights for my EG. The finished surface is quite matt.

Last night at boxhill a blue eg with smoked taillights was parked next to me, it had a glossy finish! looks more OEM and clean.

Anyone out there done the same? how'd u do it? several coats of clear coat?

cheers, Lex

u need to clear it with a spray can, what did you use to smoke the tail lights?

for a better DIY, should have opened up the tail lights and smoked it inside

just clear coat, about 5 -6 layers.

5-6 coats is way to much, 2 light coats will be fine

This is how it turns out after glossed

http://xposed.au.com/photos//14/1190206833_Image053.jpg

i used niteshade, 2coats then removed the paint from the reversing light, so they are tinted except fro the reversing lights.

yeah i was thinking u need quite a few coats for it to turn out real glossy.. 2 is not enough to achieve the real glossy look...anyone got pics of there glossy smoked tail lights? post them up.

cheers

You can get tint vinyls to place on your tail lights. These can be found on ebay and allows you to reverse your tail lights back to stock if you get over the tints.

Sry to hijack but where can I get those license plate "protectors" as seen on that hawt Dc5? I have custom plates and they're getting ruined good by debris.

errrr honestly do people even try ? Go to autobahn or similar auto store and they should have generic protectors... hell even Kmart auto should stock them.

hahah thanks svetle, although that came with the car.

in regards to the vinyl, i would say no to that. it looks ok from far, but tacky from close up

ie : http://xposed.au.com/photos/resized/...04_redout2.jpg

not into vinyl either

vinyl is a pretty good option, friend did it and ends up looking very pro if done right.

he did it like how they did it in this vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ9E5JTSgYI

u cant do it wrong.. its vinyl

if you wanna gloss up tint you got 2 options; spray clear coat or polish it with a rotary polisher and lots of scratch x

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...9/IMG_2862.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...9/IMG_2872.jpg
thats what mine looks like in both light and dark

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...9/IMG_2868.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...9/IMG_2864.jpg

another couple of shots. my car needs a polish

if you had the USDM rear lights slightly tinted, but tinted the break lights more i would prob root your car

it looks better in the afternoon the whole back of the car is black. and at night the tail lights look so much better than stock because it lights up in like a perfect line rather than sort of lighting up the bottom half and light refracting into the top half. if that makes any sense?

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Originally Posted by nick_sixx

it looks better in the afternoon the whole back of the car is black. and at night the tail lights look so much better than stock because it lights up in like a perfect line rather than sort of lighting up the bottom half and light refracting into the top half. if that makes any sense?

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looks sweet bro..how many coats of gloss did u apply?

1000. no thats vinyl. ebay. $15