here ya go, my camara sucks at night with the flash on...the shots come out looking REALLY dark. so this is without the flash. its alot more crisp in person.

now during the day the light output is not as high, but not to an unsafe level. you can still see me braking and see that brake lights are on.


running lights close up



braking lights close up



running lights farther away



braking lights farther away



and yes when there off they are completely black, i didnt tint these. so the light you see is the light that shines out of completely blacked out tails.

 

Dude, thanks so much. I have never seen anyone post night pics before. I wanted to see them at night before I go and black mine out.

 

no promblem. like i said, they are deffinatly more crisp in person. i have had my roomate press my brake like 20 times today becuase they make the lights look so nice.

 

here are my day pics...let me know what you think

ohh and the last one is to show how good the mirror effect is, but it has rain droplets on it










there are rain dropplets on this one

 

Wow your car looks GOOD. Mines silver, I'll post the pics of mine in a couple of weeks.

 

thanks man. iv a very proud parent!


i should get a bumper sticker that says "My car is an honerol student"

 

now that sh*t is dark, looks good though

 

^^ "My car is an honerol student" - that would be the perfect bumper sticker for a short yellow school bus......LMAO, priceless. But your car looks great -you've inspired me to take the leap and give this a shot......

 

looks great there witelite.. how many times did you clear coat it and what brand did you use?

 

Dublicolor acrylic laqour,
after the vht spray i put 2 coats of clear coat and then wetsanded
then 2 coats of cc and wetsand 2nd time
3rd time
4th time
and then loaded half a can of clear coat on each taillight (in moderation of course to prevent running)

 

and how many coats of vht did you use for each tailight?

 

i just sprayed till it was as dark as i wanted it. if you follow the post on the first page. Sanjuro did a good job of explaning everything.

 

yah i always wanted to do this, but never could find any paint looks good tho... witelite

 

Everyone and their brother has blacked out lights here, from suv's, to lux vehicles and trucks. Don't dig it too much. I'd probably go the GTS light covers for $40 instead of possibly ruining more expensive lenses. Ehh, thats my opinion anyway.

I must admin, I did this years and years ago on my 95 civic which was black with "Nightshades" paint. I thought the GTS covers looked cleaner anyway when done creatively.

 

Anyone know where to buy these stuff now? I guess there is still a national shortage. Please correct me if I'm wrong, thanks a lot

 

I was always able to just go up to autozone or whatever or murrays or whatever local store.

 

watchin for later project :D

 

Yeah I just looked all those places around me online and none of them have them at the moment. Maybe its cause you're on the west coast -who knows. But I found some going for about $16 shipped on ebay- just fyi

 

I would love to do this but I'm scared I won't get that really
shiny, glossy finish. Still confused about why needing to wetsand.
Seems like you sand to a haze then reapply clear and repeat. Can't you just put the clear on the first time and leave
it? I don't get how the clear ends up shiny when the sanding makes it hazy.
Seems like you're doing the opposite of the result you want.

Also when applying the smoke spray, won't certain areas overlap as you are painting?
I'm thinking that you'll end up with darker bands/streaks where some areas got more paint than others.

Help appreciated...

 

I love this shade. Just slightly darker than stock. And love that shiny gloss.
Hopefully you can answer my concerns/questions about wetsanding in my posting above.