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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 10:36 AM
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SORRY FOR TITLE!! how should i go about having all the exterior lights on my Cherokee smoked out. should i have them tinted or like painted or what? post pix if you have any of your smoked lights
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 10:41 AM
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Ive used the VHT Nightshade spray but tossed the lights because they didnt come out good. I did two light coats and when light was shown through you could see the imperfection.. I would prefer tinted that way if you dont want them anymore you peel it off.. i went with these lights instead of painting or tinting but might do a light tint to make it more dark.
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 10:45 AM
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yeah those look nice but they wont fit on my jeep cause i have a 96. how do you do the light tinting. will the tint come off if it gets wet? or is there like a spray that i can buy at a store to tint them?
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 10:52 AM
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Buy a can of night shades its a clear tinted paint
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by slcxj
Buy a can of night shades its a clear tinted paint

Be careful with nightshade, its easy to mess up.

Light Coat, Dry, Light Coat, Dry, Wet Sand, Light Coat, Dry, Clear Coat, Dry, Clear Coat, Wetsand, Done.

We tint heads/tails at our shop with it.
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 11:07 AM
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my buddie used a can of spray from a rc car hobbie shop. its for the windows on the body of the rc cars. Im not sure what its called but it came out pretty good.
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 11:24 AM
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i used niteshade.




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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 11:37 AM
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yeah ironically enough i used to be into the rc car thing and i have painted a few bodies. can you use like maybe window tint and tint the lights?
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 11:37 AM
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btw those pix are sweet those lights look legit
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 11:40 AM
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thanks man, just be careful not to paint them too dark if you do
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 01:11 PM
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can u tint them with window tint?
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by TGL2000
thanks man, just be careful not to paint them too dark if you do
Wetsand.

Originally Posted by hal93
can u tint them with window tint?
Yes, but it doesnt last too long due to open seams.
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 02:24 PM
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i used night shade on my old car. came out great and i didnt wet sand at all. just did several light coats until desired tint.

the guy that had my jeep before me did the headlights (mines offroad only) and at night i cant see ****. so i just put lights up top to see. i recommend not doing headlights at all
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 02:40 PM
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i have to wetsand my blinkers though
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 02:51 PM
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i used niteshade on my tailights and it came out great just as everyone said you gotta do it carefully and make sure you doing light coats over and over again if not it can get running and you will see that shine through when you brake etc.
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