Cheap Mod Im trying this weekend,

[JAB]

Im Planing on getting some of the Sprayable tint this weekend and doing the Side markers with it, Maybe a good 2-3 Light Coats, Then once its dry im going to tape off a small line in the middle and then spray them Jet black to match my car, Then take the tape off and wet sand the whole thing and then Hit it with 3-4 Passes of clear coat. Hope Fully i will get the "Showstopper Led Side Marker" Effect for about $21, I know it will not be as bright but it will still be visible at night and Hidden durning the day, I will post pictures tomorrow or Saturday once im done with it to see how it turns out. If it looks good it could be a cheap but effective Mod.

[Asian Zero]

just spray tinted my fogs and my HIDs. stuff works pretty good had i known how easy it was to do i wouldnt have paid to get my tail lights and side markers blacked out by a shop

[Dagon68]

Can yall post some pictures of the results? That would be awesome. Also, what paint are you guys using to tint with?

[TJ91]

we did my friends H2, his avalanche and his sisters cobalt.
It looks good, there will be orange peel so its better you wetsand em.
Personally speaking though, if your going to do the tailights, I would go with the vynil. I have the vynil tint on my tail lights and theyre dark, the H2 is as dark but at night, my car looks stock where his looks very dark, ticket worthy lol

[JAB]

Yea no i like the Red Tail Lights, Im just Tinting the Side Markers and painting them, And its VHT Night Shade Tint, Comes in a can at Autozone,

Basicaly Like this but with out the leds inside and with out paying $300 +

[wrbear]

Maybe I can help.

I did my side markers in CGM with a clear coat this last weekend (rattle can). I sanded the markers with 2000 sandpaper to remove the numerical code and to dull the finish, 5 minutes. I cleaned the parts with rubbing alcohol, 2 minutes, I sprayed "Adhesion Promoter" on the parts following the cans directions. I sprayed CGM to eliminate the color of the lenses around 3 light coats, I sprayed a gloss lacquer around 4 coats.....BINGO...





Hope this helps! The distortion is the camera...they were glossy and clean!

[JAB]

Originally Posted by wrbear

Maybe I can help.

I did my side markers in CGM with a clear coat this last weekend (rattle can). I sanded the markers with 2000 sandpaper to remove the numerical code and to dull the finish, 5 minutes. I cleaned the parts with rubbing alcohol, 2 minutes, I sprayed "Adhesion Promoter" on the parts following the cans directions. I sprayed CGM to eliminate the color of the lenses around 3 light coats, I sprayed a gloss lacquer around 4 coats.....BINGO...

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Hope this helps! The distortion is the camera...they were glossy and clean!

Actually that does Help,... A lot.. Can you still see any sign of the marker at night or are they just not visible any longer ? They look great and so does your car iv never seen it before but from the pictures it looks killer

[wrbear]

Originally Posted by JAB

Actually that does Help,... A lot.. Can you still see any sign of the marker at night or are they just not visible any longer ? They look great and so does your car iv never seen it before but from the pictures it looks killer

You are too kind....thanks....yea they can be seen at night in the red (back) and yellow (front)...just don't over spray the color...look at the back ground while you spray the coats......if you see color spray a little more.....don't saturate it....

[Cabrera]

Originally Posted by wrbear

Maybe I can help.

I did my side markers in CGM with a clear coat this last weekend (rattle can). I sanded the markers with 2000 sandpaper to remove the numerical code and to dull the finish, 5 minutes. I cleaned the parts with rubbing alcohol, 2 minutes, I sprayed "Adhesion Promoter" on the parts following the cans directions. I sprayed CGM to eliminate the color of the lenses around 3 light coats, I sprayed a gloss lacquer around 4 coats.....BINGO...

Hope this helps! The distortion is the camera...they were glossy and clean!

Any night shots with them on please?

[rhd]

i did my whole car with that stuff. headlights, sidemarkers, tail lights. it looks great

[wrbear]

Originally Posted by Cabrera

Any night shots with them on please?

It'll take me a while for the night shots....The cars in the "Corvette & Chevy Expo" in Houston this weekend so it's gonna be away starting tonight....I'll take some pics Sunday night. I'm planning on doing my own LED mod on the markers soon. Will post it up when I'm finished with that too....I re-read your post and noticed you wanted the showstopper effect....you will have to really put some coats on it to mask the surround out....forget the light coats because that will let the light pass through....

[wrbear]

Originally Posted by rhd

i did my whole car with that stuff. headlights, sidemarkers, tail lights. it looks great

Did you paint them? The stick-ons are another option for the OP but then you have the code on the lenses bulging out. I've seen the stick ons and they do look good. I did the paint as another ME mod!!!!! and to do some "tool" time on the car...

[JAB]

Originally Posted by wrbear

You are too kind....thanks....yea they can be seen at night in the red (back) and yellow (front)...just don't over spray the color...look at the back ground while you spray the coats......if you see color spray a little more.....don't saturate it....

I'm 96% sure il be heading out to the expo I'm excited to see the car, from the little excerpts here and there I see it looks stunning, and if you go through with that led mod let me know how it goes,

[Asian Zero]

heres shots of the front of my car that i did the spray tint. ill post some of the back and side markers too (those were done with vinyl overlays)