darrman25

Drop black auto paint 8 teaspoons per one pint of clear.









I paint the outside...there is an automotive clear coat on. So far i have had them on my truck for about 15 months now. No fading, scratches or chips have occured. Here is a pic of the breaklights applied. click me

The pic shown above in my first post is the lights on with no break applied, about 25 ft back.

Here is my first set (medium tint)

Randomness

Those look good, dude. Any trouble with the five-o's? Your truck looks sweet...I think you should paint your wheels, and the front 'T' emblem black too

86toyota

That does look great, but I can only see two of the pics. So you just tinted clear with a black base?

Yamaha+Toyota=Fun

Id like to see how to do this, I have aftermarkter tails and they are carbon fiber... hideous!!! Id like to them paritally tinted to hide that ricer look. Also where in washington do you wheel at?

lee

dude, that looks awesome!

i prefer the medium tint, but they both look great

lee

i can only see one of your pics above.. if anyone else has that problem, look here:

http://community.webshots.com/album/244373497eplfwr

Stegall984R

it looks awesome, but it would never fly around here. Your tails have to be able to reflect red back. Do thos reflect at night ?

bike4miles

Looks sweet. I don't have the balls to do it myself. I've heard the cops hate thoes. No problems with my clears in the past 2 years.

EnolaGaia

DOT requirements specify that the tails have to reflect back red when an external light shines on them. If you follow Darrman's link to his Webshots pic, then back up to his Taillights gallery, you'll see a daylight shot that clearly illustrates his tinted lenses reflect red.

Javin028

Hey Darrman, aren't you from CustomTacos? How many teaspoons of black per pint of clear for the medium tint?

pfdaxe

Check this site out:

http://www.smokedlightz.com/pages/1/index.htm

darrman25

same amount, its a matter of how many coats you put on.

Javin028

Ok, cool. After the smoke, did you hit the whole thing with a coat of clear? Is there non smoked clear coat over the reverse light sections of your tails?

X-AWDriver

That's one of the best tint jobs I've seen and might do a few coats to my Runner's lights instead of upgrading to '01+ tails and it would be cheaper.