I just picked up an extra set of tails for cheap to play around with.
I am thinking of “smoking” them with some VHT Nite Shades.
Anyone have experience or suggestions?
Here is a pic of a black CTS-V with some really dark tails (he also blacked out the reverse lights and 3rd brake light).
Also I am considering LEDs in the tails, bulbs 3157LL and 2825LL.
Can anyone make suggestions of companies to use and are there different codes that would make theme easier to find (ie 194, T10, T15, etc)
what color is ur car? i like the smoked tails usually
That pic looks awesome with the blackout. I’d do the same, if your car is black.
Yeah mine is black
Car in picture is redic
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Cadillac-CTS-CHEFS-2005-CTS-V-A-RECIPE-FOR-VICTORY-ONE-OF-ONE_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ43903QQihZ013QQitemZ230199928621QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW
polish it with 1500 grit after your done ant it looks good, if you dont, it comes out matte
thats pretty sweet, besides the fender flares
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Yeah mine is black
Car in picture is redic
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Cadillac-CTS-CHEFS-2005-CTS-V-A-RECIPE-FOR-VICTORY-ONE-OF-ONE_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ43903QQihZ013QQitemZ230199928621QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW
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:tup: thats hot.
it looks good i had vht on my gn tails, like viper said polish it after
Nite shades blows.
Even if you sand and buff, there is no uv protection and will eventually fade back to the original finish. My vote is for basecoat/clearcoat. Take them to a bodyshop and see if they would be interested in it, but make sure they will put on some type of adhesion promoter. If not, send them to me and I’ll do them.
I did mine awhile ago and have no issues, niteshit just looks cheap imo.
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thats pretty sweet, besides the fender flares
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yea… was thinking the same, cool idea but really don’t like those
car otherwise is BA
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Nite shades blows.
Even if you sand and buff, there is no uv protection and will eventually fade back to the original finish. My vote is for basecoat/clearcoat. Take them to a bodyshop and see if they would be interested in it, but make sure they will put on some type of adhesion promoter. If not, send them to me and I’ll do them.
I did mine awhile ago and have no issues, niteshit just looks cheap imo.
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i had niteshades on my 96 maxima that i put on like 6 years ago…at when my bro traded it in a couple weeks ago…looks as good as it always did
:wtf:
Looks hot
I smoked the turning lens and headlamps when I had my Focus
Make sure to use very thin coats with Nite Shades
THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO OWN A REAL THREAT TO THE IMPORT WORLD
GOOD LUCK
CHEF
PLENTY OF WARRANTY STILL LEFT FOR EVERYTHING EXCEPT POWERTRAIN
i tinted a set of tails with night shades. it came out good, i applied about 4 coats and then sprayed a clear coat on the tails. Even with how dark they came out, the LED bulbs i used still shined through them, just not too bright for every day use. I took them off after 3 days because they were too dark at night. I suggest spraying less coats.
anybody ever use led bulbs that use existing bulb harness?
example are these…http://www.superbrightleds.com/tail-brake-turn.html
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anybody ever use led bulbs that use existing bulb harness?
example are these…http://www.superbrightleds.com/tail-brake-turn.html
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DO NOT USE THOSE. Unless you dont like people being able to see your brake lights in daytime. At night, theyre slighlty visible, but in the daytime theyre useless. Hidplanet forums tells you all about that
If you want LED tails, your going to have to have someone who knows what thier doing make you a set. Otherwise, none of those afermarket led bulbs put off any light, and most are highly unreliable.
To the OP: Dont put LED bulbs in your tails, especially after you tint them, you will find out real quick theyre useless.
^good to hear, I was gonna order some to test it out, but nevermind then.