That's a good start....

- Justin

Can I just spray nightshade over the clearcoat or will I have to 1000 grit it before


Or would it get darker if I clear coat more

I would hit it with the sandpaper first

- Justin

yeah just wetsand it with even 2000 grit. you will see the clear come off. i'd do maybe 2-3 light passes. otherwise it will be overkill during the day.

true that sweetbmxrider I'll do that tomorrow thanks for the tip and I'll post up the after pics. btw you think I should Clear Coat it a lot ,

if you want it to look nice and shiny like taillights usually are, give it a few coats. i only did one maybe two cause i dig the flatter look.

yeah. your car looks sick with less clear tails.

i use the vht nightshade on my car i put 3 coat and they are black then i let it cure overnight and put 6 coat of clear on it then wet sand and buff and they look just like the car when i get in i will post up some photo

yeah that flatter look is pretty sweet i can vouch for that ive seen it in person :wink:

haha yeah its solid. i should have done my tail panel the same. but i dig it.

yeah it would be nice if you posted up a pic
I'm currently taping off the reverse lights and wet sanding my previous clear coat with 2000Grit. then I'll lay down 1 more coat and I'll clear it a few times.

do one, let it get tacky, hold it to some light and decide if its what you want. better to get what you desire this time then doing it again.

I just put one more coat . should be fine.

I like the how the white is separated, but personally I would put a layer over the white as well. I'm aiming for the gloss look for my car.

I agree. I just got done with clear coating. I was going to go with the flat finish like sweetbmx was telling me.but I sprayed too much and ended up having to make it entirely glossy looking. It looks surprisingly good. I don't think I'll put clear coat on the reverse lights though; it's more distinguished as separate.

its your choice. pics?

http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/6...x320pi5.th.jpg
finish picture

i ended up taking off the clear coat because you were right dull is a lot sicker.

looks good! i like how you got the third.

thanks to your advice

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/i...taillight2.jpg


^ my boys car

He did the taillights himself.

ah he got the third brake light...good!

Yep. He did an awesome job too. He did the same thing to the owner of my ex's notch's car - With the taillights nd headlights. Came out awesome!

I never had the chance to get mine done, because you know - People can't drive. But yeah, I might have him do it to my explorer just for ****s nd giggles.

yeah .. both of ours came out nice