HOW TO: Darkening your lights for a euro look

[AstinaBoiV6]

Heres a quick and easy guide to darken any lights for that european look..

What you need:
1 can of nightshades
1 phillips screwdriver (to remove lights)
newspaper so you dont dirty everywhere
skill (not provided)

What to do:

Simply take off your lights and seperate the lense from the rest of the light unit. As you can see I have done my indicators but soon my back lights are to follow.. Which means i removed the orange plastic from therest of the light.

Once this is done set some newspaper or something that you dont care if it get dirty on the floor so that you have something to put your drying produucts on to..

Now simply take the part you want darkened and using the nightshades spray, and swift light sideways strokes, cover the lense in light coats.

Depending on how dar you want it do a few coats but make sure you dont overdoo it. Wait for the translucent paint to dry and then put everything back on your car..

Heres how mine look.. (also im not sure about the legallity of these but hey they shine orange at night so i dont really care and if i do get introuble il just get clears )

[project.r.racing]

Originally Posted by AstinaBoiV6

Heres how mine look.. (also im not sure about the legallity of these but hey they shine orange at night so i dont really care and if i do get introuble il just get clears )

sounds like a good idea - for only $40 it looks better also

[mike_d87]

i reckon they look cool. but i personally wouldnt risk it due to the attitude of some police and the chance of meeting them

[CityEnd]

Originally Posted by AstinaBoiV6

Heres how mine look.. (also im not sure about the legallity of these but hey they shine orange at night so i dont really care and if i do get introuble il just get clears )

the problem is not at night, it's during the day, u can't see sh!t all, the indicators look great... but i wouldn't do the rear brake lights

[Rupewrecht]

If you're going to do your taillights, separate them first and spray the inside, as Nightshades isn't glossy

and you've got a V6 - where the hell are your driving lights?

[Cosmo Dude]

How do you make your lights dark so they look cool?
How do you make them bright so they are safe?



Cars would loo so cool without lights,




Well except for neons?

[AstinaBoiV6]

Originally Posted by Rupewrecht

If you're going to do your taillights, separate them first and spray the inside, as Nightshades isn't glossy

and you've got a V6 - where the hell are your driving lights?

u mean my fog lights?? umm the bastard who had the car b4 me musthave taken them off when he hit something. hey finally getin the kit... all up front bar and skirts costin me $550 installed. asian konnexions

[Rupewrecht]

Fog lights, driving lights, same thing.

Ok i know they're not but thats not the point.

[ROB-80E]

Nice litte walk through there. IMO though, nightshades is crap! As Rupe said, it drys to a matt finish which = gay. The problem with spraying the inside is that you can get a very uneven look due to different thicknesses in the plastic lens.

IF you are going to tint lights (i say if because with cosmo dude's commments it's illegal) the best way is to have the outsides of the lens's prepped and then sprayed in two pack clear with some black paint added to it.

Here's how it came out on my old laser.

[AstinaBoiV6]

you can spray the outside of the lense as id doesnt come off i think