For those who have tinted tail lights!

[DwDrummer]

I tinted my tail lights and 3rd brake light on my Tahoe and love the look, however not everybody will be able to see through them as good as others so I made a extra light for safety. Thought I'd share the idea with the Tahoe and Yukon owners!

Thanks,
DwDrummer

 

[AquinoSteven]

that looks awesome!!! we need a night shot!!

 

[Conor]

What did you use to tint them? They look good by the way, I have been considering the led light bar too.

 

[DwDrummer]

What did you use to tint them? They look good by the way, I have been considering the led light bar too.

I used VHT to tint mine!

 

[GalaxyBlackEsky]

I have the LED tails tinted so they are still really bright throught the tint. But looks good

 

[yatch07]

hey dwdrummer where did you purchase the led light bar .

 

[Conor]

I used VHT to tint mine!

What is VHT?

 

[Modded]

Looks good DW, the main reason I don't like those light bars is they seem to blow out individual LEDs in the bar after a while...VHT is a paint company with many products COnor, one of them being the Nightshade light paint!

 

[thejstar]

i also dislike led bars due to their spotty look in a few years/months with single leds deadat random spots. i am going to do 2 red cold cathode tubes and wire them into the trailer harness. did this on an 02 silverado and it looked bomb.

 

[DwDrummer]

This is not a LED light bar like you see on every other pick up on the road, this is waterproof LED ribbon light that's flexible so you can mount it wherever. The LED bar that goes on picks ups will not work on Tahoes because of the curve it has in the rear bumper. I got it from oznium.com

Thanks,
DwDrummer

 

[Modded]

Oh DW that means you will be fine, the light bars work on Tahoes but just leave a small space behind the bar due to the curve!
Your Tahoe looks how it would on a 2/4 drop in your Photoshop, go Pedders (w/o insulators) or Belltech as they are the only quality ones that will achieve it!

 

[Nfamous60]

that actually make the stocc Tails look pretty good. NICE job with it but with the LED i kno 1sikyukon has the smoked tails and his night shots of them are pretty bright i believe.

 

[yatch07]

thanks DwDrummer

 

[AtomicHoe094]

looks sweet. nice job on the tinting! ps is that your garage?

 

[1sikyukon]

that actually make the stocc Tails look pretty good. NICE job with it but with the LED i kno 1sikyukon has the smoked tails and his night shots of them are pretty bright i believe.

Looks good DWDrummer, in reply to Nfamous60 here is a pic of my LED tail lights blacked out. They are REALLY REALLY BRIGHT! even during the day...check out the pics.

This is just the running lights, when on the brake times teh lgith by 3 no exageration!

 

[pjay]

that looks awesome!!! we need a night shot!!

i agree

 

[JasonS]

looks great.i also used vht to tint mine but i need to take them off and polish them out a lil better.what steps did you take to do the polishing.

 

[DwDrummer]

looks great.i also used vht to tint mine but i need to take them off and polish them out a lil better.what steps did you take to do the polishing.

Did you clear coat your lights? After the clear completely dried I water sanded with 2000 untill it was completely smooth and look like they were flat black. Then I buffed them out 2-3 times with rubbing compound with my porter cable set on speed 4-4.5 Then I used some Adams Swirl and Haze remover to hide any little swirl or scratches, then used some wax to seal them off

 

[JasonS]

yea i think i just didnt do enough wet sanding.im going to take them off this weekend and do a better job.thanks

 

[onebadrado]

where can i get this vht tint shade thing from and whats the processs