Smoked/Blackout Taillights

[Angel87]

Has anyone blacked/smoked their taillights? If so, what method - paint or film? Debating on getting mine done but want to see how they look first.

 

[H1Chester]

There is a precut tint product on Amazon but it doesn’t have great reviews. I don’t want to tint with anything permanent.

 

[NYisles1]

Had the lenses painted on my At4 -- my business partner had his Denali lenses filmed. The filmed lenses look lighter and cleaner in person.

 

[Angel87]

There is a precut tint product on Amazon but it doesn’t have great reviews. I don’t want to tint with anything permanent.

Yeah I bought the ones for the side marker and although they looked great, they bubbled so much. Turns out the glue bubbled up when I installed them so I took them off

 

[Angel87]

Had the lenses painted on my At4 -- my business partner had his Denali lenses filmed. The filmed lenses look lighter and cleaner in person.

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Thanks man. Your truck’s lights look better IMO. Prefer that dark red

 

[Stbentoak]

Had mine professionally done like this.

Looks pretty sharp with the satin steel metallic.

 

[Angel87]

Had mine professionally done like this. View attachment 364080Looks pretty sharp with the satin steel metallic.

Yours looks great! Film or paint? Love that combo! Mine is the white frost tricoat so don’t know how it’ll look with blacked out tails

 

[Stbentoak]

I’m going to say it’s film, but it was done pretty professionally by a third-party Upfitter near my dealer. Dealer made all the arrangements and the vehicle was ready when I picked it up.

 

[DenaliCountry]

Had the lenses painted on my At4 -- my business partner had his Denali lenses filmed. The filmed lenses look lighter and cleaner in person.

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Those both look great! Are the wheels on that Denali the stock 22's powdercoated black?

Also, noticed you got the 6.2 in the AT4! That was my fallback if I couldn't get my hands on a 2022 Denali. The AT4 is a great looking SUV.

 

[NYisles1]

Those both look great! Are the wheels on that Denali the stock 22's powdercoated black?

Also, noticed you got the 6.2 in the AT4! That was my fallback if I couldn't get my hands on a 2022 Denali. The AT4 is a great looking SUV.

Thanks! Yes he had the stock wheels powdercoated - they came out great. He has since had the chrome deleted - looks so much different than stock.

 

[DenaliCountry]

Thanks! Yes he had the stock wheels powdercoated - they came out great. He has since had the chrome deleted - looks so much different than stock.

Thank you! Do you by chance have any side shots of it? I can get my stocks powder coated for about $800, thinking of going that route. You can PM if you do, as to not hijack the thread.

 

[R32driver]

Those lightly smoked tails look pretty legit almost like they're a factory option but I'm sorry those super dark black ones look terrible

 

[Jayh231]

Had mine professionally done like this. View attachment 364080Looks pretty sharp with the satin steel metallic

Had mine professionally done like this. View attachment 364080Looks pretty sharp with the satin steel metallic.

That’s looks super clean. How much did they charge, if you don’t mind me asking?

 

[Stbentoak]

That’s looks super clean. How much did they charge, if you don’t mind me asking?

I really don't know. It was part of an overall package of doing the blackout of the whole vehicle. Get tons of compliments on it...

 

[Donnation]

I smoked out my entire vehicle

 

[R32driver]

Matte wrap looks pretty cool. Hate the tail lights though. Thought that fad died out a while back but to each his own. They have that 2000’s ebay “tuner car” aka rice rocket vibe going on. Black tails belong on a broke *** accord with a big wing and a fart can exhaust and 4 mismatched rims.

That’s just my $.02 but with inflation it’s basically worthless

 

[Eusibius2]

The smoked look is good, it's not everyone's cup of tea but having an overall dark exterior broken up by plain and stark bright red / clear tail lights looks like an oversight. A bit too much in my opinion, but overall this works well. I'm waiting for warmer weather so I can do something similar too.

 

[Trent88]

I just wrapped mine myself with Vvivid+ light smoke, love the look of just a hair darker!

 

[Banks22]

I just wrapped mine myself with Vvivid+ light smoke, love the look of just a hair darker!View attachment 367215

I would agree that looks much better, whenever I saw the rear of a Yukon I thought the lights were too bright red.

 

[Baja_Bob]

Had mine professionally done like this. View attachment 364080Looks pretty sharp with the satin steel metallic.

Can you see your brake lights in the daylight?, now that's blacked out!