rear headlights

[stevesvx2001]

theres a spray paint you can paint your rear headlights with that blacks them out.

has anyone done or heard of this?
and does anyone know what type paint to use

[Philthy]

Are rear headlights kinda like tail lights? If so people use Niteshades.

Just be sure not to do it so dark that the 85 year old grandma travelling behind you who forgot her glasses can't see your brake lights or next week we will see a post from you whinging about how you got rear ended

[stevesvx2001]

hahaha cheers bro can i get this from autobarn and places like that?

[Philthy]

hahaha cheers bro can i get this from autobarn and places like that?

Apparently. I've never looked for it but I hear those places all sell it

[nathan549]

its just black tint, u can get it from any (good) car store really. my bro did it to the back of his triton ute. looks good

[shiftySLE]

you can get it from most autobarn or supercheap shop. its a silver can with a silohuette of a bloke with sunnies on. Just a tip, i've done this a couple of times before, if you take the taillight lenses off and spray the inside, you'll keep the glossy look on the outside and wont see any stuffups in the paint. Also, just do one light coat on each light and let it dry. It drys darker than it looks when you first spray it so dont go crazy. put the lenses on and do it again if they are not dark enough. Finally, test the lights at night to make sure your not turning the car into copbait, they hate them trust me.

[pablo]

I would have thought that the sensible thing would be to have the rear brake/tail lights as BRIGHT as possible so as to be more easily seen and so as to attract the attention of the unsuspecting bloke following (who is probably maggin on the phone or 'spaced out') so he don't run up your ar*e?....WTF!

[Philthy]

I would have thought that the sensible thing would be to have the rear brake/tail lights as BRIGHT as possible so as to be more easily seen and so as to attract the attention of the unsuspecting bloke following (who is probably maggin on the phone or 'spaced out') so he don't run up your ar*e?....WTF!

Yeah me too, but people think it looks better that way so they do it. Then again people cut springs because they think it looks good as well. Its better than altezza lights...I guess.

When I see a car in front of me with tinted taillights I always merge into another lane so I when I don't see their brake lights I'm not the one in the prang.

[shiftySLE]

I would have thought that the sensible thing would be to have the rear brake/tail lights as BRIGHT as possible so as to be more easily seen and so as to attract the attention of the unsuspecting bloke following (who is probably maggin on the phone or 'spaced out') so he don't run up your ar*e?....WTF!

yeh but if is done without going to far then why not, its like sayng dont lower your car because what if you drive over a big bump or hit a dip too fast you might smack the tank on the ground and rupture the tank, you could start a fire. (stupid example i know but you get what i mean), sometimes...most of the time modifying you car for looks just isnt practical but...its fun and not always sensible

[stevesvx2001]

yeah ive just finished doing it i only did one coat (the can said 3) to make sure its not too dark i think it looks better anyway ill upload some photos soon just uploading them

[stevesvx2001]

after


before

[S.O.S]

That looks pretty good darker.

[shiftySLE]

stevesvx looks pretty good, good example of not going too far, make the car look a lot tougher.

[VYMAD]

I don't know that insurance companies will pay out a claim if you get rear ended, imo tinting tail lights is asking for trouble.

There's a ford ute getting around here in bundy with the darkest tails I've ever seen. The ute is quite nice and probably worth a quid but if He's rear ended I highly doubt that insurance will pay out.

[stevesvx2001]

its just paint so it happends ill just wipe it off with a bit of metho

[Holdens Rule]

I tinted the rear lights on my stato and got pulled over by a cop for it. It was a really bright day and the sun was shining on the rear of my car. After telling me he couldn't see my lights we went back to check it out and with just my lights on and not my brake lights you could tell they were on even if it was just noticeable. The funny thing is after telling him he must be blind if he can't see them on he suggested we look at the back of the cop car to compare the difference and no crap you could not tell his were on. As I said it was a really bright day with the sun shinning on the rear of the cars so with the tinted lights it dulled it just enough that you could tell they were on where as the cop car was just really bright. The end result is he let me go with a warning.

Mind the chev badge, this pic was taken 12 years ago before I sold it and someone thought it might attract some young dude which it did, otherwise I hate badges no matter what they are.

[stevesvx2001]

I tinted the rear lights on my stato and got pulled over by a cop for it. It was a really bright day and the sun was shining on the rear of my car. After telling me he couldn't see my lights we went back to check it out and with just my lights on and not my brake lights you could tell they were on even if it was just noticeable. The funny thing is after telling him he must be blind if he can't see them on he suggested we look at the back of the cop car to compare the difference and no crap you could not tell his were on. As I said it was a really bright day with the sun shinning on the rear of the cars so with the tinted lights it dulled it just enough that you could tell they were on where as the cop car was just really bright. The end result is he let me go with a warning.

Mind the chev badge, this pic was taken 12 years ago before I sold it and someone thought it might attract some young dude which it did, otherwise I hate badges no matter what they are.

yeah that looks sick ive never seen it done on a stato but it look really nice, in a weird way its kinda easyer to see if your lights are on cause its the contrast between black and light, and with the stock lights the sunlight reflects in the light and makes it harder to see if that makes any sense

[Holdens Rule]

Yeah I think your right, my lights looked black until you braked or turned the lights on then they looked red where as normal lights look red all the time so when the sun is on them it's hard to tell the difference.

[nathan549]

yeh my bro did 3 coats on his ute it looks really good, the only thing is u want to cover where the reverse light is. the brakes and blinkers (even wen its really black) stand out heaps. the reverse lights if u spray it over they turn grey and duller, so reversing out at nights a bitch haha

[Vegas]

Here is a really good tutorial.
Even goes to the lengths of buffing them which really makes a noticeable difference.

[Bazzdogs]

that tutorial was excellent. im going to go to a wreckers and see if i can pick up some spares for the VT

[Simmsy]

Im after just a light tint on my headlights instead of the taillights.. Would this spray work or would it mess them up too much? They're just the stock vx spac lights

[Philthy]

Tint your headlight covers so when you get defected or just get sick of not being able to see it'll be cheaper to fix