I know several of you have smoked the taillights on your Z. I myself bought the decal overlay for the headlights and taillights for my '06 and was very impressed with the look. However, I was on a cruise last week for spring break and came back to the parking garage in Port Canaveral to find the film peeled off of all my lights and gone! I was pretty pissed, seeing as how someone just walked over to my car and took it right off.
Now I suppose I will just have to reorder the overlay from the same guy on ebay, as I did before.
But I was wondering if anyone knew of a shop in the metro Atlanta area that can actually paint the lights professionally, or if any of you have had success finiding new lights online that already have the smoked look to them. I would actually rather do that, instead of going the same route with the overlay. It was always more difficult to wash my car and make sure I didn't mess it up and have to spend half a day redoing it. Butttt all I can find is those ugly Altezza lights =/

 

you can buy the stuff to do it in a spray can. i think duplicolor makes it, try summit or jegs

 

some people have no shame... stealing parts off of cars is just plain pitiful.. sorry it happened to you man... i use areotech overlays i got from mynismo.com and get compliments left and right... if it helps

 

VHT Nightshade. Do a search for it on ebay, cheap and works really good. It's just a transparent black paint, it gets black the more coats you put on, so be careful and good luck!!!!!!!!!!

 

+1 for nightshades.

 

http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku
Automotive clear will be nice on top.



Bluebat's vinyl overlays are hard to peel off
His has adhesive. Ebay ones are just vinyl that stick to the light by static and airlock.

 

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+1 on areotech (got one on my headlights)

 

x2 i got it on my tail lights and they are not coming off

 

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Bat™

 

yup mine have been on since last summer... and still look great people say they look like they came factory... if that makes sense but they hold up well and are made of a thick durable film and if it scuffs a quick wax fixes it

 

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Bluebat's vinyl overlays are hard to peel off
His has adhesive. Ebay ones are just vinyl that stick to the light by static and airlock.[/QUOTE]

If applied correctly, he hold up really well. Seriously though, if someone really wants to take any overlay off, they can do it.

Bat™

 

VHT Night shades - This is two light coat. One is barely smoked, two is like this and three coat gets you black out. After a day of drying use a claybar to knock down any slight roughness or bumps then clear coat it. After that is done knock down the slight roughness or bumps in the clear with the claybar again and wax.



With a little more light:



Before:



After in the sun:

 

i just got a ticket for tinted taillights... anyone know how much the fine would be ? also is it easy to take off and put it back ? or will I need new ones ?

A Local shop put tint on the tail lights....

 

NIghtsahdes it the stuff to use, it was cheap & easy enough to use. Best part is that you can take your time and do a sweet yob & if somebody wants to steal em they have to pop your hatch to get em.

 

Send your tail lights to me and I can get them painted professionally for $50 and you cover shipping costs. Painted and cleared, no nightshades