Just wondering what percentage tint is on stock JDM tail lights?I'm looking to tint a set of tail lights (different car) at the same %. Anyone have an idea?
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Super quick question on JDM tail lights
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Let me elaborate, these are the tail lights I have:
I want to tint them as close as I can to how the JDM MKIII tail lights look. What percentage do you think would get me as close as possible to them?
I want to tint them as close as I can to how the JDM MKIII tail lights look. What percentage do you think would get me as close as possible to them?
As light as you can get. If you're using spray tint like Nightshade, one extremely thin coat should do it. You basically want them to look like they aren't tinted at all.
I'd be careful with using Nightshades, the stuff works good, but DO NOT use more than one light coat or you'll make your lights effectively worthless. I used it to tint the lenses of the gauges on my a-pillar (I forget specifics, but wiring in resistors wasn't dimming it in the traditional sense), and went with a couple quick coats, they're hard to see during the day. If you do go that route, practice on something else first.
My idea, you might try having some paint mixed up. Like 10 parts of clear to ONE part of a darkish red. They're a cherry color on JDM cars, not really tinted per se... Just remember that looking cool with darker lights and getting rear ended because someone doesn't know you're hitting your brakes are two closely related things in this case.
My idea, you might try having some paint mixed up. Like 10 parts of clear to ONE part of a darkish red. They're a cherry color on JDM cars, not really tinted per se... Just remember that looking cool with darker lights and getting rear ended because someone doesn't know you're hitting your brakes are two closely related things in this case.
Yeah my brake lights look black, i had them painted with one-coat. They look sick during the day, but light visibility at night is effected.