Smoking Front Headlights and Back Lights

[Bannon]

I want to smoke my Front headlight cases and my Rear lights aswell, And whilst im at it most likely my Side repeaters aswell! I was just wondering how i could come about doing it? I have no idea, Dont wanna spray them and they end up being pure black lol. Any Suggestions? pictures of doing it etc?

[hay_lewis_68]

just use the aerosol cans. the darkness depends on how many coats you put on. to get it proper chav black will take about 10+ coats, so just go steady

[astra16vcdti]

I took my lights to a body shop they smoked them by using blackpaint and lacquer al gt a pic up tmra

[Bannon]

Cheers Guys for the posts!! Ill give it a try!! how much did it cost ya when ya took them to the garage dude? yeah Picture would be cool!

[daddy cav]

Why don't you just get some proper light tinting spray then add some laquer ..... hardly brain surgery .

[daddy cav]

What car is it ?
If you want to smoke the front lights you'll need to take them apart and paint the back of the lights .

[Bannon]

Its a Corsa B. Im new to doing cars up. Got a Corsa D VXR, Its for my cousin, he wants one for his first car and i said try and find out some styling tips etc.

[daddy cav]

Ok , buy a proper light tinting paint as it's translucent , then add some laquer to get the shine .
To do front lights , you'll need to take the lights apart and paint the back part of the light to get the smoked effect .
Not sure on Corsa VXR front lights actually .

[Bannon]

Yeah that would be sweet mate, Cheers!

[daddy cav]

Edited post as not sure on VXR headlights .

[astra16vcdti]

25quid for mi lights doing tried the tinting spray n lacquer but couldn't get the standard I was happy with so i dropped some spare lights off n they came out brill probally with more practice you could get a good result

[mattcorsa]

yea u need 2 buy some proper tinting spray works better then normal paint lol plus b careful on the front lamps aswell tho as police might not like it if its 2 tinted

[Pete___1987]

i watched a video on youtube of a guy tinting his rear lights on a dodge ram, he does it all step by step

YouTube - HOW TO TINT YOUR TAIL LIGHTS WITH VHT NITESHADES (VIDEO 1 OF 2)

[Bannon]

Cheers dude, Ill have a look!

[couped]

Theres tinting vinyl from laminx in smoked, provides a high gloss finnish and slightly smokes the lights and keeps within being road legal, various other grades of tint also but would check as some may be off road use. Advantage of the vinyl is both or all lights would be same tint, where tint spray will mix match no matter what u do!.