Smoking Taillights

[sarahashley23]

I was wondering if someone could help me. I want to smoke my taillights but I have no idea how. I see things I can buy on ebay that seems to be some type of sticker? I dunno... I am worried about bubbles. Help!

[chefbamm]

All I will say is August 26th modfest!!

[FamousXb06]

sticker?!?! Non Sense!! haha...ill have to put mine on the xb...and show you...i painted mine black...and they put the term BLACKED OUT To Use! hahaha

[ih8unot]

I used VHT nightshades..

http://www.scikotics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13365

or here

http://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=115733&highlight=vht

[deadxatthexscene]

I used www.headlightarmor.com on my xB. They sell some for the tC too. Theyre like $40 shipped, looks good on mine. The bubbles go away after awhile but you can still see it a bit up close. It was better than painting them and then fucking up and regretting it.

[FamousXb06]

hahaa i never regretted mine....but i have a second pair of stock tail lights so im not always gettin tickets for it...hahaha

[sarahashley23]

I don't think I want to actually paint them. That seems risky too me... LoL.... I would like some kinda overlay though.

[sarahashley23]

Yay! Thank you. They are on sale for $56. Sounds good to me. Were there a ton of bubbles at first? Did you put them on yourself?


I used www.headlightarmor.com (http://www.headlightarmor.com) on my xB. They sell some for the tC too. Theyre like $40 shipped, looks good on mine. The bubbles go away after awhile but you can still see it a bit up close. It was better than painting them and then fucking up and regretting it.

[PONGSxB]

just spray it..it only cost me $10 to do mines

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/flpnosk8er/bootaypix.jpg

[FamousXb06]

mines a lot darker then that pong... :)

[sarahashley23]

Can you pretty please put up a pic of yours? :bash:


mines a lot darker then that pong... :)

[PONGSxB]

heheheheh I got candied red tails..mmmmm candy:mrv:

[FamousXb06]

yea ill post them up tonight when i get home from work...

[hotwheelsrs1]

what about bluebatmobile's stuff, everyone has liked them so far.

[sarahashley23]

I would love to come Bamm, but I rarely can get a Sunday off at Costco. We are really busy that day. Plus it is time and a half... Gotta pay for those tC parts somehow! HaHa


All I will say is August 26th modfest!!

[FamousXb06]

there are the pics..... :)

[sarahashley23]

Damn that is hella dark! It looks good. Gotta see it in person sometime.


there are the pics..... :)

[deadxatthexscene]

Yay! Thank you. They are on sale for $56. Sounds good to me. Were there a ton of bubbles at first? Did you put them on yourself?

I put them on myself, if you don't have a steady hand and patience, get someone else to do it haha. The stuff on the back is like superglue. Id try to put it on slowly then it would get stuck and there would be a big bubble and i had to rip it off again and redo it, and you have to heat it up with like a blow dryer to make it pliable. Most of the bubles went away but next time if you see my car I missed one corner because its a little crooked... But I dont know about them tCs it might be easier?

This is mine, its what they call a "stealth smoke"* on that site.

http://a256.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/84/l_4deeb5900164fbea4a923c89a28bb107.jpg

Btw, they had this promotion going on for scionlife.com or something. If you snoop the forums you might find the code somewhere, it might be way past the promo date though. It was like a 5% discount but whatever!

[sarahashley23]

HaHa... Thanks... I am about to get my snoop on! Yeah, I am definitely not patient enough to do it myself. I think the tC lights would be harder than the xB since they are more round. I am down to paying someone to do it for me. Let me know if anyone is interested. =)




I put them on myself, if you don't have a steady hand and patience, get someone else to do it haha. The stuff on the back is like superglue. Id try to put it on slowly then it would get stuck and there would be a big bubble and i had to rip it off again and redo it, and you have to heat it up with like a blow dryer to make it pliable. Most of the bubles went away but next time if you see my car I missed one corner because its a little crooked... But I dont know about them tCs it might be easier?

This is mine, its what they call a "stealth smoke"* on that site.

http://a256.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/84/l_4deeb5900164fbea4a923c89a28bb107.jpg

Btw, they had this promotion going on for scionlife.com or something. If you snoop the forums you might find the code somewhere, it might be way past the promo date though. It was like a 5% discount but whatever!

[_Keith_]

Yea I tried doing the overlays on from batt... I just couldnt get em to look good on the tc taillights... always a bubble so I said screw it got another set and am going to vht them.

[deadxatthexscene]

Now that I look at it that might be pretty tough haha. I wouldn't trust myself doing it on someone else's car =P

[sarahashley23]

Do you know of a good website that sales VHT nightshades?



Yea I tried doing the overlays on from batt... I just couldnt get em to look good on the tc taillights... always a bubble so I said screw it got another set and am going to vht them.

[PONGSxB]

seee just spray your tails yo...check out Bubbles tail lights its siiiick....wait it is sprayed right??

[sarahashley23]

Luckily someone said they would give me their old stock taillights because they do not need them anymore. I can just use those as the guinea pig! HaHa...

[PONGSxB]

there you go go get em then spray away...you can even stencil in your own design up in there.

[Iateacricket]

If your tail lights are smoking there is a very good chance that Pinkie was working on them.

[FamousXb06]

im thinkin about smoking my headlights!! hahaha

[DoubleDiamond]

Luckily someone said they would give me their old stock taillights because they do not need them anymore. I can just use those as the guinea pig! HaHa...


Guinea pig :naughty::shock: J/K do what ever you want to them

[sarahashley23]

LoL... Not really a guinea pig. I still want them to come out really good the first time. I was just saying that I have back-ups now. Because you are the bestest ever! =)



Guinea pig :naughty::shock: J/K do what ever you want to them

[sarahashley23]

Yay! So I went with headlight armor. I just purchased the stealth smoke kit. I am really excited! Thank you everyone for all your help. Kevin, you are awesome for giving me your old taillights! Does anyone know how long it will take to ship priority mail? Oh yeah, is it illegal to smoke your taillights? Just curious.

[PONGSxB]

ask Ralph he'll tell you.....

[mwuf15]

to get a good result on vinyl overlays on a tc taillights, you have to take them out from the car and work on it on your laps. plus use a hair dryer, and a pin to get the bubbles out.

[DooFster]

I just used my heat gun on low setting, and didn't touch the adhesive on the back side of it, and it came out clean. So far, I've not had any trouble with 5-0's *knock on wood*. I'll give you a little help, girl... ^___^

[PONGSxB]

hahahahahah there you go pinky do it do it!

[ShadowBox]

I VHTed the tails and side markers on my xB and am somewhat happy with the results. The biggest downside of VHT is that it has a purplish brown color to it when in the direct sun. Looks great when the sun goes down though. I will eventually replace all of mine with some that are tinted professionally.

[Jonnyb504]

Paint is the way to go....gives you a nice finish and very durable and lasting. Heres mine:

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p200/Jentwisl/PIC-0044.jpg

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p200/Jentwisl/PIC-0029.jpg

[ShadowBox]

Paint is the way to go....gives you a nice finish and very durable and lasting. Heres mine:

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p200/Jentwisl/PIC-0044.jpg

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p200/Jentwisl/PIC-0029.jpg

Does the light shine through at all?

[melby]

Does anyone know where you can get some smoke for the new 08 xb?
melby

[Jonnyb504]

Does the light shine through at all?

It actually does....running lights during the day are not to visible but when I brake you can pretty much see it lol...although I dont see my car from behinde when braking to much. As far as at night there just as bright.

EDIT: IDK if you can see it, maybe just me but I actually have my running lights on in the first pic opposed to the second.


Also for 08 XBs i dont think there are overlays yet but I dont even think they will be made. If i remember correctly, dont the lights bubble out alot? If that is the case then your best bet would be to smoke them with paint/clear.

[deadxatthexscene]

Glad to see you chose the headlight armor =) good luck with putting them on, im sure someone will help you.

and it IS technically illegal but I've had mine for almost 1.5 years and I've never been pulled over. Even with the stealth smoke (which I think looks rad) its very visible even during the day.

i always see cars with painted tails and i can NEVER tell if its their brake lights or if their lights are just on.

[blimon63]

here is a pic of mine, not tooooooooo dark!!! HAHAHA!! this is the stuff i used.

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c131/blimon63/windowtint.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c131/blimon63/siblingrivalry166.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c131/blimon63/P6020039.jpg

[sarahashley23]

Did you do the light smoked? smoked? or stealth smoked?


I VHTed the tails and side markers on my xB and am somewhat happy with the results. The biggest downside of VHT is that it has a purplish brown color to it when in the direct sun. Looks great when the sun goes down though. I will eventually replace all of mine with some that are tinted professionally.

[sarahashley23]

Thank you. Tim said he would help me put them on. He put the smoked ones on his tC and they came out pretty good. Hopefully the kit comes in the mail soon! I am excited! I think the stealth smoked will look really good with my flint mica tC. :dance:


Glad to see you chose the headlight armor =) good luck with putting them on, im sure someone will help you.

and it IS technically illegal but I've had mine for almost 1.5 years and I've never been pulled over. Even with the stealth smoke (which I think looks rad) its very visible even during the day.

i always see cars with painted tails and i can NEVER tell if its their brake lights or if their lights are just on.

[sarahashley23]

I like how your guys' came out that painted your lights. I think it would be harder to see the lights in the day time though as opposed to using the headlight armor tint. I really do not wanna get pulled over. LoL...

[ShadowBox]

Did you do the light smoked? smoked? or stealth smoked?

VHT is VHT, you get different tint levels depending on how many coats you spray. I did mine pretty light - would likely be considered a light smoked / smoked. Like I said before, I'm not happy with the purplish brown shade that they have when in direct sun. When the sun goes down or they're in the shade, they look great. Amazingly, I can't find any pictures of mine. Seems all the pictures I take of mine are at night . . .

[DooFster]

Thank you. Tim said he would help me put them on. He put the smoked ones on his tC and they came out pretty good. Hopefully the kit comes in the mail soon! I am excited! I think the stealth smoked will look really good with my flint mica tC. :dance:

Now that I think about it, I think I have the stealth-smoked ones...

[sarahashley23]

I am trying to remember if yours were REALLY dark or not. Thanks again for offering to help me! :bash:


Now that I think about it, I think I have the stealth-smoked ones...

[DooFster]

No problem!

[sarahashley23]

Yay I received the smoking kit from Headlight armor. I hope it comes out good. Will not be able to find out until Wednesday though. =(

[sarahashley23]

So far http://www.headlightarmor.com (http://www.headlightarmor.com/) only has stuff to smoke your headlights. I am sure they will have something for your taillights soon.


Does anyone know where you can get some smoke for the new 08 xb?
melby

[sarahashley23]

Thanks again Tim for putting the headlight armor on for me today. It came out pretty good. The smoked taillights give my car a whole new look. Very SEXY! Here are a couple of pics.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/moesangel430/NoBumperortaillights.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/moesangel430/Timputtingmytaillightsbackon.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/moesangel430/smokedtaillights.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/moesangel430/headlightarmor.jpg

[ShadowBox]

Very nice!

[sarahashley23]

*Sigh*... So maybe I should have painted my taillights... I am not really feelin' how it looks at night time. I can see some bubbles. Then on the left taillight there is a wrinkle that Pinkie accidently made. I might just keep these overlays on for the winter and paint them in the spring.... *sigh*.... Or maybe I will find some really nice taillights that I like... BLAH!

[PONGSxB]

ish happens...the tail sprays cost like $30 but worth it in the long run.

[ShadowBox]

ish happens...the tail sprays cost like $30 but worth it in the long run.

What exactly are you talking about costing $30?

[sarahashley23]

I think some of the bubbles will go away. Just needs to hit the sun a bit more. The only thing that is stuck is that wrinkle. LoL... I am going to give the paint some thought.

[PONGSxB]

the black smoke tail spray cost $30 at my local shop..is that too much?

[ShadowBox]

the black smoke tail spray cost $30 at my local shop..is that too much?

2 cans of VHT NiteShades was $23 and some change (including tax) at a local shop here

[PONGSxB]

wow damn Oscar does overcharge..damn that guy..LOL.does it even matter that he sells the "JDM" black smoke. Its all black still even when it hits sunlight....eh either or he rips us off..greedy old man.

[ShadowBox]

wow damn Oscar does overcharge..damn that guy..LOL.does it even matter that he sells the "JDM" black smoke. Its all black still even when it hits sunlight....eh either or he rips us off..greedy old man.

probably better stuff then...mine turn purplish in the sun

[PONGSxB]

either or I decided with not buying his JDM ish so I ended up putting candy red tails...http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/flpnosk8er/candytail.jpg

[sarahashley23]

the black smoke tail spray cost $30 at my local shop..is that too much?

I would not mind paying the $30 if it came out better than the overlays. I just want to make sure that when I hit my brakes during the day you can still see it through the paint. LoL. I HATE getting pulled over.

[PONGSxB]

would this be too dark? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/flpnosk8er/SSPX8392.jpg

[sarahashley23]

What does it look like when you hit the brake lights? I like going dark, but the light has to be visible. The lights show up real good with the overlays that I have now.

[PONGSxB]

they show up nice and red and night...same in the day...my mistake the can of spray cost $15 at the local shop....we bought 2 I forgot thas y it cost $30..heheh.

[sarahashley23]

My best friend said she would take my taillights and then give me hers so I can paint them instead if I want. There is no problem putting the 07' taillights in the 06' right?

[DoubleDiamond]

My best friend said she would take my taillights and then give me hers so I can paint them instead if I want. There is no problem putting the 07' taillights in the 06' right? What happened to the ones I gave you? Did Keith forget them again.

[shadowTC]

ish happens...the tail sprays cost like $30 but worth it in the long run.

where can i find this spray at?

[PONGSxB]

where can i find this spray at?
hahah yah that was my mistake..the spray only cost like $15...we bought 2 sprays so it equaled to $30..my bad.

[sarahashley23]

What happened to the ones I gave you? Did Keith forget them again.

Yea he forgot to bring them. So I guess I will just get them at the BLG? LoL...

[PONGSxB]

get the spray and we can spray your taillights at BLG.

[shadowTC]

where is this spray found at, what store?

[PONGSxB]

where is this spray found at, what store?

I found the spray at my local performance shop. It cost $15 not $30...we've had it on my cousins ride for almost a year and it's still dark as night.

[shadowTC]

okay thanks for the heads up :)

[RockBlocker]

We have a nice clear coated finished tint for your tails. Wont damage your lights, will be shiny and also protect them from breaking. (insert driving in reverse)

The problem with the spray is the shae is hard to get even, smooth and glossy. Plus if you live in a State with a lot of Sun (insert AZ) it will last about a year and they are so faded. Plus when you strip the spray tint off you can ruin your lights.

Good luck

[ninjamin]

Just in case anybody is still trying to find VHT somewhere, http://www.modernperformance.com/all/nite_shades_tint.shtml sells it, $20 for a two pack + $5 shipping. Im still trying to decide whether i should spray tint or go vinyl overlay. Im mostly worried with the spray tint about getting it even and having a nice smooth finish.

[PONGSxB]

the tint should come out smooth just fine..make sure u got some sandpaper handy...1500 is nice...be carefull with smoking tails lets just say u might want to have an extra taillight handy.

[RockBlocker]

Just in case anybody is still trying to find VHT somewhere, http://www.modernperformance.com/all/nite_shades_tint.shtml sells it, $20 for a two pack + $5 shipping. Im still trying to decide whether i should spray tint or go vinyl overlay. Im mostly worried with the spray tint about getting it even and having a nice smooth finish.

Dont forget sun fade too. Lasts less than 6 months in PHX. Our film with wax will last as long as you own it

[ninjamin]

Your film does look nice, but 70 bucks? its a sticker.

[RockBlocker]

Yes it is. However if you had read our site you would see that our film is not a sticker. That wont work on most tails and look good. We use high impact resistant 20 mil thick clear coated films to protect, color and keep shiny for years to come.

Sticker is 7 mil or less, will fade usually in a year and wont bend with a light such as the box tail without a relief cut or wrinkle.

[Lunchbox]

I have VHT Nightshades on my turn signals(in side view mirror) and 3rd brake light... There's alot of work that goes into making VHT look right... wet sanding, reapplying, clear coating.... then I sat around polishing over and over to smooth it all out and shine it up before I put it back on my car. And I still have to deal with it fading.

I didn't like the thought of the overlays until I watched a friend of mine at a local shop put a blue film on my friends xA's headlights... it looks much better and significantly less aggravating... I'm waiting for a local shop here to get the right colors in and I'm having them do an eyelid with a blue film on my headlight...

[RockBlocker]

What color are you looking for? We got blue

[ninjamin]

Yes it is. However if you had read our site you would see that our film is not a sticker. That wont work on most tails and look good. We use high impact resistant 20 mil thick clear coated films to protect, color and keep shiny for years to come.

Sticker is 7 mil or less, will fade usually in a year and wont bend with a light such as the box tail without a relief cut or wrinkle.

Hmm, ill think about it.

[RockBlocker]

np, Here is some good info for you to digest as well on smoked

http://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=2886286#2886286

[ninjamin]

appreciate that link. Im more convinced now.

[Luc1f3r]

one other thing i will throw out there... my taillights are painted, yesterday i was talkin to a kid in one of my classes whose taillights are painted on his Cadillac... he said yesterday he got a ticket for them... a $400 ticket... something to keep in mind when getting ready to paint your taillights..

[deflaytedwayz1]

i'm looking for some TYC's to paint, so if anyone has some they want to give up or trade for some stock red ones let me know. but here in ca if you get pulled over i'm pretty sure it would only be a fix it ticket which means you borrow one of your scikotic friend's tails, get a cop to sign it off, and pay $10 then put yours back in and do it all over...unfortunately that is the life of modifying...believe me i've been a mini trucker for the last 5+ years...i've definately had my share of $10 tickets!!!