Smoking or Redding BRZ/FR-S Tail Lights - Page 18 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Noob4Life · 05-12-2013, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by JDMSushi

Haha shit thats dark dude.

Right? Lol we'll see if I get pulled over. Its CA so *knock on wood*

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Scooby South · 05-14-2013, 10:56 PM

might be tackling this ..this weekend..

thanks for all the tips.. going to leave the backup part Clear..

Bill

whitefrs · 05-14-2013, 11:01 PM

do we need to wax them after vht is applied??

whats the best wax for it

suaveflooder · 05-14-2013, 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by whitefrs

do we need to wax them after vht is applied??

whats the best wax for it

I literally just finished mine. After you apply clear i would let it fully cure (usually 7 days) then polish. I'm gonna let mine sit a month or so, then just wax with my normal wax (collinite 845)

aqua8701 · 05-18-2013, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by DarrenDriven

Yeah, I talked to my bodyshop buddy today and he suggested a similar path, so I am going to pull the lights off soon and gloss those babies out. Should look MUCH better.

Darren, you said a few months back you were going to do a little extra work to get them glossy and post pics.. Did you ever get around to it?
Im in the middle of coats right now. Once I've got the tint I want I figure I'll wait a week then do the steps War suggested.
Hope to see some pics as I will with unfinished matte then follow up with how it turns out following War's steps.

Scooby South · 05-19-2013, 08:05 PM

Painted my tails..

VHT Nightshades..

Came out pretty decent. gave them a quick polish afterwards...

Bill

wgnzlz · 05-19-2013, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Scooby South

Painted my tails..

VHT Nightshades..

Came out pretty decent. gave them a quick polish afterwards...

Bill

That looks really good. I want to give VHT a try but don't want to mess them up.

Scooby South · 05-19-2013, 08:31 PM

Its not that bad... since I wanted the clear turnsignals it took some extra patience to tape it off. I would only give them a couple of coats.. the more you apply the darker they get. the Right side had one more coat than the left side. had to take rubbing compound and polish to 'even' it out .. basically taking a good layer of paint off.. they are pretty even now. What a HUGE difference. Was never a fan of them stock. now.. S E X Y ..

Bill

Scooby South · 05-19-2013, 10:51 PM

and with the lights on..

Burrcold · 05-19-2013, 11:04 PM

Looks great!

ultra_frs · 05-23-2013, 07:50 PM

All red tails look great on every color except ultramarine IMO. And figures, mine is ultramarine. I like the stock taillights on them. I'm thinking they might look better with the surrounding edges done in red, but the contrasting turn signals looks great against the blue.

On that note, every other color looks 10x better with red or smoked tails.

BlueLeader · 05-28-2013, 06:55 AM

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Originally Posted by ultra_frs

All red tails look great on every color except ultramarine IMO. And figures, mine is ultramarine. I like the stock taillights on them. I'm thinking they might look better with the surrounding edges done in red, but the contrasting turn signals looks great against the blue.

On that note, every other color looks 10x better with red or smoked tails.

Orly?

I think it looks stunning.

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Richard Cranium · 05-30-2013, 02:30 PM

Had mine redded this week...took them to my good friends bodyshop. UV clearcoat tinted with red and a little black to kill any pink.

SkAsphalt · 05-30-2013, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by grostoine

Here is mine, 3 layers VHT Red nightshade + 4 layers of duplicolor acrylic clear. Need a polish to be perfect!

you did a fantastic job! :happy0180:

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