Hi! First of All, I would like to thanks this forum for a very informative and helpful people. I have a 08 Mitshubishi Lancer base model, Loved the car!, Anyways, I decided to tint my tail lights and i would like to share my knowledge to all of you who are needing a step by step guide on how to do this.

Materials Needed:
1. 600 grit sand paper and 1000 grit (fine) sand paper
2. Glass Cleaner
3. Nite Shade Paint
4. Duplicolor Clear Coat
5. Old news paper
6. Masking tape
7. Lots of Patience (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

First of all, Clean the Tail light with glass cleaner to remove all dust and stuff on your tail light. Then use the 600 grit sand paper first and folow up with the 1000 grit sand paper. Use water while sanding the tail light. Here's the Pic.
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and here's the before and after sanding the Tail light.
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*Make sure you take your time wet sanding the tail light because you want to have the paint stick to the tail light*

After wet sanding the tail light, apply more glass cleaner to the surface and wipe it with a lint free cloth. after doing this, Use the masking tape and tape the parts that you don't want to get sprayed.

Now you are ready to use the VHT Nite Shade Paint and your Duplicolor Clear coat
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Make sure you are in a well ventilated area and a clean environment (free from dust, dog hairs etc) because you do not want those stuff to be on you freshly painted tail lights or you will risk of re-painting the tail lights which is a PITA to be honest. I decided to do this on my 3rd room which is my mini gym/studio but i made sure to clean the surroundings first. Anyway, to prepare you tail Light for painting, Make sure to check sprayer tip of your VHT Nite shade spray, then lay your old news paper on the floor with your tail light slightly facing upward so you wont miss the bottom part (45* angle)
Test the Nite shade spray by spraying the news paper, Practice first before attempting to spray our tail lights. Then, slowly and steadily spray the top part of the tail light by doing a horizontal Left to Right motion, you have to be smooth doing this or else you will risk over spraying and it can turn out ugly. I did 5 to 6 coatings of the paint with 5 minute intervals.

After Painting it with the Nite shade, let it dry for 30 to 45 minutes then apply 3-4 coatings of the Duplicolor Clear Coat and let it sit over night.

Result??
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Finished Product
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Im sorry i will post more pictures of the tail lights installed on my car in the morning!. I hope this helps! and Good luck!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumbsup.gif)

i get the thread, i get the title, what i don't get is the pukey face dude that you chose to enfisize (however you spell it) your title?????

it's spelled "Emphasize". edited for your convinience (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blush-anim-cl.gif)

ha, thanks and no worries. its way to late for me to be up, let alone moderating....... (sleepytime....)

Ya... lets see them on the car.
That's dark though, holy crap - won't you get pulled over for that?
I wouldn't do it to mine... but still interested to see what it will look like on the vehicle.

Thanks for the step by step! The look pretty damn good! Cant wait to see pics on the car.

super nice, one of the first mods I will do with my car (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) !! Thanks

looks good but thats kinda too dark. can u see the lights good at night?

sorry! was really busy doing stuff but i managed (barely) to take pics. so enjoy (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

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sorry about the blurry pics! i dont have a tri pod to mount my d60 camera but its not really that dark to be honest with you
the last shot is taken with the flash and thus make the headlights appear darker than it supposed to be but without the falsh from my camera, it like the paint is never there. Thanks again, if you do this please make sure post it up.

If the flash makes it that much worse it does make me wonder how hard it would be to see them at night since the person behind you would have headlights.

Siiiiiick!
I change my mind. I love it. That looks great!
Well done (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

When the flash on the camera goes off it changes the shutter speed of the camera.
So it lets less light in at that point so the picture is not over-exposed (the shutter is faster), which will make the lights appear dimmer than they actually are.
This wouldn't happen on the road when your headlights are on his tail.
Another option is to put brighter LED bulbs for the tail lights so they stand out more.

I was in a different train of thought last night I hadn't even thought of the shutter speeds which makes complete sense.

Dam, looks sick dude. I thought it was going to be too dark at first, but the night pics look fine. The $300+ for the ralliart lights is killing me, so for now I think I'm going to do this. Thanks for the write up and pics. Nice job.

some people are requesting on how it looked like in the daytime, so here you go enjoy! i hope this clarify it lol
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Thanks bro, man they look great. Idk if I can get away with it here in NY though. The lights look plenty bright enough in day and night, but it is illegal here, so just the tint itself attracts the cops. I really like the look, I guess i'll have to think about it.

and that is exactly the reason why im here in LA lol// isuggest you move here and join us bwahahah. but yeah. if ur not confident to do it. dont do it at all. u know, just do it for meet ups and stuff like that or showa but good luck mate! mabuhay!! ( Long live)

I see a lot of you 8 gen guys, when you black out your tails, ya'll don't do the 3rd brake light. Why? I think it would look a lot better.

+1... idk why, ppl just forget about that light. My boy did the same and when I pointed ti out he was like... ohhh yeah.

i really dont have a reason on "WHY" i didnt tint the 3rd light, I just like it to stay that way so people behind me who wears dark shades can still tell that im stepping on my brakes LOL. but seriously, thats the only reason why i didnt do it