hey guys!!

i had some free time and some vht nite shade left over from when i did the tails on my 350z so i tinted the tails and side markers on my crossfire today! i still have to polish them up but there on the car! here are some pictures!
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Day late and a dollar short on this post but what do you use to polish the vht shade very curious I want to polish mine but i don't want to ruin what i have its probably the most even I have ever sprayed this ****.

 

Just mild car polish. I did mine by hand, you can use a polished though!

 

i googled this and looked at a post on the modded mustang forum and these guys all swear by sanding and clearing and sanding some more... But hey they drive mustangs so wtf do they know lol v8 grease monkeys any how lol I didn't sand even b4 spraying them that way if the popo b!tch i can take it off easily...

 

You can go that route, wet sand with higher and higher grit paper. I just did the polish, its essentially the same thing

 

I spent more time on modded mustangs and this guy did a fade dark at the bottom and light on the top and a blend in the middle it looks sick I wish I would have thought of it when I tinted mine! Do you know where the cummins plant is in Indiana? I thinks its in south bend look for a blue srt4 running around in your area try and get him to race!

 

Sorry to say it, but wet sanding several times before, spraying, and clearing is not the same thing, especially if you wet sand between coats.

I have done lots of these and if you show your car, the judges will pick up the nightshades and polish versus, IMO what is the 'correct' way to do it. Anyone who paints will tell you prep is EVERYTHING. I am not trying to knock what you are doing or say it looks bad, because I have not seen it in person, but do not tell someone painting and polishing is the same as the tedious process of wetsanding 6-8 times before spraying, wetsanding between coats, and and clearing. My tails are literally as smooth as glass and look like they came the factory, it took me several hours in a paint booth to achieve that finish (and flat black accent), and no nightshades, tinted high end clear coat used to smoke to my desired level (6 coats I believe)....

Pics don't show the quality, but....