"smoke" taillight spray paint... - Honda Prelude Forum

epoxy · 04-29-2003, 06:55 PM

anyone ever use tail lamp 'smoke' spray paint?

http://www.matrixracing.com/cgi-bin/...item_id=SPLSMK

'cus i've seen these in "smoke" and they look damn good. (i have a red 5th gen)

cant seem to find the smoked ones anywhere.

MugenPoweredLude · 04-29-2003, 08:19 PM

no but those tails look nice....id put those on my red 5th gen..hehe

godfather16 · 04-29-2003, 08:31 PM

hmmmm, they are okay, I am a fan of our stock tail lights......

axion68 · 04-29-2003, 08:32 PM

I think it is hard to get the smoke spray even across the whole tail light. Do a search on the board, a lot of people have smoked their stock tails.

jherm · 04-29-2003, 09:13 PM

they have?

pics?
how to?

Pok-gai · 04-29-2003, 11:25 PM

how to? its like spray paint, you just spray it on. go buy a can of normal paint and practice on something else if you must.

tastyratz · 04-30-2003, 07:23 AM

nope theres a trick to it. i did it to mine, look:

the way it works is when you first press the nozzle it will spatter, and leave spots. i tried it on a piece of scrap plexiglass so i knew what i wanted first. make sure you do a good job masking, and if i were you i would paint the inside around the red but not on the blinker reflector a glossy black. then re assemble them and paint the tails. i regret the way i did it and wish i painted the inside first, and i also wish i didnt go as dark because its hard to see during the day.

tastyratz · 04-30-2003, 07:24 AM

by the way, anyone recognize that muffler? i know its a greddy exhaust but i dont know which one i have and was curious.

khilgers · 04-30-2003, 07:28 AM

97blacklude did that to his and they look pretty damn good

SLICK96 · 04-30-2003, 08:55 AM

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Originally posted by tastyratz
by the way, anyone recognize that muffler? i know its a greddy exhaust but i dont know which one i have and was curious.

The exhaust is a Greddy SP, just like mine, haha.

About the spraying, just like the man said, you should DEFINATELY practice can control before hitting your tails up. I've seen too many cases where people just tried to rush the job, and put too much of the spray on too fast. Do an even coat first, then wait until it COMPLETELY dries, then apply another coat, WAIT UNTIL IT DRIES. Then, I believe that there's a polish spray that you need to buy, otherwise, the tint spray gives you flat look. The best stuff to buy, to my knowledge, is both sprays by a company called Foliatek (or Foliatech), a German accessory company.

J

tastyratz · 04-30-2003, 10:25 AM

mine was done with vht "night shades" and i couldnt tell you more how much i belive you should get a piece of scrap plexi to test on. it took a very large piece fo rme to become confident enough, this paint is a whole new world and nothing like regular spray. have fun and be careful you dont send cash down the drain. also thanx for the identify slick, the exhaust came with the car and i didnt know what i had

SLICK96 · 04-30-2003, 11:19 AM

No problem, bro, hahaha. It's wierd, after 9 years in this culture, I can identify almost any kit, wheel, exhaust, paint color, hahahah...maybe I should become a consultant for the whack.

J