Future plans for the Esky Tails.

[Excon11]

So as planned I decided I'm going to black out my Escalade lights I just installed. I wanted to do full paint so its black and glassy like my old tahoe lights. But, idk if that would hurt the retail price if I ever decided to sell them again so I had my eye on tint too. I tinted them and the tint looked great until a day later and bubbled to hell ( New respect to everyone who tints for a living). I would get these tinted professionally. Any ideas or thoughts about this? I havn't had red tails on my car since the day I got my license... haha.

Painted.


Tinted.

 

[Effeckt]

Getting them tinted professionally would definitely do the trick. I tinted my tails on my old car myself and did a decent job but a day later found bubbles. Fortunately the warm Phoenix weather and a needle (to pop the bubbles) took care of them. Popped them and the heat smoothed them right out. If you live in a warm area (I don't know where San Marcos is) I would try waiting it out and seeing if you can get them to smooth out. Otherwise a tint shop would do it pretty inexpensively.

 

[UofMZ71]

so you tinted them with window tint?

hmmm interesting, i may have to look into this... wonder how much that would be and how long it would last, seeing as window tint is on the inside... and this is on the outside...

 

[Excon11]

Getting them tinted is about 1/2 the cost of the paint. But im getting hooked up eitherway. Tint looks good but idk if it would be dark enough. And no, the tint was designed to go on the tail lights. I dont know why they bubbled it bugged me so bad I just pulled it off. So you guys think I should go the tint route?

 

[KMeloney]

If you're going to tint Escalade lights, I'd skip it and just tint some G3s. Afterall, you're no longer really seeing the details in the housing once tinted, but you'd get the same effect of the LEDs (and the contours would match, too).

 

[Modded]

Hey Excon just use Lamin-X tail light tint kit for the Esclades over at www.instylegraphics.com
I have used their stuff before and its the better VHT and plastic covers, but not better than real professionally sprayed tint. Since you do not want to hurt the value of the lights, its your best option, when you get tired of them just grab it by one corner and yank the film off.
Get them put on by professionals though or you will mess it up, its thicker and better than regulr tint like you used above so it will last and look good.
Yeah I just checked and they are out of the Esky kit, just get the Tahoe rear kit over there instead.
It will be the exact same fit as the Esky one.

 

[UofMZ71]

modded great find on the instyle web page!

im going to look into this cause i dont feel like paying for a pro spray. What do yall think about doing it for the headlights too? im sure the HIDs can make it through! haha

 

[Modded]

Yeah UofM thats where I bought my Lamin-X film for various projects before so I know they are a good site.
You can use them on your headlights, but they tend to get hot because of HID bulbs and will takealot of the brightness out from them, prob at least 20% so I would skip the headlight area.
I did use their smoked 12" by 12" film to smoke my sidemarker reflector area though.

 

[Excon11]

Headlight tint traps heat and cracks the lens . Moms Edge had it with her hids and it cracked them.

 

[UofMZ71]

haha, ok just tails then! do they sell just sheets of it, because doing the 3rd brake lights would be nice to match the tails