Tinted Taillights

Tinted my taillights today.

Taking them apart is rather easy, but requires some patience.

I decided to do the tail lights, side markers, and third brake light.

Before:

 The third brake light is held in with 2 bolts.

The tail lights are held in with 4 nuts.

 To remove the side markers, it requires taking the bumper partially off. This is done by removing 2 screws located inside the wheel well...

 Also 1 bumper retainer located on the bottom edge...

 

And there are 2 nuts located on the inside of the trunk. These will make it easier to remove the side marker lights...

 The side marker lights are held with 2 nuts.

 

 The taillight trim is held on by 3 screws along the bottom edge...

 and tabs across the top edge...

 Next was the time to mask the back-up light. To make this easy, I used a flashlight shining through the light bulb hole to mark the outline and trimmed the painters tape in the shape of the back-up lens.

 Then I wet sanded the lenses with 2000 grit paper.

 Before sanding...

 After sanding...

 All masked and ready for tint after cleaning with thinner.

 Tinted with 1 coat...

 All done, used 2 coats of tint, 4 coats of clear...

 Before(top) / After(bottom)

Before(top) / After(bottom)