sporkHSP
08-12-2004, 11:58 PM
ok, i was at autozone a while back (its the closest place to my house) and i bought some paint for my 626 lip which was faded pretty badly, anyway i decided to us it to paint the eyelid trip pieces and descovered that after 2 coats you could still see the pattern in the plastic below it... so i took a chance and painted the runninglight portion of my corner lenses with the same stuff (left orange part alone)and low and behold after a thin coat and a heavier coat, the finish looks jet black and still emits light!!!! i even could see the light in a reflection off of the tailgate of a shiny dark green truck today (before dust).
now the wierd part is, the paint wasnt niteshade or any other canned tinting, its DupliColor Trim paint. i would have never suspected that it would be usable as a tinting until my chance discovery today. ill get pics (tinted front, lip, tranny swap, everything) soon and you can see it. just thought i would pass this along for anyone who is lookinfor vht niteshade and cant find it anywhere like me.
now the wierd part is, the paint wasnt niteshade or any other canned tinting, its DupliColor Trim paint. i would have never suspected that it would be usable as a tinting until my chance discovery today. ill get pics (tinted front, lip, tranny swap, everything) soon and you can see it. just thought i would pass this along for anyone who is lookinfor vht niteshade and cant find it anywhere like me.