Spray painted my taillights

Bang876

New member
I hated the white or silver background of the stock STi hatch taillights! It reminds me of some cheap taillights you can buy from Walmart, so I decided to spray paint them red using a special spray paint call nightshade. You can get this at nearly all local auto part stores and its fairly cheap. I think it looks badass! What do you guys think?

Before

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After

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STEPS

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When applying the paint make sure to use very light coats and only use 3 coats max. I gave it about 15mins between coats and within an hour it was dry enough to touch and within 24h its completely cured.
 

IGOTASTi

System Operator
Staff member
Looks great! Good job. :tup:
 

Alin

Diehard Car Enthusiast!
Wow much better haha. I actually have 2 light coats on my tails with the tint night shade. If you looked at my car you cant tell right away that its done but if i park next to a stock tail light 04/05 youd be able to notice it.
 

RallySoob

New member
so they make VHT in red? I bought black but I like the red... for my 06 tails. Your tails look AWESOME my friend! Very very good choice on this mod. It should come like that from the factory. I never seen anyone do them like this before, very nice
 

Bang876

New member
so they make VHT in red? I bought black but I like the red... for my 06 tails. Your tails look AWESOME my friend! Very very good choice on this mod. It should come like that from the factory. I never seen anyone do them like this before, very nice

Thanks man and yeah VHT comes in all sort of color. If a store doesn't have the color you want then order it. Everyone was doing black so i picked red.
 

Alin

Diehard Car Enthusiast!
Thanks man and yeah VHT comes in all sort of color. If a store doesn't have the color you want then order it. Everyone was doing black so i picked red.

What other colors can you get it in??
 

STI 2NR

New member
THey make a red anodized that never fades for taillights. I have a can of it in my garage. Last time I used it was 5 years ago though.
 

Bang876

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