Lord Vader, your truck is ready...

[OCDetails]

Dang me dang me... Talk about black black black. 5% tint all the way around. 20% of the windshield (yes, he knows it is illegal). Black inside and black outside. Right after I detailed it last fall he went and got black wheels and sent me a picture.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/OCDetails/DarthTruck/913da3d5.jpg

I told him the only thing left to do was smoke the tails and maybe tint the emblems. I sent him a photoshop idea of what it could look like.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/OCDetails/DarthTruck/06179034.jpg

I think I nailed it with that little photochop. ;) Here is the final result after yesterday's cleaning and painting. It got the requisite wash and clay first. Then I polished it out with XMT1 and XMT Carnauba Glaze. I love that stuff.... He keeps the truck in good enough shape and he drove it little enough since I polished it last time, that this was all it needed to look terrific.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/OCDetails/DarthTruck/9ee8bcdc.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/OCDetails/DarthTruck/d7447d2a.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/OCDetails/DarthTruck/07b68710.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/OCDetails/DarthTruck/823ef70e.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/OCDetails/DarthTruck/09640f46.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/OCDetails/DarthTruck/8583dd57.jpg


I used the VHT night shades on the lenses and this sweet black chrome paint on the emblems. I pulled off all the stock emblems and painted new ones he bought from the dealer. They have a slight blue tint to them and are definitely chrome and not just glossy black. They looked really great. I wanted to paint the reverse lights too, but couldn't figure out how to get those off. We are going to mask them off and cover up the rest of the truck and paint them next time. Now all that is left is to bake the headlights and fog lights and black out the chrome in there. Then it really would be a truck that Darth Vader would drive. :)

[LuxuryMobile]

The truck looks good, those wheels seem to be very popular.

As far as the tail lights...to each their own. I have just seen too many people do it the wrong way, and doesn't seem too safe. Although can add alot to the looks of a car.

[Southern Stang]

Looks really good man. I love black on black if it's been done right. Wouldn't have a problem rocking this thing

[sal329]

Lookin good

[BobbyG]

The truck looks good, those wheels seem to be very popular.

:iagree:

[OCDetails]

The light gets through these tails just fine. I have seen it done wrong before too. The biggest thing people forget is that you still need to wetsand and polish between coats if you want it clear and shiny. Without wetsanding and polishing they are pretty dark and matte no matter how much clear is used.

[C. Charles Hahn]

Looks great! Only things I'd have done differently would be to smoke the lights on the sides of the license plate, put a smoked license plate cover on it, and done something to darken the wood grain on the interior.

And dare I suggest black chrome for the exhaust tip?

If you're going for a blackout, might as well go all the way :)

[OCDetails]

The reverse lights are the next project. It does have a smoked plate cover on it too. And I'm pretty sure he likes the wood accents inside. The SS exhaust tip will probably stay too. He just did that. I think a couple chrome accents are nice.

[maximus20895]

He just barely put a coat on them. I'm surprised he didn't put more than one coat like this:

http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx56/douglasjonclark/tint/britta1.jpg

[Marc Hufnagel]

Really nice, what are those wheels?

[OCDetails]

He just barely put a coat on them. I'm surprised he didn't put more than one coat like this:

http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx56/douglasjonclark/tint/britta1.jpg


There is a difference between vinyl overlays and tinting spray. He couldn't find overlays for the Infiniti. Apparently the pathfinder ones didn't fit. He wanted them to remain functional and safe, so blacking them out entirely wasn't an option. He just wanted them to blend in a bit better. That is three coats of VHT night shades and was as dark as I was willing to go.

[maximus20895]

That picture is also VHT night shades. How did you like the product?

[OCDetails]

I liked it. I wouldn't go as dark as that guy did with the TC, but I can see how using half the can on one set of tails would do that. I didn't know how opaque the spray would be with more coats, so I just did three. I only did two coats on my Corolla and figured I could do one darker on a black truck.

[CEE DOG]

Very cool! entertaining too