How to smoke tailights/headlights?

I didnt know where to put this thread, hey ssm guys how about a "how-to" forum. Anyway, how do you go about smoking (darkening) tailights or headlights? Is it like a transparent black or do you thin the paint way out or is it just like a tinting method or what? I'd like to try it out on my ranger.

you can get it at walmart in the model car section. it is transparent black. they use it for tinting model car windows and in the 70's people used it to tint real car windows.

thanks man...is it like an aeresol spray or brush on type deal?

I got mine done at a local body shop they mixed black paintand clear coat and sanded them down first with a fine grit san paper they look absolutly flawless i love them i cant find a good picture of my third brake light but its real dark and the tails are as dark becuase i didnt want to get hassled by the law enforcment haha but naw i tried the spray tint i got at the local hobby shop and it looked nasty good thing i had a practice tailight but i would def just get it done right its like night and day the difference and i payed 130 for the tailights and the third brake light

tint the clear thats how its done get some clear and add some drops of black to it ..till u get the shade u want

DO not tint the clear topcoat.....if it gets scratched you are screwed....and do not use black base toner to tint the clear use kandy black toner....or whatever colour kandy toner you want ( like blue or red...)

Heres the breakdown with PPG paints.

Use DBC 500 intercoat mixing clear, tint it black with a very small amount of toner, the kandy toners are very strong and if you add too much it will bleed....then mix it and look at the colour on the mixing stick when you pull it out, if it is slightly light add more, if it is dark add more clear.

Sand the lenses down with 1000 grit paper, spray the kandy toner base( obviously cleaning and tacking before you do it)
let it flash then put on a couple good layers of regular catalyzed clear like DCU 2002...

the stuff at walmart is aeresol (sp) it works good

why not just use some night shades...its a "paint" in a spray can that is made just for tinting tail lights. its what i used on my dak, works great.here are some pics (the red you see in the second pic is from the flash)...

Also here is a really good write up on how to do it....http://www.corrado-club.ca/mods/tailtints.html

4 parts reducer, 1 part paint....then clear it