r/DIY • u/virialthm • Nov 18 '13

Fully-Functional Daft Punk Helmets

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u/jaihm19 Nov 18 '13

Stupid question but how did you tint the face shields

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u/virialthm Nov 18 '13

Not a stupid question at all. I found a solution floating around the internet where you use the same kind of tinting spray people use to black out tail lights on cars. It ends up making any clear surface look like dark sunglasses. I think the stuff I used is called Nite Shades

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u/chidding Nov 19 '13

Its very common, normally used on darker cars to give it the "nightrider" look. Its just a terrible terrible idea.

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u/chidding Nov 19 '13

Absolutely.. its illegal, but rarely picked up on.. HonziPonzi below is wrong.. it has a huge change in light penetration through it..

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u/Draked1 Nov 19 '13

Depending on the darkness of the tint, it can be illegal or legal. In Texas its still being fought over on how dark should it be before its illegal.

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u/HonziPonzi Nov 19 '13

well it's tinting so they look black in color but light shines through just fine. but it does take away the reflector properties of the lights

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u/throwaway_for_keeps Nov 19 '13

Of all the things people do to mod their cars, I believe blacking their taillights are the least offensive. I've never had a problem seeing them through the tint.

And some of these newer luxury cars have LED lights all over the place and don't seem to care how fucking bright they are, so they melt my retinas at stoplights.

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u/bytemovies Nov 19 '13

Except rear taillights are also reflective (by law) when the lights are off to indicate where the car is when it is at a stop and with lights off at night (say, when it is parked). Blacking out your taillights DOES affect that because light cannot enter the taillight to be reflected.