Simply SP-001 Black Backlight Spray for Use On Front Head Lamps, Rear Lights and Side Repeater Lenses - Transparency Properties - Minimal Light Distortion and Reduction - 400 ML

After trying loads of tint vinyl and just not being able to get the result I wanted I decided to buy a tin of this, and wow, rear of the car looks completely different, it's absolutely spot on to use and I only needed 5 coats for my lights, 1 tin did both rear lights on my insignia.I left the tin to room temp, until I needed to use it then soaked it in warm water for about 15mins.While it soaked I gave the lights a really good clean with degreaser and then clean water and gave them a real good drying.I sprayed each light giving relatively light coats each time spraying about 20-30cm away from light, it's very thin and if your too heavy handed and spray too close too quick you will get runs but I'm not too bad with a rattle can so already knew this.So between each light coat making sure whole light is covered I gave around 20min per light to dry off before the next coat.I did 5 coats on mine and it gave me same result roughly as what the tint film gave, any more and I think they'd be too dark.My friend also bought a can of this from a local shop and asked me to do his lights due to how ours have turned out and I did exactly the same with his, 5 coats and same time to dry a little.Overall I'm very happy, it's certainly changed the look of the back of the car and they look awesome.As a cheaper alternative to tint film or the expense of getting them tinted by a pro I'd highly rate using this, although bare in mind its not easily removable if you get pulled over.As a general idea Id use between 3 and 5 relatively thin coats but it does go darker as it dries so make sure you don't go too dark.Other than that, easy to use and highly recommended 👌

Came out very very well, only done the rear for now. But 100% worth it

Worked well, but read the reviews! As others have said you need a huge number of coats to get anywhere near dark. As I was going for stripes I was only concerned with getting it dark. I did 8 coats in the end, and didn't really get as dark as I wanted, but I'd used almost the entire can by that point. Probably a bit textured too, but again you can't tell because it's only in thin strips. I am happy with the results, but I'd probably try a different one if I were to do it again.

This is the before and after

Very thin & not a lot of pigment. I had done 1 light with another brand I had at home. Nice & dark after 2 coats. The light done with this had 3 coats & still wasn't as dark. Used 4 coats in the end. My lights are not jet black but they are dark.It also took a lot longer to dry. Had to bring the light in the house & use a hairdryer. It was a warm day, just not sunny. The paint started going grey outside, so had no choice but to bring the light inside. That usually happens if its cold outside.Got there in the end, but I wouldn't buy this paint again..

Well, the process took some time but as you can see we’ll worth the time and effort, The coats in my can where very,very fine, it took me at least 10 light coats with 20mms in between then a further 3 coats to allow for buffing,” I think in some cans judging by other reviews the spray comes out a lot thicker!”I then let them dry for at least 12 hours.I didn’t want the actual light unit to be sprayed as I know some Police and MOT test stations can be funny with tinted lights, so decided to just do the surrounds, I masked up the lighting unit which wasn’t too hard, photo included, sorry for picture of loo, LOL!Now for the secret to getting those tinted lights to shine, I used Meguiar polishing compound on a buffing pad attached to a drill, it gave my lights a really nice factory shine plus as my light units had different shades of red it gave a Faded Smoke effect.Really Pleased with the results, a great product to use.

Really good nossle needs a wipe every now and again els it spits paint droplets. But really easy I waited about 1 min between light coats. This is about 10 coats. Shake the can alot!!. And fully dried in a few hours maybe less. Comes out really glossy. My small lights on the boot bit where warn down and not glossy before application so they don't look as glossy. But still went on well.

The product works really, really well. I prefer this look compared to the previous taillight tint which I used to have on my car. However, you must know what you’re doing. Mask the car up really well because the spray goes everywhere and it’s a pain to take it off the car if it goes on there. At first, I didn’t achieve a very glossy finish after applying 4-5 coats (1st pic). Unhappy with the results, I masked up the car again and applied 2 more coats and achieved a high-gloss finish. I guess you have to first achieve the darkness you want, then after it’s cured, go over it again to achieve a shiny finish which is what I did and it turned out great (2nd pic). I let it dry 5-10 minutes between each coat and applied around 6-7 coats by the end of it.