Smoked tail lights

[shomo172]

Hey everyone. Recently, I bought a RHD S13 with a Silvia front. Love the car, aside from a few problems. The car has smoked tail lights.
Personally, I'm not a huge fan of smoked tail lights, especially since their JDM Silvia tail lights.

Does anyone have some methods as to unsmoking them? I searched the internet already and it's still a little vague.
It doesn't like paint over the tail light (and if it is, it's extremely fine and has the texture of a factory tail light) and it doesn't seem to be a film cover.
Is it possible that it was done from the inside?

Alternatively, would anyone want to trade for unsmoked Silvia tails? :P

[GeneralTso]

sandpaper and buffing.

[Srsil]

Soak them in brake fluid it will peal the tint off or in case they r sparay tinted it will peel it off and wont mess up the plastic it may take a couple hours of sitting in brake fluid but it works like a charm

[KiLLeR2001]

There is a difference between s13 240sx coupe tails vs s13 Silvia tail lights?

[shomo172]

Soak them in brake fluid it will peal the tint off or in case they r sparay tinted it will peel it off and wont mess up the plastic it may take a couple hours of sitting in brake fluid but it works like a charm

Awesome! I think I've heard that before. I guess it's safe, so I'll try it.

[zneubauer]

yeah twas about to say carb cleaner homie.

[Trinidrift3]

how is it smoked?

if its by spray then rubbing alcohol, brake cleaner, or paint stripper will take it off.

if its the vinyl type then a heat gun or hair dryer should heat it up enough for you to peel it off

either way i would take the tail lights out so you do not harm the paint

[shomo172]

how is it smoked?

if its by spray then rubbing alcohol, brake cleaner, or paint stripper will take it off.

if its the vinyl type then a heat gun or hair dryer should heat it up enough for you to peel it off

either way i would take the tail lights out so you do not harm the paint

I honestly can't even tell. It almost feels like it's factory, that's why I was wondering if it was done on the inside. I'll have to do further inspection. But thanks for the suggestions. Once I find out, I'll try that.

[flying squirrel]

post pics of the lights.

i have has to clean of spary tint before. it's a pain in the ass to get off. now the best thing you can hope for is the guy half assed it.

if it vinyl tint wrapped then use a heat gun, or an ammonia bases cleaner.

[silviaks2nr]

Just buy a good set of lights. They're cheaper than the materials and time it will cost to restore them correctly.