make the celi look better? Options

[NYp8tBaller07]

So before any meets I really want to make the car looks its best for what I have done to it, it has some rust and stock rims (im trying to get stock gt rims for cheap) so I was wondering what I would do on the outside to add some jazz, I was thinking of a light coat of vht night shade, and window tint, and I want the paint to look nice...any ideas?

[mgnt232]

Ive had my tails nightshaded for like ever, gives it a nice look, and its cheap in comparison to the only 2 options for tails we have (jdm or afterburners) craigslist has a ton of nice rims for pretty cheap around us. I got my rims and tires for $450, id wait it out and check everyday till you find something. And i think im going to tint my windows soon, by my self if it comes out good i could always help you out, saving some money. But ive never done it before so idk
Also I have my old invader sideskirts, id sell um for like $60 since ur local, nothing wrong with them, already fitted, i just got different SS so i took them off. You could easily throw some cheap basically matching paint on them too. let me know if ur interested

This post has been edited by mgnt232: Mar 26, 2011 - 6:14 AM

[NYp8tBaller07]

Ive had my tails nightshaded for like ever, gives it a nice look, and its cheap in comparison to the only 2 options for tails we have (jdm or afterburners) craigslist has a ton of nice rims for pretty cheap around us. I got my rims and tires for $450, id wait it out and check everyday till you find something. And i think im going to tint my windows soon, by my self if it comes out good i could always help you out, saving some money. But ive never done it before so idk
Also I have my old invader sideskirts, id sell um for like $60 since ur local, nothing wrong with them, already fitted, i just got different SS so i took them off. You could easily throw some cheap basically matching paint on them too. let me know if ur interested

Yea VHT is like $12, I think I will only do 1-2 coats, then some clear coat. As far as rims I am trying to look at salvage (gt rims, pretty much if someone doesnt want or need them and I can get a great deal). I have never done tint either but have watched many videos, I was thinking of going to autozone and getting their legal tint (20% rear/35% smoke front). Perhaps we could get together some day and both do our tints =p. And I dont know if the skirts would look good on mine givin the front and rear are stock and I have an invader on my last celica =p

[mgnt232]

yeah doing the nightshade, just make sure you 100% clean them, i used like alcohol wipes to make sure everything was off, them make sure its dry, and do extremely light coats. i did like 2 coats the first time i did it, and it wears off in like a month (even with crap clear coat) but then i did like 20 reallllllly light coats and it stayed for like a year with no clear, then when i painted my car I cleared them with professional clear. rattle can clear coat, is really rough and not all that shiny, and hard to sand without sanding the night shade a little. Just do light coats.
lol and yeah as soon as it gets warm out i might do my tint, i cant imagine its all that hard