All Red Rear Lights

[Nick 0]

Ive bought a spare pair of rear lights that i want to 'tint' to all red. Ive done a search and painting seems the way to go. But do you take the lights apart and paint the underside, or mask off the edge and paint on top?

[dinkus 10]

You can't get the lights apart, so you have to paint the outside

[Nick 0]

Should i be using a special paint?

[dinkus 10]

Er probably... you've reached my limits of knowledge about doing rear lights now tho! :lol:

[dazzyvr6 0]

foliatec do the spray paints for the rear lights,you could get some from halfords

[jenks 0]

But its shite!Well imo, Get some red laquer made up! Far far better results!

[Critical_Mass 10]

Aye i have to agree with jenks. I sprayed the bottom half of my clear rear clusters. The section in rear lights and fog on the boot lid were ok. They could be held flat. But spraying the corner clusters was a nightmare. You ended up with the paint running if you put too much of a thick layer of paint on. So take it easy. BUT also you can get bubbles in the paint.

That paint from halfords is quite pricey. 15 quid for a small aerosol and if you need it 9.99 for the remover. Which just seems like nail varnish remover. Strong stuff if you have to remove all the paint again. Ventilation is paramount.

[gradeAfailure 0]

Mask off the bits you don't want to spray (including the reverse lights!), and don't use Foliatec tinting spray - use Savage, it's better and has less of a tendency to run. Build it up gradually with thin layers until you get to the required shade, then wet&dry it with 1200 grade paper once it's set for a few days. Re-mask it up and do a few coats of lacquer, or take it to a bodyshop and get them to do a proper lacquer layer.

 

Job done!

[Nick 0]

Where can i find this savage stuff to? Any good stationers?

[scarlett 0]

my back lights were done with it, looks great! i got it from a little car accessory shop. Halfords dont do it but it would be worth while trying Motorworld and any others like that to see if they stock it...

 

i bought the laquer from Halfords tho as they were cheapest....

 

hth

[gradeAfailure 0]

look up http://www.motor-world.co.uk - should be able to find one near you...

[Critical_Mass 10]

Ahhhh savage ey. Now i know what to get when i want to do it again (stuck the standard lights back on). That stuff from Halfords was cack. Cheers for that gradeA. :)