Pics of rear lights, Tinted red or black

[Jim Bowen 1]

i what to get rid of the orange on rear of car as it looks dated, and somedays i fancy a change. but i don't know what i fancy, all red rears or red and smoked, i tried to photoshop the choices but that came out bad

 

i bought some spare rear lights and tried to tint them with the spray on stuff but its not right, you can still see the orange lense a bit underneath, so next time i think ill buy the lights with a clear upper and change that.

 

anyone got pics of their lights and can say how they were tinted would be handy

 

pic of my car at the mo.

 

[ADZ_VR6 0]

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=72287

 

Have a quck read of that and look at the links on it see if it helps mate

[Jim Bowen 1]

mmmmm......the problem i can see with aftermarket lights is they don't fit as well, especially the FK ones.

 

got photoshop working better, remembered my tools.

 

standard

 

Red

 

Smoked

 

think smoked looks better if i tint the reverse light too

[stevef182 0]

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=73532

 

this has been covered quite a lot recently, see the link above..personally i'm a fan of all red!

[coullstar 0]

Heres mine, only a slight red tint. I think the thin strips on the rears help matters. Dont like the ones that flash fully red.

Agree with the aftermarket not fitting right. However Im starting to like the OE look again.

[Jim Bowen 1]

yeah there's still part of me that likes the standard ones :lol:

[vwdeviant 0]

Laminex is the easiest way to go! Just recieved my smoked ones from BigTartanJudge and will be fittting to my spare set of rears this weekend, hopefully!

[Jim Bowen 1]

get some pics up vwdeviant, ill be interested to see how they come out, especially close ups

[BigTartanJudge 0]

Here's my white rado with DIY half-tinted rear lights, I think they look ace ;-)

 

 

 

and here with FK smoked rears

 

 

Going to try and turn these bottom ones into proper crystal top-tints with black tinting spray.

 

I bought the Foliatec / Savage tinting spray from a local car accessory shop but you can also find it on eBay. The key is good preparation if you are doing it DIY. There are a couple of very good DIY tinting guides available, including one on here - wiki guide. I also bought these recently below, which were FK crystals done with red tint spray. I have another three sets of lights that I might have a go at doing either black top or re-tinted.

 

 

 

Cheers

[Jim Bowen 1]

they really suit your white one, especially with the smoked windows too :)

 

that last pic you posted is what i mean about the poor fitting aftermarket ones (B19 VWC) they look all over the place to me and give you the look of vauxhall build quality :lol:

[young dub 0]

red is the only way to go!

[vwdeviant 0]

they really suit your white one, especially with the smoked windows too :)

 

that last pic you posted is what i mean about the poor fitting aftermarket ones (B19 VWC) they look all over the place to me and give you the look of vauxhall build quality :lol:

 

Think you'll find the boot's open! ;)

[easypops 8]

There are a couple of pics in this link

http://www.the-corrado.net/.archive/forum/viewto ... =3&t=63837

[BigTartanJudge 0]

Ja boot was open in that pic yes :D

[Jim Bowen 1]

lol, well that solves that then....i'm an idiot

[Jim Bowen 1]

here's the choice of lights i can find on ebay, anyone bought the smoked ones?

 

[BigTartanJudge 0]

Thhe crystal smoked ones are in the pic fitted to my old white G60 on the previous page. Please don't get either of the bottom two ones you put pics up of, they are gash :nono:

[Jim Bowen 1]

they are a bit like sticking lexarse lights on :lol:

 

i was thinking to do the same as you have just bought, i.e: buy some clear crystal ones and paint them. Otherwise ill end up with that orange tinge still

[Jim Bowen 1]

heres the one i tried to tint with spray, not too good and i think its made me decide to get all red rears

 

[fla 9]

I dont think so, i think you've done quite a good job there tbh. Well done.

[ww-promo 0]

they really suit your white one, especially with the smoked windows too :)

 

that last pic you posted is what i mean about the poor fitting aftermarket ones (B19 VWC) they look all over the place to me and give you the look of vauxhall build quality :lol:

 

Fair Doos! I thought the boot was open??! :shock:

[Jim Bowen 1]

yes its been said the boot was open :lol: i totally didn't think of that (in american accent)

 

cheers fla, the finish came out well but i think it looks a bit ginger

[BigTartanJudge 0]

I do think that is a pretty good job mate, but I do think you need another thin coat and wish you'd taken off the raised lettering too ! :wink: I used two coats on mine then polished with a polishing compound to get the shine. Some people clear-coat them some people dont, but if you do use an enamel-based clearcoat as lacquer-based ones will strip off the dark-lacquer you have just applied.

 

This is how they should look after 2/3 coats of dark-tintspray and enamel clearcoating, then polishing.

[carpoid 0]

I vote for all red on your car, just done mine, looks so much better...

 

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[vwdeviant 0]

Down to personal preferance I guess!

 

For me, after seeing SpicyG60's Lamin-x smoked rears, they give a pretty close to "Golf16v" look on a Pearl Grey Rado.

 

But some other colours look better with Reds, Dragon Green , Black, and Aqua blue for example.

 

On a related topic, any-one running uprated bulbs in their smoked ones? If so what wattage?