Rear tinted lights

aparker · Post by **aparker** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 8:08 pm

My rear tinted lights I brought of eBay arrived today. I fitted them and I can't believe how good they look, I just want someone to sit in my car & keep lightening them up. I think they were a good buy at Â£30

LogIK · Post by **LogIK** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 8:34 pm

Got mine from a scrapper near me for Â£20

As you say, they do really modernise the car and get rid of the horrible amber bits.

LOW PHAT SPREAD · Post by **LOW PHAT SPREAD** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 9:46 pm

U's got urs cheap! I was 2 lazy to look round 4 a second-hand set, so bought sum from my VW dealer, they were round Â£80!

LogIK · Post by **LogIK** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 12:27 pm

Ouch. Never mind, eh. Thing is, they aren't exactly easy to find, you're just really lucky if you find a good set.

Karl_CLCoupe · Post by **Karl_CLCoupe** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 1:09 pm

Or luckier if your car came with em!

Karl.

Aphex · Post by **Aphex** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 1:56 pm

havent yet seen a hatch i can get some off yet though

LogIK · Post by **LogIK** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 2:00 pm

Tim, the hatch never came with tinted rear clusters. It was only the late spec (L and M reg) coupes.

If you want tinted lights, the only thing you can do that I have seen is mask them up and spray them with dark tinting spray.

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 3:04 pm

is there any way to bleach the amberness out of the indicators?

or is it time to break into my old school while its shut for the hols and see if they still have that vacuum-former machine?

LogIK · Post by **LogIK** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 3:14 pm

Tahrey, just bloody spray em!

You would never be able to get the colour out of them without damaging the plastic.

Go down to halfords or somewhere and ask them to make you up a 5:1 mix of laquer and black paint, mask off the lights so that only the indcators and the reverse light is exposed, key the surface with a fine grit sandpaper, and spray the areas coat by coat. The more coats you put on the darker it will go, so do it to your own taste.

I've seen it done before and it looks just as good as the real thing.

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 3:23 pm

just know if i do it, they'll go brown

think i'll get hold of some scrap ones to play with first!
ps does that go on the inside or outside?

LogIK · Post by **LogIK** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 3:30 pm

It goes on the ouside. If you do what I said, you wont go wrong. Get hold of some scrap sheet perpex or glass and just practice your spraying technique so you can get a nice even finish.

Don't worry, it won't turn brown!

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 3:35 pm

k............. nice even finish is something i probably need a lot of practice at

you wanna see the state of my front left arch

LogIK · Post by **LogIK** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 3:55 pm

It's only a small area you will be spraying, so it shouldn't be too difficult.

Gareth_GT_Hatch · Post by **Gareth_GT_Hatch** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 5:48 pm

You can get european spec lights where the reverse light is on the other side. Ive managed to source one for a tenner off someone on the pitstop forum. So both sides will look the same then.

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 5:49 pm

so was the patch i de-rusted!

mind you, i think i can blame it on the sudden downpour that happened about a second after i put the can down and stood back to admire my super smooth handiwork