Blacked Out Tail Lights

[AJN]

I'd say a hot knife would do it.

You have to open up the assemblies, first take em out ( off the car ) they crack open!.

you are meant to SPRAY THEM ON THE INSIDE! not on the outside!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

you can get what you have sprayed off with metho, dont use any sand paper you will tare the plastic to shreds!!!!!!!

Andrew

[TURBOXR]

Well we just painted the outside with smoke then clear and they came up sweet. Never peeled or anything. Sold it 3 years later and they were same as the day we painted them.

[86gav]

Heres some pics of my new improved tailies. They look sooo much better when painted on the inside lol.

Gav

[86gav]

Should add that I tried clearcoating them with the paint on the outside and it looked sh*thouse, so I used turps and got all the sh*t off em and then baked em in the oven and opend em up and sprayed inside.

CHeerrs

Gav

[HI PSI]

Could you please post a pic with lights on ( tail lights, blinker and reverse).

They look very dark. an am curious to see if the lights are still visible.

[86gav]

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sh*thouse quality but that's with the tailights on and the indicators flashing, Midday sun with e sun directly on em too, hhmm maybe there too dark

Gav

Edited 12/07/08 03:34 AM by 86gav

[ROLMDL]

that's looks allright man. so how long did you put them in the oven for and what did u use to open them up and how do u put them back together

[86gav]

100 degrees for about 4-5mins then used 2 screw drivers to pry em open, gotta be quick though cos as they cool down the glue goes hard again. Putting them back together I did the same thing but before I selaed them back up I put a bead of silicon around where the glue goes. Just washed the car and no water got in so it cant to bad. Thinking of putting some higher wattage bulbs in though.

Gav

Edited 12/07/08 06:36 AM by 86gav

[ENVY-T]

Sorry to say but I think day light driving just became an unneeded hazard for you. You can barely see the indicators and the brakes, What brakes. And without your rear spoiler you also need the parcel shelf mounted stop light as part of the ADR rules on our cars.

[Grudgee]

Let us know when someone slams up your arse-end cause they couldn't see your brake lights. Way too dark in my opinion.