bob r

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Has anyone took off their rear light cluster and darkened the Orange lense?

I don't mean like one of the chavved up looking Corsa style Black rears, I am thinking of a slightly smoked effect.

Obviously the easiest and best mod is the STI rear lights but I can't justify over £150 on a cosmetic rear light swap and as my car is Grey, a smoked colour would look better [imo] than the clear STi ones.

Just to confirm, I don't want the STI clear rear light cluster.

Any pics appreciated

andrew jeffs

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I did something similar on my uk classic in mica red.I bought foliatech light spray in RED and did as you say,put two light mist coats over the orange and clear lower parts of the lights for a all toned in look.Just two coats is fine and you cant tell its anything other than original fitment,with original light brightness shining through ,no problem.Will put up some pics when i figure out how to do it!

20withascooby

like that ???

bob r

iTrader: (46)

How was that done. Could it have been sprayed slightly lighter?

scoobjam74

iTrader: (11)

here`s mine

wiley

iTrader: (63)

^^^^

looks nice imo, bit different

wiley

20withascooby

yea could of been sprayed lighter you just build it up the more layers you do the darker it is

oli_w

what spray did u use on them mate? really tempted after seeing a set on ebay

KLR16V

iTrader: (2)

Checkpoint lens tint spray , mask light up and just apply coats till dark enough .

Mark

m5pra

Here's mine,just a very light dusting of black on them.
Done this until i find a cheap pair of STI's.

scoobz72

my clusters are totally gloss black with good light show in dark conditions.
£65 from ebay.






< view my scooby

Rossco_

iTrader: (1)

With a bit of time and patience the tint spray approach can look good, bit of wet and dry etc, like all painting the finish is in the prep work

Schumacher

Click to enlarge.

John2.5RS

I know you said you don't want to go with the JDM tails, but here's mine 'smoked', painted with a mix of clear coat and black. just so you get an idea.

DannyBoy007

iTrader: (7)

Heres mine from Rockblocker in the states, cost about £20 including shipping

1998 - 2001





They do a few shades of tint, this is dark tint, Very easy to do, don't even need to remove, simply clean the light with meths, leave to dry, peel off the backing and stick on.

ScuuBdoo

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graeme101

here are mine done with a bit of window tint film , no problems with them

bob r

iTrader: (46)

Good idea.

A L 3 X

Looks good mate, i've done mine with the savage tint spray stuff, theres a good guide here if you want some info:

Fiestaguides.co.uk > Guides > Body > Light Tinting

bioforger

iTrader: (1)

photoshop

scoobz72

Am glad i wasnt the only one to wonder this.

bioforger

iTrader: (1)

Indeed and a poor PS to boot

VTR steve

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Mine again just a light coat.

kylejennings05

nice i like the rims too realy nice imho

Telf

Mine, came as standard from new apparently.

20withascooby

never heard that before

Telf

Thats why I put apparently, I've not heard of it before either. It passed its MOT last month without comment, so they must be legal. I'm not sure about them being standard, but the first owner worked at the garage where it was sold, so maybe they knew where to get some from. Not seen any others with them though.
I think they look good whatever/wherever they came from.

jonny_693

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Has anyone sprayed the whole cluster with laquer as in that guide, I fancy this but can see it scratching off?

incarsolutions

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i generally do all mine with halfords gloss black, very light coats to get the shade then a good coat in lacquer to get the shine up. Works a treat

A L 3 X

I did it mate.....as long as you key the surface its fine....mines been one quite a while now