benjai

Finally got off my ar$e and got rid of the orange at the rear.
Just sprayed a set of bulbs from Halfrauds with a coat of silver and ended up with this.......
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...i/DSCF0493.jpg
One little tip that I discovered though - new bulbs from Halfrauds are better than the OEM ones, because if you make a horlicks of it, you can clean the silver paint off and try again with a bit of acetone. Tried this with the originals only to discover that they are painted orange and not orange glass . Got a permamnetly de-tangoed set of bulbs first time like this!!!!!!!

AlanPPP

iTrader: (2)

Nice

pslewis

I don't get what you have done actually - indicator bulbs are supposed to be orange (or the Lens is) ...................

Confused??

Pete

v5 man

iTrader: (4)

The trick is that they still flash orange.......................stooopid!!

pslewis

How????

Pete

benjai

By MAGIC

Just for you I'll demonstrate

Silver over orange means silver looking from the outside http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v201/benjai/OFF.jpg
BUT because the silver layer is very thin, light still gets out, adn because the glass is orange, the bulb lights up orange
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v201/benjai/On.jpg

Same effect as part mirrored tints......

pslewis

Is it legal?

What price is a new Lens? I suppose you sprayed the Lens?

I have a Classic, is it different?

Looks ok I suppose ..... just don't really understand the logic?

Pete

scoobyboy1

iTrader: (16)

What paint did you use and how much did it cost, might do the front lights and siderepeaters with it.

Sounds cheaper then those silvertec bulbs,

benjai

I used plastikote brilliant silver because the paint can lid looked like a really good chrome colour - but it is just silver so any old silver paint will do. I reckon get a small spray can from a model shop for a couple of quid, pair of bulbs about £6, so all in less than a tenner.

Resist the temptation to make the bulbs really silver though (you will notice that they still look very slightly orange), as this has a similar effect to fitting a 1 watt bulb, i.e. more dim than a very dim thing. This was the cause of my first attempt going wrong........

Good luck