Rear Lights

[beztuba]

Ive got some shitty Lexus Lights and plan on spraying some standard ones which is the best way to spray em, how do i prep them.

[DuncanVTR]

clean em up. and get a tin of light lense tinter, for a semi tint just a couple of coats on my astra i sprayed my lexus lights untill they was totally black you wouldnt even tell, and looked very different when the lights was on, never seen another set of them

[beztuba]

Have you got any pics mate.

[DuncanVTR]

http://i689.photobucket.com/albums/vv252/DuncanWylie/DSC02528.jpg

[beztuba]

Sweet are the legal my only worry is my new job is very strict on cars if you get me i want to keep it legal as possible until i have finished my 8 weeks of training.

[adam661]

i dnt think they are legal mate because i think you have to have reflectors on them :)

[LSOfreak]

you would most likely get pulled over for them on the astra. mask of a little rectangle of the reflector and dont make it tooo black so you cant see light through it during the day

[Ryan_]

you'd need to put a reflector on the back if you wanted a full black look

[DuncanVTR]

i had them on over 6 months with no problems with them being lexus lights there was a space between the glass and the reflector that let light through and lit up the reflectoy, it not a small strip of reflective red tape if you did get any problems with them, but tinting lexus lights should be all good tbh

[Ryan_]

Yeah also mate just do it with a spray can, the more coats the darker it gets obviously. But like it's been said if you go too dark the reflector is no longer visible, so need to put one on the back. All depends on the coppers around your area as to whether you'll get pulled

[beztuba]

the coppers in the area arnt to bad tbh ill just see how i go on with them thanks for the advice guys

[DuncanVTR]

just say you baught them like that and you will get them sorted if you do get pulled over, and remember if you clear coat them it does take some of the darkness away and make it a bit more translucent :) good luck post some before and after pics :) im not the best at spraying but astra lights came out perfect no runs no defects at all :)

[garvey2k8]

do as duncan did i had lights like that and never got pulled over once :)

[beztuba]

ive got my spray this morning so will get it done and post some pics up later.

[Predator_R32]

just put the standars on unmolested, best look imo, i went from smoked jewels back to my mk2 standards and makes the car look much cleaner

[DuncanVTR]

do as duncan did i had lights like that and never got pulled over once :)

yeah the reason standard lights are illigal is because the tint is being sprayed directly onto the reflector, with lexus lights its not, so theres room for the light to reach the reflector, be carefull as ure spraying it wont look any different just shiny leave for 5 mins between each coat because it goes darker as it dries

[Ryan_]

yeah the reason standard lights are illigal is because the tint is being sprayed directly onto the reflector, with lexus lights its not, so theres room for the light to reach the reflector, be carefull as ure spraying it wont look any different just shiny leave for 5 mins between each coat because it goes darker as it dries

Yeah i had this, was thinkign why wasn't it going any darker then came back 5 minutes later and was muchhh darker, so yeah give it some time.

[3cott]

Bin the lexarse lights, an get some standard lights imo...

[beztuba]

http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac19/beztuba/Pictures2007.jpg

finished them but left a reflective strip didntr want 2 go 2 mental with the spra because i can get really fucked for where my car will be for the next 2 months lol but im happy with the results

[DuncanVTR]

looks nice mate not to dark agaist the light colour of the car :)

[edindude]

is it the outside of the light you spray as im thinking of doing mine

[beztuba]

thats what i did pal but i didnt no of any other way really. hope it goes well

[farmerchris]

Sweet are the legal my only worry is my new job is very strict on cars if you get me i want to keep it legal as possible until i have finished my 8 weeks of training.

what is your job out of interest?

[SiickBoy]

looks nice good job

[Ryan_]

http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/xx114/Duckman_/100_1005.jpg

[LSOfreak]

to get smoked lights really glossy, just lay on one thick layer (not so much it runs)

prefer glossy smoked lights than the matte black ones

http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/vv176/slickusrickus/6.jpg