Smoked rear lights? Any links?

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Re: Smoked rear lights? Any links?

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Only a thought.. i sprayed mine with the smoke spray from Halfords and a few coats of clear.. only because buying new lights isn't an option at the moment and i couldn't bare to look at the red lights any longer,
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Re: Smoked rear lights? Any links?

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Dubbugmitch wrote:Only a thought.. i sprayed mine with the smoke spray from Halfords and a few coats of clear.. only because buying new lights isn't an option at the moment and i couldn't bare to look at the red lights any longer,
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Can you take the light assembly apart and spray the reflective silver inside dark, then reassemble? I feel like that would be pretty effective at making them darker but much more robust and wouldn't look as aftermarket? I tried smoking mine with some fly eye mesh which looks cool but you can tell at the edges if you look closely... all about details!


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Re: Smoked rear lights? Any links?

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I simply spray them and lacquer them . Can do the whole lamp or just the clear reverse and indicator.


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Re: Smoked rear lights? Any links?

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jackedwardshepherd wrote: Wed May 24, 2017 2:43 pm
Can you take the light assembly apart and spray the reflective silver inside dark, then reassemble? I feel like that would be pretty effective at making them darker but much more robust and wouldn't look as aftermarket? I tried smoking mine with some fly eye mesh which looks cool but you can tell at the edges if you look closely... all about details!

Well i bet you could! i haven't tried but i would presume they are glued and would require heating up with heat gun and prying apart,
if you do it be sure to put some pics up! .......it would look sweet


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Re: Smoked rear lights? Any links?

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What about Laminx? I used that on my MX-5 to get rid of the OEM lexus style rear lights. I did have to upgrade the indicator bulbs to LED ones as bright as the sun to get amber light through the red film!
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