I sprayed the top half of my OEM tails with testors clear enamel. Worked like a charm:

 

Did you spray the inside of the lense or the outside? Did the enamel cause the amber color to come off? Hmm...I'd just be worried about it messing up the red.

 

I taped off the red and sprayed the outside.

 

Wow, did it take alot of coats? I'm suprised the amber didnt show through at all. If thats all it takes why arent more people doing this?

 

hhaaaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

 

It took quite a few coats, 8 if I remember correctly.

Luke (gtr_rider) did his recently too, maybe he can help.

 

It can be done on 97-99 tail lights also, I made mine the first month I got my car. It took just about 8 coats as well. Just make sure you put enough coats to match up the reverse light if not it will look funny.

 

One last thing, did you need to put amber bulbs in, or was it still amber after you painted over it?

 

I'll take that set off your hands for $50 and you can make another one

 

You need to use amber bulbs after.

Also, make sure you use testors. Krylon sucks and the original amber shows through. (dont ask me how I know)

 

I used the same testors clear enamel that Ben(mzmtg) used, not too many more coats(10) were needed because of my ultrablack paint, but I did use an amber bulb to sway from picking up tickets from

 

OMFG!
This is getting good

 

I didnt think Krylon was that bad, good thing I went with the testors like you were telling me

 

WTF? Krylon is fine.. Yall are just jealous

 

I have been flirting with some black light paint and replacing my tailights with blacklight. Does testors have some kind of phosphorus based paint?

 

Now you're just being ridiculous.

 

What do you mean? If you don't know the answer then just step off. Gosh...can't get any REAL answers around here.

 

You need to check that attitude before I ban yo azz, n00b!

 

First of all, you trash my idea like you are Mr. "I came up with painting my lights so I am God" j@ck@ss. You don't know me. I have been in this game for decades. This was my last project car and people STILL ask me about it even though I sold it two years ago.

I am an innovator. A creator of art. Remember when people joked about Alteezas being 'ricey'? Look at them now...BLOWING UP. WHY? Cause of OGs like ME who try new things and don't just follow the "let's make the car fast with a turbo" crowd. So you REALLY need to take a pill and CHILL dawg.

 

Oh man, where did you pickup that bookshelf?!

 

Bookshelf? What are you talking about? That is an 'aero' wing. I made it myself out of fiberglass. It took me three tries to get the mold exactly even on both sides. I could be dropped out of an airplane in that car and I PROMISE that the car would land on its wheels due to the circo-dynamic forces the wing creates. Are you another hater? Please....

 

its a surfboard genius....man i didnt know this was OT

 

screw red/clears, i think i want green tail lights

 

Yeah testors clear enamel is the best thing you can do to your car.

Maybe if you spray the whole car it will become clear.

 

I sprayed my OEM bumper lights with that clear enamel stuff too. Saved myself some money from not buying the cheap ebay clears................................

 

same here man, i wetsanded the surface so the clear coat would bond well with the surface. saved me alot of money.

 

now wherecan i pick up testors clear coat?

 

www.testorsclearcoatformaximas.com

 

Its on sale, three 8 ounce cans for $3.99

 

In all seriousness, will this work?? I get the feeling that I'm being screwed around with... But don't take my word for it, look at previous posts on this thread;

(Above link doesn't work...)

Believe me, I'd love it if this worked and looked as good as mzmtg's turned out, but let's just set the record straight before I put money into this and found out I've been messed with.

 

you'll have to try it!

 

link worked for me

Heres the direct link http://www.testorsclearcoatformaxima...ima/clear.html

Check out my sig, nice paint matching huh

 

both linls are not working for me. whats up with that?

 

Must be just a 95/96 problem

 

Yeah it's not working for me either, I tried using the link in explorer and mozilla, nothing works...
Do they have a phone number on the site that I could get from someone that can connect with the link??

 

Alright, I found another link that works on my computer at least...

http://www.a2zhobbies.com/Testors/FS_Enamel/

Now, for people who have done this before, which paint did you use? (just give the item number, like "Item # TES-xxxx")

 

Yeah. The phone number is 1-800-386-2277.

It's one of those numbers that spell something, but I thought this would make things easier for you.

 

Ask for Mike Hawk

 

Yeah mikes a good guy. Tell him you're from the org and he'll hook you up on a good price.

 

Alright, thanks guys, I'll give that a shot

As a backup, though, could someone help me out with the item number in the link on post #76? It'll probably help me to sound like I know what I'm talking about, like I'll know exactly what I want instead of telling Mike I "want testors that will make my taillights will look cool."