Question about paiting corner lenses is it better to paint from inside?

 

HOW MANY COATS OF PAINT DID YOU USE TO GET THAT COLOR FOR YOUR CORNERS ? AND DID YOU SPRAY FROM THE INSIDE ??

 

hey , how you doing , you have an amazing car, where can i get those AMBER CORNERS, i cant find them on ebay , please reply if you can help in any way.
thank you

 

why not follow suit and just DYI like some members.. and i will try the same , but the lazy method and paint outside thanks for the info been trying to find amber corners, but this :krylon: method works

 

Ebay, or look for a link.

 

bake and sspray. anybody else pull this off ???

 

WOW, i didn't know the krylon stained glass yellow turned from yellow->amber->orange. I used them on my legacy foglights for the yellow, used them on the outside and turned out very well!!!. I bought the bottle for $10.60 after tax from Michael's arts and crafts. Looks like i'm busting out the bottle and doing my corners for the maxima... i guess while i'm baking i'm going to black out my OEM headlights. :-)

 

Any one have pictures of their painted top corners with krylon stained glass yellow? How did it match up to the stock amber markers below? Seemed like a few of you guys got clear bumper lenses and painted them to better match...

 

I wonder how it would look if that paint was used on the chrome on the inside of the housing, vs making the whole lenses orange.....hmm.

 

is it me, or do i feel someone is mocking me?

 

Actually if you just paint the inside chrome amber wouldn't it look like there is a amber bulb inside a normal housing? Except the amber fills out more of the space?

 

If you do, I'm sorry. I would never. I'm actually curious how that would look.

That's my thought. The visual in my head looks better than a amber lenses. Curious how it actually looks if anyone has done it.

 

i am interested in doing this as well. but like some ons mentioned, how long does it take to go from yellow to orange?...

no one makes amber corners, thats why this thread mentions the krylon spray. did you even read any of the post?...

 

I did this like a year ago.
just spray the OUTSIDE of the housing with the krylon until its amber.
how many coats? as many as it takes to make em amber its that simple. not like you cant see the color while spraying.

 

it wont flake off after a while ?

 

not if you clean them really well scuff them with some 2000grit sand paper use thin dry coats and clear coat when done. Works like a charm. even better with some adhesion promoter underneath. it is very easy if you take your time.

 

good to know..Will def have to do this DIY sometime this weekend.

 

it will look sweet! I think our cars should have come stock with amber corners.

 

its a spray that cost like $25,i did it to mines,looks good

 

I just use the yellow or amber bulbs no mess no wait and it just looks better for me.

Why go thru the trouble ?

 

but the bulbs don't change the color of the lens like when you paint it. People are going for more of the look of the amber lens instead of the boring clear with amber spot.

 

 

The amber bulbs allow you to switch back and forth between clear and yellow and any other colors whereas if you paint your lense amber your stuck with that color until you get another lense.

It a better way for people who like to change their minds every so often.

Which is why I stick with the bulbs.

 

Hmmm, never really looked into this but I dont think the orage corners would look bad on zhe dark blue.. I've already got the amber bulbs for both the corners and the bumper lights. I think I'll pick up a set at the JY to play around with. Anyone interested in some so I can have some motivation?

 

thanks for the more detailed info...

^^^ i agree, the corners should of came amber stock. i think it looks better than the clear...

 

How much would the corners be?

 

 

always nice.

 

Ebay!!!!

 

My friend Tim painted the corner lights on his BMW 740iL orange but he painted the inside of them . He baked them in the oven (and it is in here somewhere exactly how to do that) to break the seal on them. Sand it down and use orange paint(he used the stain glass type)
that was non opaque and they look good.

 

dont know if the first message posted or not so here i go again. my friend painted the sidemarkers on his BMW 740iL orange like you are asking. He used Krylon stained glass paint and he had to bake the lenses to get to the inside(there is a post on here detailing that) and just like anything else you sand it down, wash it off, paint it and the nseal it back and install on your car. it turned out very well and did not look like he spray painted them.