i'm talking about the chrome are behind the orange lens. anyways, on the 2k-2k1 tails, there is no orange piece between the housing and the housing cover, making them more prone to dripping outside the target area.

 

You might also want to try Testors Candy Apple Red spray paint. A small can from Michaels or Hobby Lobby (or any other hobby shop) will work. I did this on my Celica (as have many others on the board) and it works great. Nice finish, matches well and lights up bright.

Just an option if you can't find the paint used here.

Mike

 

I believe you are correct. The orange part in my tail light is actualy a shade lighter then the top part.

 

I only sprayed the bottom portion of the lense(the orange part), the top part is allready red so theres no need to spray it too. As for the inside refelctor surface(AKA "chrome" to you), it may have some red mist on it from the paint being sprayed around. To be honest I never looked to see it's condition. Either way it is meaningless to me since the blinker still eluminates perfectly fine.


I'm going to go take a pick of the blinker on at night now.

 

Good. I'll meet you and we'l do it together...

<=== scared of messing up my lights !

 

ok, after a few hours of drying, the GXE tails look fine! (except one part where i was a little overzealous with the paint) perhaps i shall be reinstalling my GXE tails..

btw, i used the testors candy apple red paint as mentioned by dailleydog.

 

Night pics

 

looks good.

 

Can you take a night pic with only the blinkers on? There's a red glare from red portion of the tail light/brake light. I still see a little bit of orange in them.. however, they are still pretty cool.

 

that don't leak into the chrome area.

 

Yeahthere is a tiny tiny bit of orange hue to it, but I think it looks 100Xs better than before.

I am definitely doing this one soon. Good Job Ethan. I never would have thought to try the inside of the light. At least this beats breaking lights while trying to get them apart.

 

Did you paint on the outside like he said, or did you paint the inside?

 

Sound's like you may be confused, I painted the inside and not the outside.

 

I was asking MaximaZero.
He said he used the Testors Candy Apple Red like a previous guy...That guy painted on the outside of his lense.
Originally, that was what I was gonna do, but this idea sounds great. I just need to know what color looks best.
It doesn't have to be exact, just close.

 

Ok, just making sure so no one screws up there tails

 

Where can you get this paint? I couldn't find it on Nopi...

Everyone still happy with what they did?

 

you can just get testor's "candy apple red" transparent red spray paint from walmart. it'll be in the toys/ hobby section. it's also less than 5 bucks. much cheaper than the other stuff.



max34: yes, i painted the inside.

 

I'll trade you cars... anyone...

hehehe

 

Here is the VANS paint.

NOPI ONLINE

 

Thanks for the NOPI link...I typed in "vans" in the search and got nothing! Stupid site.

As for you, Melteye....man, the first thing I'd do is get that frankencar intake off and see if you can get your CPU back and functioning. I'm not sure what the wreck did to your car, but sounds like the engine is messed. Check your throttle body..something...

 

damn you ethan making me start messing with my taillights. i think i'm gonna make a project out of my 2k2 lights. paint them from the inside and then paint the inside body color i think it will look even better then what i have now. project!

 

I just painted over the amber on my outer tails with the Testors paint. It looks awesome!

Surprisingly, it looks better in direct sunlight than in shadow...

Anyway, after a couple days, if I decide they dont need one more coat of red, I'll put a couple of coats of clear gloss over the whole light to keep them from fading and chipping.

 

This Testors paint that all you guys have been talking about & using...in the long-term will it stand up to the heat generated by the bulbs, and the sun shining on it? I'm assuming that stuff isn't really intended for automotive use?

 

Like I said, I'm going to clear-coat it. But, the stuff sprayed on the inside shouldn't ever have any problems.

 

Getting back to these pics..I didn't notice it before, but both upper and lower bulbs do not light up at night...did you have your hazzards on? Regardless, it looks good...so people are only going to see it when at night when you use the turn signal.

Another idea: I'm assuming the bulb for the turn signals is clear. How about putting a red one in there as well to add to the effect?

 

I had my hazzards on and then it was just a matter of timing things properly I painted my bulbs red too

 

Ok, that's what I figured. Painted the bulbs? Sure...why not!

Looks real good in the daytime...gonna go buy that paint asap.

 

hey sorry for bringing up this oldie, but all you guys' servers are trying to steal money or you just took them off lol can you guys post any pics on the painted 02 tails topic...i'd also liek to see the pics of the guy who messed up his, any other tips b4 i dive into this project? thnkz

 

There are pics of mine finished on my homepage.
<--------- Click.

 

Just my luck.....

 

i really don't think you can mess up.....b/c u just spray the paint in that small hole @ diff. angles

 

 

While I am at it.

1/2 clear 2002 tails.

 

Now THAT'S cool!!! How'd you do that??

 

nice socks

 

Thats a story in it's own. I posted all the info about that a while ago in the general discussion forum. A search should find it for you.

ChoppaBoy, you like those socks huh, have a little foot fedish perhaps?

 

actually its just a smelly sock fetish, those are beauts

 

the pics are gone...can u email them to me??

ryanmichael19@yahoo.com

thanks..

 

I searched my a$$ off, and had no luck finding any thread about that.

 

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