I know some guys on the .org have painted their turn signals chrome or silver and I've tried to do this but failed. I guess I used the wrong spray paint or something. Does anyone know exactly which paint to use and how to paint it so that it looks chrome and light amber or whatever color its supposed to?

Also does this work on PIAA extreme bulbs?

 

Use an enamel based paint. I used dupli-color silver. (not chrome, just silver). This paint comes in the small spray cans you can buy at most any autozone or advance auto.....just do one light coat...not too thick, just enough to completely cover it.

 

i tried painting but failed too. i picked up apc silver ones at pep boys for both turn signals front and back for 15 bucks all together with tax.

 

how are you guys "failing" at this???? I mean, this is not rocket science...you just take bulb, take paint can, point spray can toward bulb, and spray.....

I'm not trying to be sarcastic here, I really can't see why this is so difficult for you guys..

 

im not an artsy person. i sprayed it but the coating would never settle correctly no matter how thin or thick i sprayed.

 

I hope that a grown man can paint a bulb and hopefully a grown man can figure out that the actual painting of 1 square inch bulb is not the problem here genius. Thanks for the advice and all but its the type of paint which was the problem here not the spraying of it.

I just hope you didn't seriously consider the fact the spraying was the problem and that it was just a bad attempt at a joke against your fellow .org members.

 

I just cut two "X"s in a box, put the bulb bases in them and sprayed a thin coat of paint (Silver Duplicolor I think).

If you hold the bulb up in the light you should still be able to see some orange through them (or whatever color the bulb is).

 

Why the hell are u guys painting your bulbs silver???????

 

it makes the bulbs Silver but they still flash Orange.. IMO it looks great when done correctly i paid 2.77 at walmart for a can of silver/ chrome paint. i held the can nearly a foot away from the bulb and just dusted the bulb with the spray.. MAKE SURE YOU LET IT DRY WELL or it will smoke its way to being dry and a film will then be on the inside of your light. happened to me, some smoke will be normal but lots isnt!.....

IT looks really good trust me

 

You should be carefull puting any kind of paint on a light bulb, can cause the bulb to explode. I was interested in doing the same to my bulbs, but decided not to because of this.

~Wolf

 

Try here if you don't want to paint them.....

bulbs

 

That's where i got mine. A lot less headaches & you're done in 30 seconds. No messing w/ paint.

 

i painted mine too with model paint i got at a hobbie store. just stuck then in cardboard and sprayed them. ive had them done for about 6 months. the paint has not heated and cracked or faded. even the fronts that are on more with the parking brakes.