sti 360

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insteed of paying £200 for red and clear rearlights has any body tinted or sprayed the orange part

rooferman

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Like this.



My old scooby.

Luke C

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Hey, That looks cool

sti 360

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yeah thats it ,my car is silver so would it look cool black or in the same colour paint but only lightly

Anger

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I was gonna do this to my car today, but decided it was to cold .
My scoobs silver to, just didnt want to go down the same sti route

funkymonkey

is it as simple as just spraying onto the outside of the lenses or do you have to tackle it from the inside of the lens?
certainly makes standard lights look much better

sti 360

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im sure you have to do it from the outside or you could smash them apart and glue them back

Anger

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The thing everyone tells me is to take your time, dont rush them

sti 360

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so are you going to do them silver or black,from the outside or inside,im very interested on how you get on and what they come out like

isubaru

There you go mate, no dismantling of the lens, just mask off and spray on the outside. Just make sure you do them in the warm otherwise you'll end up with a matt finish.

sti 360

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yeah thats better than the orange but i wonder what the silver would look like,will it pass a mot like that

isubaru

As long as the original colour shines through eg red/orange when the lights are on, they can be any colour you like and pass the mot.
I think if you spray them to match the body colour your in serious danger of them looking a bit of a saxo type bodge?

pnbond007

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Kin-ell mate that looks the dogs...
Nice one

messiah

You can get the STI rears a bit cheaper if you keep an eye out.

I got the passenger side cluster for £35 from an SN'er and the drivers for £75 from Grade A.

Raartoot

hmmmm, got me thinking now!!!

So when you spray them Do you give them a light coat first, let dry, then 2nd coat etc...or just spray over one light coat altogether????????

sti 360

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for sure dont want it to look cheap and nasty,but if you give it a light coat it mite look ok ,if not a new set of oranges wont cost a lot

Anger

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Im going to take my time and see how they look after a light coating

scoobimax

my old scoob - left the reverse lights clear:







Masking and patience. Use meths to properly clean the lens before spraying.

Raartoot

So what Kind of Paint am I using, Black Gloss???? will any do??? (obviously I want them Black)

sti 360

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they look good ,if you leave the reverse light part clear they look better i think going to do mine

ben1413

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Halfrauds do special light tiniting spray, about £15 a can.

Give the whole unit a good clean and then mask the area. Make sure you're in a warm, dry and dust free environment and then give the lights a couple of light coats, 15 mins between each one. The darker you want to go, the more coats of paint you apply.

Ben

GrahamG

Really like that.
How do the idicators show?

GrahameS

Think you can get the gloss finish back with T-cut incase it goes a bit wrong..

Raartoot

Nice one mate, Appreciate the help, Defo gonna have a bash tomorrow, worst comes to worse Ill buy the Sti ones, wouldnt wanna go back to orange after seeing these...

funkymonkey

Think i might have a go at mine aswell,a job for the weekend i think
if all goes wrong then i will resort to the smashing method and then glueing, at least i will be original

Robbie T

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Sorry to hijack the thread a little :

Anyone who has taken their rear lights out, is there more fixings than the four nuts on the back. My original lights have some sealant round them and i'm not sure if thats what is still holding them in as they wont budge, or if there is more to it.

Also do the painted trims below the lights come off with the light or stay in situe.

All help appreciated (before i royally **** it up and break something)

P.S I'm changing mine for sti ones, bought off here

sti 360

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spraying the lights are the easy bit ,finding somewhere hot is the hard bit,
will be doing mine when i see how you guys get on ha ha

sti 360

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no mate they wont come out you will have to sell the sti lights to then spray yours honest

P.S I'm changing mine for sti ones, bought off here [/quote]

EstebaN GT

My old scooby!

sti 360

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nice job mate did you do it yourself