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been going mad today getting the top lenses off of my rear lights. the plan is to use the red tops of the factory lamps on my clear rears what a nightmare of a job!!! i started today on one of them tryed using a heatgun but the glue is solid!! wont losen. so i went around the edges cutting the black plastic with a jig saw..so far so good. but then after prising most of it off i broke the corner of the lens :( not impressed. has anyone done this mod before i have seen it on here but just wandered how you may have done it? maybe make my life easier lol
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p130/Pillar_photos/Picture247.jpg
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p130/Pillar_photos/Picture244.jpg
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p130/Pillar_photos/Picture246.jpg
and the cock up
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p130/Pillar_photos/Picture245.jpg
attempt 2!! with a grinder!!!
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p130/Pillar_photos/Picture248.jpg
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p130/Pillar_photos/Picture249.jpg
unfortunatlly the plastic is so old and brittle when i was cleaning them a bit broke of :(
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p130/Pillar_photos/Picture250.jpg
try puting them in oven its an idea i suppose :wtf:
this is what im trying to make
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p130/Pillar_photos/10092006249.jpg
Are you sure the tops of those clears werent painted with tint spray?
novalicous
18-05-09, 05:46 PM
A good mate of mine has just done what you are trying to do and it has come out very good i will try to get pics
and the pic ^^ iirc is stan the mans maybe worth dropping him a pm to see how he did his :thumb:
these are mine fully tinted but you could just mask the bottom half off
http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq312/xedan/100_0097.jpg
A good mate of mine has just done what you are trying to do and it has come out very good i will try to get pics
and the pic ^^ iirc is stan the mans maybe worth dropping him a pm to see how he did his :thumb: have pm,d thanks
Are you sure the tops of those clears werent painted with tint spray? dont wnat to use tint spray as i want the reflectors so there legal and can pass an mot with them :thumb:
they are road leagal as they reflect back red once tinted
I did some half red, half clears. Put them in the oven and removed the lense that way.
I wouldn't do it again though, they look just as good with a set of clear's half spray tinted red, and its much less effort.
Oven on a low heat is the best way, Or use tinting spray, but i find its a bit poo and fades fast. I did a pair of my clean in the bodyshop with house of kolour candy paint, lights are prob worth about £200 now...
Crap pic...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/bennh/PV2007016.jpg
right im gonna have to buy another set of rears and give the oven a go. dont really want to paint them thanks everyone for the tips
Tommy_nova
18-05-09, 08:13 PM
so are they just a set of clears Ben with the top and bottom sprayed Red ?
Oven on a low heat is the best way, Or use tinting spray, but i find its a bit poo and fades fast. I did a pair of my clean in the bodyshop with house of kolour candy paint, lights are prob worth about £200 now...
Crap pic...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/bennh/PV2007016.jpg
yeah there sprayed house of kolor candy he said
Yeah, clears with the colour cups removed.
Then tinted with kandy red house of kolour paint then all the plastic (bar the black bit) are lacquared.
Tommy_nova
18-05-09, 09:28 PM
Thats cool where did you buy the kandy red house of kolour paint from dude never herd of that ??
Yeah, clears with the colour cups removed.
Then tinted with kandy red house of kolour paint then all the plastic (bar the black bit) are lacquared.
Really? Hok are one of the worlds best custom paint maker.
All us custom builders use it. We had a customer at the bodyshop i used to work at having his TT paint kandy red, as its a trazlossent (sp?) (see thru) paint its perfect for tinting lights. But at all one £300 alt its not cheap.
Tommy_nova
18-05-09, 09:42 PM
lol christ no it aint have you got any left lol id love a set of rear light like the ones on yours id do it abit different tho lol
Really? Hok are one of the worlds best custom paint maker.
All us custom builders use it. We had a customer at the bodyshop i used to work at having his TT paint kandy red, as its a trazlossent (sp?) (see thru) paint its perfect for tinting lights. But at all one £300 alt its not cheap.
lol no, and the lights are one of many sets of lights i have in the garage, after seeing that pic i dont really like them.
Tint spray will keep them legal as the reflector will be red
lol cause legal matters...lol
It definately does matter, and not feeling them lights Benn
Tommy_nova
18-05-09, 10:00 PM
il buy them offf you ben. lol :thumb:
lol no, and the lights are one of many sets of lights i have in the garage, after seeing that pic i dont really like them.
It definately does matter, and not feeling them lights Benn
Why? Most cops wont notice, they dont notice the chavs with lexarse lights and they dont have them.
Yeah as soon as i saw the pic i took them off. Didnt like them either.
il buy them offf you ben. lol :thumb:
Make me an offer.
I see where your coming from but I'll do anything to not give them an excuse to pull me, I worry everytime I see them and wonder what made up tale there going to use to warrant stopping me, they have used the old tale that Novas used to be an easy car to steal and they just wanted to check it wasn't stolen. I mean there are only three Novas round here and I own two of them and the other is driven by a coffin dodger .lol This leads me to believe it isn't still the number one choice for the local twok'ers
Think i have got to old to care now, i know they cant do bugger all bar tell me to change them and give me a vdi/u.
Got pulled for the plates first...lol
See your point mate, do you run black plates full time?
Tommy_nova
18-05-09, 10:56 PM
pmd matie :)
Make me an offer.
Nutty Nova
18-05-09, 11:03 PM
all of the ones i have seen with the red top half have been done with tint spray, i dont think the original lights will come apart without sumat breaking.
Ive had clear rear lights in the past and theyve let the clear reflector parts pass on mot
gazsnova
19-05-09, 08:42 PM
here some i made a while ago...
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj309/gazsnova/17052009241.jpg
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj309/gazsnova/17052009242.jpg
all of the ones i have seen with the red top half have been done with tint spray, i dont think the original lights will come apart without sumat breaking.
Ive had clear rear lights in the past and theyve let the clear reflector parts pass on mot
Warming them up should make the glue soft. So they should come apart.
gazsnova
19-05-09, 08:51 PM
or melt the lamp lol
gazsnova
19-05-09, 08:53 PM
i sacrificed a set of standard lamps cut the tops out then prised out the top clears cutting and cleaning off the debris that was left behind. keep on trial fitted the reds until they fit properly.
A few extra pics of mine..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/bennh/Crap/IMG_7642.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/bennh/Crap/IMG_7644.jpg
Pistol Pete
19-05-09, 10:11 PM
Mine....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/Pete_58/IMGP0782.jpg
Set of clears, masking tape and som etint spray. Been done before by others, i liked the look so did mine.
They are the best thing you can do imo Pete. Always liked that style they make the car look a bit more modern they did one Raymonds anyway. You've just got to re-do them occationally as the red tint fades over time
novalicous
19-05-09, 10:25 PM
Mine....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/Pete_58/IMGP0782.jpg
Set of clears, masking tape and som etint spray. Been done before by others, i liked the look so did mine.
there the same as mine :thumb:
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