Painting Rear Lights Body colour - how to??

[MrSilicone]

Hi all,

Just wondering if anyone could help me out, im hoping to paint my rear lights the same colour as my Car as ive seen this done and its a realy nice look. Just wondering what do i do with the paint??

Would i have to add extra thinners to make the light shine though??

Do they have to be primmed??

Are there any legal issue's, MOT etc.. ?

Any help would be greatly appriciated.. Pic's would be well recieved too (havent seen it done to a nova)

Thanks
MAD-DOG NOVA. :thumb:

[2LBaz]

Should think its illegal to be honest, but as long as the bulbs flash the right colours, & u mount some reflectors to the body then should be ok. BoredBloke done this to his Nova a while ago PM him.

[Jim Mcrae]

think its done by using a little bit of paint and loads of laquer

[walton_lad]

what colour is your car?

[MrSilicone]

Ford Imperial Blue

[walton_lad]

Dunno if you want the excact same colour but i spose you could use this stuff if ya wanted, think it would work! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Plasti-kote-Glass-Spray-Paint-Choice-of-Colour_W0QQitemZ8273846830QQcategoryZ3099QQrdZ1QQc mdZViewItem

[Benn]

you have to really lightly dust the paint on,use an adhesion promoter,this will help the paint stick,then dust the paint on,then lacquer it,

[ade]

its a combination of thin dusting of paint then lacquer to build up an opaque transparent layer.

You cant really do it with cans - pro body shop can do it.

Looks good in shows but youre guaranteed the policy will pull you.

It reduces the effectiveness of your rear lights by 40% odd (depending on paint colour) - so unless you want someone rear ending you Id avoid.

[SRlew]

yer i seen a few corsas round my way with it done, one was a sort of baby blue and the other was red. looked alright, be cool for shows i suppose.