Rear Lights on a red car - Opinions Please

[iDreamBeemer]

Have been looking at what to do to get rid of the horrid orange on my rear lights but have not been able to make up my mind what to do so figured I would see what opinions were...

Choices are:
1. Leave well alone - spend the money on better things (like beer or a new cooker!).
2. All Red Lights - Ԛ£200 purchase or Ԛ£16 for can of spray paint (danger of home job is getting picked on by the rozzers, read the threads on this and most people end up with red flashing, not orange).
3. Half Red/Half Crystal - really not keen on this one, seen it on Gouki's, which is OK with all that kit but on an iS, I think it would look wrong.
4. All clear - This might well work, I already have clear front and sides


So come on folks hit me with it!!!

[Zayyan]

Black:



Or spray the indicators on the standard lights red, and do "the indicator mod" to swap the reverse lights and indicators.

The red spray should be no more than Ԛ£10 by the way, any more and you're being ripped off.

[eko]

Red tinted indicator,smoked reverse light!

Ive not been pulled yet and have had plenty of plod behind me.

Deffo not the Red/crystal or the all clear ones,standard orange would look better IMO

[eko]

the ones Zayyan put up are nice too

[iDreamBeemer]

could do with a shop to "try before you buy"... haha

With the swap reverse and idicator, wont that mean I lose the white reversing light? it would look like I was just braking?

Might just be having a stupid moment - been having to think too much today!

[dsio]

Red tinted indicator,smoked reverse light!

Ive not been pulled yet and have had plenty of plod behind me.

Deffo not the Red/crystal or the all clear ones,standard orange would look better IMO

That sounds extremely good come to think of it. Can it be done to a standard clear/red/orange series 1 (pre-facelift) tail light? And how does one go about it?

I was thinking of getting the not just smoked, but absolute pitch gloss black lights given my car is gloss black, but you're idea sounds brilliant.

[eko]

Heres a pic of mine,not the best quality pic but you get the idea!
I used transparent modeling paint,only Ԛ£3 per tin and available in loads of colours/shades.

What do you think?

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[NH325CAB]

what about rear lights on a sterling silver cab? I was tempted to go full smoked, or clear..... obv will do side repeaters etc to match....

[dsio]

Eko that looks very nice mate. Very temped to do it with my old style tail lights.

[Simon]

I've just bought these from ebay.de, brand new in the box too!!
To go on my touring..

[iDreamBeemer]

Simon,

How much did you pay for those? (if you dont mind me asking!) I guess that would be ideal

Eko's do look really nice, but I woul stick with the clear reversing as I have clear side and fronts already, but it would fail MOT, surely!

It does state the indicators must flash orange (well amber to be pedantic), but Tony mate, I've seen yours and they flash red!! Might be OK for plod but did it pass MOT like that?

http://www.motuk.co.uk/manual_150.htm

[Dan318-is]

it didnt lol i doubt it; i got pulled the other week for having red indicators

have no idea what this reverse swap light malarkie is though!

[eko]

Martin,i did my lights after MOT so it didnt effect it.

If/when i get pulled ill change back to standard,hopefully wont get a fixed penalty

[iDreamBeemer]

Nice!!

I guess everything has it's price... guess I'll stick with the crappy orange for now

Oh, forgot to metion I bought that Sebring exhaust for my baby, due for delivery tomorrow....so excited!

[TouringMatt]

Mine are DIY jobbies, got through the MOT without even comment!

Matt

[fuzzy]

on a red car id probably go for the all reds.ive got the half red half crystal on my white touring and i think it suits that.deffinately wouldnt go for the all black,thats to chav imo

[Simon]

Simon,

How much did you pay for those? (if you dont mind me asking!) I guess that would be ideal

Eko's do look really nice, but I woul stick with the clear reversing as I have clear side and fronts already, but it would fail MOT, surely!

It does state the indicators must flash orange (well amber to be pedantic), but Tony mate, I've seen yours and they flash red!! Might be OK for plod but did it pass MOT like that?

http://www.motuk.co.uk/manual_150.htm

Hi mate, I won the bidding for Ԛ£112, I sell lighting myself on e-bay, and could have got these trade through my supplier for about Ԛ£180

[nav786]

it didnt lol i doubt it; i got pulled the other week for having red indicators

have no idea what this reverse swap light malarkie is though!

dan look in articles, it touches on the subject, its an easy enough mod, just change wiring so the indicators flash from reverse light place, but then you get red reverse lights.

the only reason i did not do it is because from the side you would not see them flashing and i dont want some tit running me down.

[panesar_e30]

personaly i would do a home i job. spray them red, considering you car is red, it will look very smoth and clean imo.

iv don the same ith mine, have no probs with the mot and no one realy notices what colour you indicators are flashing.

[dark_sounds]

if it helps on my mk2 golf i put black lights an already black car,, as panesar said, it does look smooth...


zayyan, where them lights from???

[Dan318-is]

it didnt lol i doubt it; i got pulled the other week for having red indicators

have no idea what this reverse swap light malarkie is though!

dan look in articles, it touches on the subject, its an easy enough mod, just change wiring so the indicators flash from reverse light place, but then you get red reverse lights.

the only reason i did not do it is because from the side you would not see them flashing and i dont want some tit running me down.

im pretty sure that by law indicators have to be on the side of the vehicle!! so surely that mod is worthless? good point about people running into u nav