all red rear lights help

[bazcoupe]

anyone on here know the best way to do this or does anyone sell them, i would be happy keeping the reverse light just loosing the amber indicators
cheers barry

[siddiqi1]

here you go:

Click here

Saboor

[bazcoupe]

cheers i will get on that tomorrow

[bazcoupe]

just finished tinting my rear lights today and while they look ace they also flash red, now i only did two very light coats and even used the same tinting spray in the guide. is there anyway to remedy this, i have heard of using green bulbs is this any good and worth trying

cheers

[maxfield]

Yes, Green bulbs are correct.

[StuBeeDoo]

Yes, Green bulbs are correct.

That's todays lesson then - I never knew that.

[maxfield]

Yes, Green bulbs are correct.

That's todays lesson then - I never knew that.

Some people will tell you Yellow bulbs, but light reacts much differently than paint... I did pay attention in Science!

[bazcoupe]

cool looks like im off to the model shop in the morning for some green glass paint

[shedrool83]

Let me know if it work Baz i have the same problem.

[bazcoupe]

will do

[siddiqi1]

Does green paint really work guys?

Where can you get green bulbs from??

Sabs

[StuBeeDoo]

Yes, Green bulbs are correct.

That's todays lesson then - I never knew that.

Some people will tell you Yellow bulbs, but light reacts much differently than paint... I did pay attention in Science!

Just as well then.
I didn't. Spent the lessons reading the top car mags of the day under the desk.

[mrLEE30]

sorry fellas green and red do make yellow (i listened in art class) but not in this case as the red light comes from the lens and not the bulb colour (as the wavelength of the light is modified when it is filtered by the red lens, in this case only the shorter red wavelengths are visible thus creating red light (i also listened in physics class) putting a green bulb only makes the red light dimmer... not yellow....(otherwise they would flash white with a clear bulb!!!)

the only way to really get a yellow flash is to

1. use the reverse lights with yellow bulbs and dont paint the clear lens

2. adopt a system similar to the reverse light on a E39/E34 where only stripes of red are applied to the lens thus giving the illusion of a red light from a few metres away but still allowing enough of the original yellow colour un-painted so it still flashes yellow.

or alternatively
3. move to a country where they allow red indictaors

...it wont help them flash yellow but will make them legal..

sorry maxfield, now you know about pinking and interfearance of two or more wavelengths of light

[bazcoupe]

its OFFICIAL just put my painted green bulbs in and guess what.........
it still flashes red

oh well i will see how long before i get pulled

[DanThe]

Painting your bulbs is a waste of time, not to mention potentially dangerous as the light output will be reduced and other drivers will not be able to see your indicators in certain conditions.

Leave them red, mine went through MOT with red indicators, dont forget all these yank motors with UK registered No plates have red indicators also

[saqi]

go to http://www.bmtown.com

thats where i bought mine. but saying that i am selling mine now to rear smoked ones on

[chicken]

just spray the lenses red get some pressed plates and speak german if you get pulled

[bazcoupe]

already got the pressed plates and i was trying to avoid drawing attention to them but it looks like i can look forward to a couple of run ins with the law