done my rear lights! now with a pic!

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Post Wed Mar 09, 2005 11:28 am

iv tinted my rear lights yesterday with the red spray i bought off ebay and they have come out real good! just as i wanted, all red with a gloss as i applied a layer of laquer on top too,

trick is to put the lights in the oven on low bake for a few mins, then what i did was to put it on the car and let it dry with the wind, since yesterday the paint has settled and went more red!

it sank in and i love it! il get some pics up shortly!
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Post Wed Mar 09, 2005 11:41 am

When I do mine, I spray them outside, then bring them inside immediately. Drying outside (unless really sunny) is not good... makes them go 'misty'.

Don't think I'd go as far as putting them in the oven though!

All red lenses look cool... 8)
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Post Wed Mar 09, 2005 1:50 pm

you loon kam.
sory bout tuesday, had to go to a janaza.
is slough meet still on?
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Post Wed Mar 09, 2005 10:52 pm

DID MY REAR LIGHTS A FEW DAYS AGO, THEY CAME OUT GOOD 2, I HAVNT LAQUERED THEM. THEY LOOK GOOD AS THEY ARE ALL I NEED IS CLEAR FRONTS AND SIDES NOW! ANY1 SELLING ANY? WHAT SPRAY DID YOU USE?
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Post Wed Mar 09, 2005 11:38 pm

panesar_e30 wrote:DID MY REAR LIGHTS A FEW DAYS AGO
So why are you selling them?
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Post Wed Mar 09, 2005 11:53 pm

Simon13 wrote:
panesar_e30 wrote:DID MY REAR LIGHTS A FEW DAYS AGO
So why are you selling them?
LOL well spotted Si!
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Post Thu Mar 10, 2005 10:54 am

iv got 2 sets of the lights, 1 set off of my old sport before i sold it. simon on your car what lights do you have front and sides? smoked or clear?
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Post Thu Mar 10, 2005 2:25 pm

heres a pic of em!

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wat you think, honest answers! i dont mind :D
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Post Thu Mar 10, 2005 2:56 pm

looks real nice 8) only thing is that you also painted the reverse lights, i wouldn't have done that (my opinion) but the look verry cleen :D

cheers Sjoerd
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Post Thu Mar 10, 2005 3:00 pm

Kam....looks good I think mate.

Not quite as red as some, but looks smart. If it were any 'redder' you'd have no amber lighting through.

I didn't do the reverse light on mine...but doesn't matter. You don't need it for the MoT anyway.

There's no way you can get the look of the MHW units, they use coloured perspex (or whatever!) and you can't match that, same with the smoked lights.

Enough bullshit...they look good!!

Where are you and Nadz based.....I wanna see your cars/my old car?

You boys come to the Lakeside meet? that will sort eveything!
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Post Thu Mar 10, 2005 3:19 pm

I like them... Smart. 8)
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Post Thu Mar 10, 2005 5:55 pm

Panesar i have smoked hella headlamps proper ones, smoked indicators and side repeaters and a red rear clutsters. All i need to do now is have my fogs tinted
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Post Thu Mar 10, 2005 11:40 pm

kar looks nice kam, very smooth! how much is your car lowered by?
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Post Fri Mar 11, 2005 12:39 am

thank mate, its droped 60/40 :D
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Post Sat Mar 12, 2005 6:17 am

Cam

looks awsome, was toying with smokin mine but after seein yours will go for red, respect to da 320 cab massive!!!

could you tell me what brand the spray was??

mr lee
soon to be seein red!

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Post Sat Mar 12, 2005 3:21 pm

Kam it looks cool mate. really compliments you cars colour.
and it was funny what you did to dave :lol: . sorry dave
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Post Sun Mar 13, 2005 9:14 am

i got the tint spray off ebay uk, just type in tint light spray in the search and it should come up

nav, dont worry u cudnt make it, sorry to hear you had a grevience.

years a go when i was 16 there used to be a dolphin grey sport at my college and that was done nicely - nice drop and azev a's, he had all red rear lights and it looked awesomely perfect and i promised myself if i ever bought an e30 that colour i wud do the same!

i think it goes with the colour of the car, just want some different rims now!
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Post Tue Mar 15, 2005 7:09 pm

lights look spot on.Thats the way i would have done them with the red reverse light.
Also,where did you get your exhaust ? or what make is it.Ive been after one like that for ages.
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Post Wed Mar 23, 2005 4:52 pm

hi buster,

the exhaust is from powerflow, its the boxster type (chavy!)

thanks for the comments hth
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