Earwig 89 Posted January 11, 2007 Report Share Posted January 11, 2007 Now as far as I know these are not made anymore. Not even sure if they were EVER made ?I do know they can be homemade though so I am looking for a guide on how to go about it and what sort of lights I need to start the process....?I have 2 spare sets of smoked VR Hella's can I use these as a base ?Anyone here done this ? Easy ?Looking forward to replies :-)Thanks !MArk. Link to post Share on other sites
purple highline monster 0 Posted January 11, 2007 Report Share Posted January 11, 2007 Mark, vr6rich done his, best to start with bogo standard rear lamps as they are almost all red to start with, you can get a red clear coat tint paint from "demon tweeks online" and do it yourself, the trick is to do it in a clean warm enviroment and make sure the lamps are nice and claen and warm whilst spraying, you need to build up the layers gradually, flatten off and polish as per body paint, thought about doing this myself but dunno if i would be happy with the result? it brings back memories of seing tw*ts in mk3 escorts with "black turbo tint" srayed all unevenly on the rear lamps so they look like a map of the world!!!, riches look good on his yank vr though and standard lamps are 2 a penny from a scrappy Link to post Share on other sites
petervr6 0 Posted January 11, 2007 Report Share Posted January 11, 2007 ye agree with phm standard rear light will be needed think they do the light spray in loyds motor spares and halford as well now (gulp) ripspeed section. Link to post Share on other sites
petervr6 0 Posted January 11, 2007 Report Share Posted January 11, 2007 oh yes and they did make hella all red rear lights. Link to post Share on other sites
binliner 0 Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 riches look good on his yank vr though and standard lamps are 2 a penny from a scrappy what an insult!!I've had them on all 3 of my VR6s... these I did myself using red tint on CL lights' date=' they came out pretty good but the finish wasnt as glossy as I would have liked (the angle makes them look different shades) [img']http://homepage.ntlworld.com/justin.minns/highline/3.jpgthis set were done completely red by the body shop using some fine coats of red and a ton of lacquer and were a million times better and the current set were done by the same body shop but this time leaving the reverse lights clear as I was tired of people behind me not expecting me to go backwards! Link to post Share on other sites
crish72 0 Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 I found this on E38 the other day - quite usefull..http://www.edition38.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=61864&hl=cherryChris Link to post Share on other sites
Earwig 89 Posted January 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 You spray the outside or the inside ?Might get my bodyshopt to give this a go. I doubt I would be happy with the results I would come up with..... :-(Unless Justin fancies selling ? :-) heheMark. Link to post Share on other sites
binliner 0 Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 spray the outside and depends what you're offering? Link to post Share on other sites
purple highline monster 0 Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 riches look good on his yank vr though and standard lamps are 2 a penny from a scrappy what an insult!!Think you miss understood what i said justin? or was it i reffered to you as rich? anyway i was stating that a standard lamp was the best lamp to use for the job of painting red as the darker ones would always be dark! sorry for confusing you with rich the drunken vodka man! Link to post Share on other sites
Earwig 89 Posted January 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 Looking at a pair now on EBAY of the original lights....They seem to have 1 clear strip on the bottom of the left hand light for reversing....Is this right ? I have 2 reverse lihgts on the VR but this only has one.....Mark. Link to post Share on other sites
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