Anyone have any experience either tinting or painting the lens cover for taillights???

cause it would be MUCH cheaper for me to buy altezza's and then tint them or paint the lens red instead of buying them all red. Unless someone else knows where i can get them all red and not from the states

any help would be much appreciated

my tails are painted all red... done by my ex with a cheapie spray gun, so it could be done by just about anyone. no runs or anything.

its been all winter and no wear and tear whatsoever either... they look mint, im really happy with them.

basically, we got a can of clear with a bit of red added. automotive paint obviously

on my previous car.......I painted the headlights and the tail lights myself.

I used Krylon plastic paint. It is a type of spray paint, It goes on Shiny and glossy so it looks good. You can get all different colours from Canadian tire.

Take a look below at my old car, just mask off the part you want painted a spray away.

well i dont want them completly one colour... i kind of wanted them to look like a clear red...heres an example of what im talkin about

i also want to get this done to my civic

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Originally Posted by RebornCivic

cause it would be MUCH cheaper for me to buy altezza's and then tint them or paint the lens red instead of buying them all red.

this is something i was thinking of doing to my 240, buying cheap ebay clear lights, resealing them since they're all shitty and leak, then painting them a dark red but leave the reverse lights clear.

if it turns out horrible then you have stock tail lights to put back in and you can sell them to some ricer and probably get most of your money back.

well see they have a set on andys auto sport...but its 160$ USD and then to get them shipped here....yeah i dont think i wanna do that...now i know zinger?? i think did somehting similar to his headlights, takin off the lens and then paintin around the headlights??? anyone know where he got his done?

Red metalcast paint from Canadian tire will nicely tint an orange section red.. Just tape off the rest, get them REALLY close to the original red sections, then pull the tape off and give it another coat over all the red areas to make it match even more.

The paint is translucent, so you don't have to worry about making the lights opaque unless you put on WAAAAAAAAAYYYYY too much.

I know in Burlington there is a place on harvester that does it called Xtreme Customs.. they charge $300 but do an amazing job.. dont know if thats too expensive or not but its an idea..

^^ for 300$ plus the cost of the tail lights i might as well buy them from andy's autosport

Originally Posted by RebornCivic

now i know zinger?? i think did somehting similar to his headlights, takin off the lens and then paintin around the headlights??? anyone know where he got his done?

I took them apart, his painter painted them, then i re-assembled and re-sealed them for him

oh, and pm sent cause i have a new set of lights for sale just for you!

go to Michaels or wal-mart or any hobby store and get testors Model paint bin the spray can and make sure its Transparent Candy Apple red.spray it on slowly, the more coatrs the draker it will be. did that on my mx3 well over a year ago.

Originally Posted by MX3Autozam

go to Michaels or wal-mart or any hobby store and get testors Model paint bin the spray can and make sure its Transparent Candy Apple red.spray it on slowly, the more coatrs the draker it will be. did that on my mx3 well over a year ago.

how do they look??