Ahh the things you can do with vinyl!

lukeaday · Postby **lukeaday** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 7:10 pm

I got bored today and had a play around with the tail lights.
Kinda could not justify spending around $400 for black tail lights so I put my skills to the test to see what i could acheive.

You be the judge

lukeaday · Postby **lukeaday** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 7:18 pm

SIR-VRX · Postby **SIR-VRX** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 7:18 pm

Not too bad, but you still can't solve the problem of the pinkish lens!! haha

Good work mate

tadz0rz · Postby **tadz0rz** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 7:18 pm

holy crap! Nice work man!

Have you got a pic of both of them finished?

tadz0rz · Postby **tadz0rz** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 7:21 pm

Has anyone actually tried painting the insides of the rear tail lights?

I think i might try it since ive got ofey's tail lights in the mod list ...

lukeaday · Postby **lukeaday** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 7:24 pm

Ran out of daylight :cry:

I have painted some vinyl the same colour as the car so I might do the other light red metalic to see how it looks then flip a coin to decide!

lukeaday · Postby **lukeaday** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 7:28 pm

Can they be dismantled?

Still gunna have the redish tint to the lense.

Rather than vinyl, the better way would be to mask the outside where the lights are and paint the disired colour.

I know someone that can do that!...........ME!!!

tadz0rz · Postby **tadz0rz** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 7:29 pm

Im sure you'd be able to get them apart, similar to what you have to do to the headlights for the angel eyes.

And to get rid of that pinkish tint of the lights, you could apply the lightest coating of nightshade or something..

SIR-VRX · Postby **SIR-VRX** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 7:32 pm

I had a spare tail light here, and to get it apart is impossible without breaking it. it is nothing like the headlights.

These are glued really well. I managed to get most of it open, used acetone to dissolve the glue, but it still damaged them where the lens meets the body.

hard to explain, but you will understand if you try to open them :lol:

tadz0rz · Postby **tadz0rz** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 7:34 pm

Did you bake it?

SIR-VRX · Postby **SIR-VRX** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 7:37 pm

Baking doesn't work, it's not that type of glue Tadz. Think superglue

lukeaday · Postby **lukeaday** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 7:41 pm

My guess it that it is glued with weld-on 3 or weld-on 16.
These are the glues that we use at work for making plastic fabricated letters.

I have used it before to repair mini cracks and broken car parts before.

It is actually a solvent which melts the plastic together.

tadz0rz · Postby **tadz0rz** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 7:42 pm

Shattered!

Looks like its just ofeys tail lights or RA.....

Speedie · Postby **Speedie** » Sun Nov 08, 2009 1:08 am

You need a dremal to cut open the rears, There is a how to on EvoXforums about the rears.

Ahh the things you can do with vinyl!

Ahh the things you can do with vinyl!

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