Aaron_M

i want to know how to remove the tail lights,I have seen some of the tail lights from a 1st gen and they are dark and i think thats pretty cool,I think i read somewhere that all you have to do is remove the lights then put tint on it and stick it back on,Anyone done this?
Thanks
Aaron

RRTEC

iTrader: (13)

you can spray tint them...it's easyer and you don't risk breaking the lenses.....

ioTus

iTrader: (5)

Talk to GregS

Aaron_M

spray it on the inside or outside?

Sgt Fox

iTrader: (3)

outside. the outter lens is very difficult to remove, and you usuallly end up cracking it. Just get a can of spray tint and spray the lights from the outside. Do it while it is still in the car, just remember to mask off the body.

comradegiant

Oddly enough I have the opposite problem, my outer lenses are held on with crazy glue....

Scruch

i have painted the tailigghts in dark..




but here in italy are illegal so i have returned it original color...


in thise post , in the middle of post i have posted some picts with the taillights down... its simple ..
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...hreadid=298654


i have painted the outside of the tailighsts.....


btw: WTB new tailights!!! if someone sell it..

cosmicbang

Doesn't that make your reverse lights less bright?

Scruch

only a little bit.. when its day are maibe difficult to see it.. but in the night are quite the same.. its a special OMP paint.. its trasparence

RotaryRyan

Looks good on a black car, maybe red too.

dino1stgen

I like your bumper sticker!

Scruch

in the U.S. its legal have thise tailights so black?



dino1stgen , thanks =) ihih

The_Dude

I like your car man ! Damn ! lol Look pretty darn good !
lol

Aaron_M

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Lotus00

I tried painting the inside of my tail lights with Pactra racing finish window tint (its for R/C cars). My drivers side outer lense came off easily, but the passenger side cracked in half because I got impatient.

Maybe there is some kind of a solovent that you can use to loosen the glue without harming the plastic cover?

Be carefull not to use too much paint or your tail lights will be very dim...

jorx81@aol.com

iTrader: (6)

heat gun(very moderatly on low heat)
lots of paitence.

GavinJuice

Damn, thats one fine lookin wankel Scruch.

Scruch

Dude , Gaving you are too good =) its a normal FB.. one of the last here in italy anyway thanks very very much, i love rx7's


Lotus00 : Cracked ? azz.. damm.. its a really paitence work. thise way i have painted it from the outside btw my driver tailights its also a little bit cracked.. i need to find a replacement ..

Aaron_M

where can i get the clear coat?

dark mephisto

that bumper stickers is 1337. I wonder if those lights are illegal in Canada

Forgie

ok when I tinted my lenses......I wraped them in a towel and baked them in the oven on really low heat for like 20 min........they came apart very easily after that.

Aaron_M

ok i just got the window tint and the clear coat, Im going to try to do this later but when you paint the lights doesnt the tint run down and look bad?I was planning on just leaving the lights on and masking off the body then painting it,Also the napa autoparts guy said the clear coat is going to be glossy,How will that look?
Thanks
Aaron

85rotarypower

To prevent drips, try to spray it on as thin as possible and do multiple coats.

Aaron_M

wouldnt that make one side of the light darker than the other?

Aaron_M

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