c0nspire

hey there

i saw one member and i had contacted him, regarding fully stained (red) taillights

sine i dont want to stain over the stock im lookign to get an ebay set of altezza's

jsut wondering is the outter most cover fully clear (ie i will be staining on only a clear surface)

Also can i take the lights apart and use my stock insides and the altezza covers?

thanks

here is a pic of a set i foun on ebay

Twilight

You can take the light covers off.

But i dont recommend it anyways. They never will go on as good as factory fitted, and you WILL have aquarium in there.

c0nspire

even if i resealed with say silicon??

what about the internals on the altezzas?

removable? or should i just leave em if im staining the whole thing?

beyondspexj

seal them now, as they arent sealed to good when you get them.

then go to your local hobby store. buy Testors Candy Apple Red Transparent spray paint and a can of clear. clean off the tails with acohol and spray away. or take it to a paint shop and have those guys do it. i did mine myself before i decided to go back to 90-91 stocks

CRX Toad

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by beyondspecs_jamar &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">seal them now, as they arent sealed to good when you get them.

then go to your local hobby store. buy Testors Candy Apple Red Transparent spray paint and a can of clear. clean off the tails with acohol and spray away. or take it to a paint shop and have those guys do it. i did mine myself before i decided to go back to 90-91 stocks</TD></TR></TABLE>



Also Krylon makes a Red Stained Glass paint that works well. You can get it at Hobby Lobby, Michaels, etc....Make sure you put a clear on it though

Here are some pics of another guy that did them...

rexerin

having used the transparent red paint a number of times with mediocre results, and having used transparent red vinyl to red-out my RSX tail lights, i recommend going the vinyl route instead of the paint. there is a site online that sells transparent vinyl by the foot in red, yellow, grey and blue. i'll try to find the link.

with paint, you have to mask off whatever you don't want painted. then you have to do multiple coats. you have to worry about the paint running, or dust, fingerprints, etc getting in it. then you have to clear over it. after a few months it will fade to a lovely shade of pink. when i made red/clears from a set of all clear EG tails, it took a few hours to do 3 coats and let them dry, after masking off everything.

with the vinyl, it took me about half an hour to red-out my stock RSX tail lights, and i plan to do the same with my CRX. it's a simple procedure to apply without getting air bubbles. clean the area of any dirt or dust. make a solution of water and dishsoap and spray it on the area you are about to put the vinyl on. apply the vinyl (somtimes it is easier to pre-cut it) to the wet surface and start pressing out all of the water/air bubbles. as you do this, the adhesive will stick to the plastic and your bubbles will be gone. use a hairdryer to warm it up and stretch it as needed, and use a razorblade to trim any excess. then you're done, and it won't fade nearly as fast as the paint. if you don't like it, just peel it off.

Twilight

Toad, your rear lights look very nice. A little diffrent, but not still rice or something.

jpciii

that car does not belong to toad

rexerin,

what is up with the vinyl that you used... would a sign shop have it? What is its intended purpose? I like the vinyl idea... does it look simillar to the rex that toad posted pics of?

thanks.

Chase

I did it on a set one day when i was bored, slapped on to see how they looked. They dont leak at all, pm me if u want em. (shameless plug)

c0nspire

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did you spray a stock set, or a set of altezzas?

and that orange oval in the middle, is that always visable?

c0nspire

bump for info on those lights?

Chase

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did you spray a stock set, or a set of altezzas?

and that orange oval in the middle, is that always visable?</TD></TR></TABLE>

No those are Altezza's and the lil red oval is fairly visable, I guess I coulda sprayed more coats. BUt it was just to see what they looked like.

Of course these look 5 million times better.....

c0nspire

stock lights are nice

if i spray over the amber how noticable will it be, huge color difference?

Chase

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by c0nspire &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">stock lights are nice

if i spray over the amber how noticable will it be, huge color difference?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Uhh, it'll be red...

c0nspire

yes it would be red, but its not "paint" is has an opaque level, so some yellow would be visable, when you tint over say light red and dark red the end tint value is different because you have different starting points.

Im wondering how close it would be

ANYWAYS, started on the front of the car

starting working on staining the clear corners and front turn signals

wiped down with "methyl hydrate" and sanded


pretty much copmplete turn signal, needs clear coat


started work on the corners
base coat yellow, gotta get more orange tommorow


maybe ill get a lense from the wrecker tommorow and spray on it...

c0nspire

working on tails, painting the trim back before anything else..

CRX Toad

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if i spray over the amber how noticable will it be, huge color difference?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Don't do it. We did it and it look great until they lights in them and then they look stupid. I wouldn't do it then after time it just got worse and worse.

c0nspire

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Don't do it. We did it and it look great until they lights in them and then they look stupid. I wouldn't do it then after time it just got worse and worse. </TD></TR></TABLE>

stupid how so, would u mind elaborating a little bit?

CRX Toad

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stupid how so, would u mind elaborating a little bit?</TD></TR></TABLE>

No problem, when it is sitting in the garage or in the shade it looks red all over. As soon as any light hits it you can see that the color is off you can still see the orange behind it and when the turn signal comes on it will NEVER look red, it will be the messed up color. And it really isn't worth messing up the OEM lights for something that isn't going to look right. Please just trust me on this, it seems good in theory but once executed it quickly turned into poo poo.

c0nspire

i trust you, and that is what i was worried about.

therefor i will not be spraying the oem lights

thanks

Ef Love

so paint or vinyl?

i'm not going to lie, when i saw this and read the first post...i saw those altezzas...ughhhh

you can use the stock tail lights to do this DIY right?

or do you have to buy altezzas (ughhhhh, i don't want to give the creators of those any money, i want them to go bankrupt)

c0nspire

the consencious is you gotta get altezza's

painting of the two different color surfaces is visable

red + red = red
red + amber = not red

Chase

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Werd! Let us know how it turns out man.

AEhatchiruko

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by c0nspire &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hey there

i saw one member and i had contacted him, regarding fully stained (red) taillights

sine i dont want to stain over the stock im lookign to get an ebay set of altezza's

jsut wondering is the outter most cover fully clear (ie i will be staining on only a clear surface)

Also can i take the lights apart and use my stock insides and the altezza covers?

thanks

here is a pic of a set i foun on ebay

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use craft paint. However, the lights might melt the paint if it gets hot.

c0nspire

ok so clear coat on the ambers

and painting the center plate and the trim around the tails black.