this is the diy i did for the tail lights Rik's speaking of... Obviously you wont need to do some bits but the majority remains the same... Definately used abit of tcut just to thin the paint out a little
What you will need:
1x roll of elctrical tape better than masking tape for this job!
1x can of satin black spray paint (or the colour of your choice), can be picked up from halfords!
1x can of acrylic laquer, also from halfords
1x bottle of clear Tcut.
1x led tail lights from halfords (optional)
So first off give the lights a good clean and then leave to dry
next up, mask off the indicator/reverse part of the lense this is where you see the benefit of using the electrical tape as you can manipulate it alot more than masking tape so you can follow the curves alot better!
Then you need to give the lights 2 seperate coats of satin black! id recommend holding the can around 30cm away when spraying!
So when the 2 coats are dried you need to use the Tcut! same way as you would on the car! a small dab on the cloth rub onto the lights and then rub in until its all gone so to speak. then leave the lights to dry for five minutes. you need to repeat the tcut process at least twice probabaly more i did it 4 times! The easiest way to check if there ready is to plug them in the car and turn the lights on to see how well the lights showing through!
When your satisfied with the lights remove the electrical tape and then you need to lay them flat and give them 4/5 coats of the acrylic laquer! be more careful when spraying the laquer as it is more prone to runs etc than the paint! again id recommend to spray from around 30cm away! Between each coat i used a hairdryer to speed up the process of drying and found it worked pretty well!
Then if you chose to get some pop in the led bulbs and put the lights back in the car! The reason i say the led's are optional is i didnt bother using them but they would improve the overall quality of light showing through by a substantial amount!
