I was wondering what is the best way?....
I get another set of stock taillights tommorrow and wanted to know what is the best route.......I went to the hobby store and they only had Tamiya clear red so I picked up a few cans if I go this route........
Should I use the overlays???.
Or should I attempt to take them apart and spray them???...

What would give me the best lighting and life span?????...
Do the overlays begin to fade??.......

Help me out....

 

used red clear vinyl. Can be removed if you decide to go back to white tails.

 

If you don't ever want to put them back to stock. Spray them with the testors transparent red then clearcoat them. Other wise do the red coverlays from bluebatmobile.

 

my friend uses the tamiya candy red.. clear red.. sure... for all of his redouts... a lot of his friends has had him spray them and they've lasted for quite awhile now... he also adds a clear coat too... just to finish it up.

 

if you do spray them, take them apart & spray the inside of the lens, so that you don't have to worry about it fading & clouding up.

 

You can slao Overlay it .

Bat™

 

What he said. Easy and looks OEM.

 

Thnx guys.....Ima spray them as soon as I get my other stock ones...........If Im not happy with it then I'll be contacting BAt...............

I just want that oem look............
I do want that yellow overlay for my headlights but I dont know about giving ppl my card info over the net...

 

You're fine on the Net card thing. Millions do it daily.

I second the interior spray, not the exterior spray.

 

I'm having a hard time taking apart my stock tail light housing - is the easiet way to open them is by putting them in the oven then popping them open? any suggestions?

 

250F, 5 minutes.

If you are trying to pull out on the clear part, you WILL crack them. I did.

You need to do more pushing in on the grey part than prying out on the clear lens. The grey is flexible, the clear is not. See the Tech section, redout alternative #2. Stick a small flat head screwdriver between the two parts and twist while pushing in.

 

Spray them red from the inside. I wrote it up in the FAQ section.

You get a perfect finish and it won't fade or get a million little tiny scratches.

 

Dremel down the bottom two notches before putting them in the oven. Comes apart easy breezy.

 

thats what I did. didn't even have to put in the oven.

 

Yeah, heating them is probably not necessary, but it is a nice "safety feature" if you will.

That clear lens is VERY brittle!

 

Bat™

 

money order.

 

Has anybody ever tried to DYE them with red dye?
I have seen other thing done this way dome light covers and such.


Scott

 

Well I justed finished mine.....I used tamiya paint

http://public.fotki.com/gsRt5/my_car/

 

Nice...how do they look? Post some pics!