Removing Orange Lens From Late Spec Rears, And Making Silver Bulbs

[adamgt]

was quite easy actually :D

1st bit... removing the orange lenses

1. made hatch using soldering iron and removed orange lens. the orange lens has one screw holding it in as seen in pic if u look closely. used pictured pen knife to undo it:

2. re mold it back together using the soldering iron. i also put 'no nails' over it to make it strong and seal the slight gaps so no water gets in:

3. nice difference

Making your own Silver vision bulbs

i didnt want to pay £15 for a set of bulbs so decided to make my own by modding the standard clear ones:

I used

-Orange glass paint (actually had to mix red and yellow)

-Toyota silver spray

-clear metalic sealer (same as laquer)

(i realise that if you havent got all this paint it may be easier and cheaper to just buy the bulbs... but if you have got access to this stuff then its a free mod :) )

here they are:

1st i painted the standard clear bulbs orange with the glass paint... it looks solid when u put it on as in this pic:

But it dries to a nice clear colour:

Next i did a light layer of laquer... then light layer of paint.... another laquer... 2nd and final layer of paint... and final layer of laquer :P and they look like this:

Here is a vid of them flashing to show they still come through orange:

http://s18.photobucket.com/albums/b122/ada...t=silvervid.flv

and another vid of them flashing when inside the lamps and back on the car:

http://s18.photobucket.com/albums/b122/ada...nt=CIMG0584.flv

And here are a couple of pics with it all back together :D Job done and cost £nothing, cant see any orange at all... but then when indicating they shine nice bright orange :D

May be handy for some of you out there

[Jones~32]

Cool write up Make thread a sticky?? :)

The 4 is lookin rather clean there too mate :D

[daktari]

Excellent mod Adam. Well done.

[adamgt]

Cool write up Make thread a sticky?? :)

The 4 is lookin rather clean there too mate :D

its strange that.. hasnt been cleaned sine last weekend.... but silver is good at looking clean when its not :P

[Jones~32]

Cool write up Make thread a sticky?? :)

The 4 is lookin rather clean there too mate :D

its strange that.. hasnt been cleaned sine last weekend.... but silver is good at looking clean when its not :P

No fair! Mine needs a wash everyweek without fail

[adamgt]

Excellent mod Adam. Well done.

thanks ;)

[Sketchy]

Cool write up Make thread a sticky?? :)

The 4 is lookin rather clean there too mate :D

its strange that.. hasnt been cleaned sine last weekend.... but silver is good at looking clean when its not :P

No fair! Mine needs a wash everyweek without fail

It's the downside to having the best colour mate, it's made so it get dirty really quickly so's not to show up the other colours too badly ;) :P

Looking good Adam

[Fizz]

its strange that.. hasnt been cleaned sine last weekend.... but silver is good at looking clean when its not :P

i can vouch for that... :D

[chris202]

yeah black sucks , i can go out and wash it and by the time ive done the back the fronts dirty again :(

Nice write up too mate , defo sticky material :)

[daktari]

yeah black sucks , i can go out and wash it and by the time ive done the back the fronts dirty again :(

Nice write up too mate , defo sticky material :)

Buy a smaller car or wash it quicker. :P

[chris202]

yeah black sucks , i can go out and wash it and by the time ive done the back the fronts dirty again :(

Nice write up too mate , defo sticky material :)

Buy a smaller car or wash it quicker. :P

:o small cars are for girls

[philip27]

Looks really good Adam top work, Your car looks stunning keep up the good work

[Calisto]

Looks really nice. Credit to you.