iposthere

Hey Everyone,

Just wondering if anyone has tried to paint the center brake lenses on your GS300?

Also, if you did can you let me know
1. Did it look good?
2. Does it light up correctly?
3. Did you paint the outside of the lense or the inside?
4. What spray did you use?


My other idea to fix the light from turning pink when braking was just getting a amber or red bulb. That's last resort.

Once I get some input, I'll try to put together a DIY with pics.

Thanks!


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UPDATE: I went and bought the Red Tint Film instead (thanks L3XOTIC & Debonair!). Took about 15min to install.

1. Clean lenses
2. Then spray lens with a water/soap mix. Make sure it's mostly water. This will allow the tint to position easily.
3. Use a hair dryer and plastic/silicone blade to smooth out bubbles, working from the middle of the lens towards the edges (to push the water off the lens). The hair dryer helps a TON when smoothing out wrinkles/bubbles!

Before:

After:


Hope this helps some people out!

L3XOTIC

you can also buy red overlays rather then painting.

iposthere

Thanks for the tip. I checked online, but they seem to charge a lot for the overlays ($29 for smallest sheet):

http://www.decalfx.com/red_tail_light_film.html


Know any cheaper places?

Debonair

eBay @ $11ish- 24x24 Red Out Tint Headlight Taillight Fog Brake Light

Chris98GS4

I painted the amber part of my 98 tails with red paint from a hobby shop. Came out perfect.

L3XOTIC

eBay or Hobby Shop would have red paint. If your good with painting then that route works. If not, do the vinyl way.

99 GS3

iTrader: (14)

Just to.throw out another option, the smoked VHT niteshades lens tint paint you see alot of people use also comes in translusent red. You can get it at advance auto.

TonyN

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Testor red trasparent paint from hobbie stores works great, I used it to amber out my 00 taillights.

iposthere

See first post...added pics before and after.

NIXmx

Best way of going about it. With sprays, one side can turn out darker than the other. And thank you for fixing those. I'm sure it bothered you, but I absolutely HATE seeing GSs on the road with pink/white inner lights. The next beer I drink is to you.

TonyN

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Not with red, with smoke yes but not red.

1sWt2GS

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good job with updates

toy4life86

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i had tinted my old 98 ones black and at night i think it looked better than the 01+ I just did not want to get pulled over in the day time so i used the 01+

dejavu157

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i say u buy some led taillights

olmytsi

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Just purchased this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/24x24...item4840bd7238

Will report with results and pics