Im thinkin of buyin some of that taillight tint spray and spraying my tails entirely red...from what 'I can tell it looks really good in this pic. the backup lights werent sprayed out...i chopped that other than that these are sprayed...anyone done this?...advice?...prep work? I was thinking of haveing a body shop do it...good/bad?....tell me what you think.....not sure who' car but nice work.

 

i was considering doing the same thing. my friend who has a 94 legend coupe did it, but left his reverse lights clear...and i must admit it looks good, especially with the clear coat on top of it. if i do it, ill paint everything red except for the lower/inner corners, which are my reverse lights. on a white car i think it would look pretty tight

on the side, does anybody know of a good online vendor for the paint/clear coat?

 

I used to have a 240SX and I did this to it but I did not paint the reverse light. I used a paint called Transparent Candy Apple Red. I got it from a local hobby shop, its a spray paint used for model cars. It came out really good but with time it fadded, so I did it again and then took it to a body shop and had them paint clear on it and it came out perfect. Everyone who looked at it thought it was factory. I also did this to my 92 SC300 tail lights but with a diffrent material. I took the car to a local sticker/vinyl shop and they had some vinyl that was transparent red, the guy put it on my tail lights for about $45 for both and it had the same result. I wish I had some pics but I got the 98 tail lights on my car now. Ether way it is a very inexpensive mod that set your SC apart from the rest.

 

how hard is it to do yourself?...i wanna avoid takin it to a body shop....i can do everything...im just worried ab how the painting part will turn out. easy or not to get it to look right?

 

this is the stuff i was plannin on using...think one can is enough?

 

Those things work pretty good considering they cost $40..I think one can can get you a couple pairs of tail lights painted...My friend painted a prelude tail light with it and it came out very nice..

 

i think stock looks the best

although those cans are not 40 bucks each, they cost like 15-20 bucks, forgot the site where i got them.
i got them for a friend to spray his corner light amber. JDM y0!
the quality came out very great.

 

$23 on NOPI

 

my advice to you is get it done once and get it done right.

On my accord, i painted my clear taillights to get the red/white look but then it started to fade with that Candy apple red hobby paint. It doesnt come out as nice as you think it would either. But then i took my tailights to a body shop and it came out looking BETTER than stock. it was a perfect deeeeeeep glossy red.

i suggest you pay the money and get it done once and right. you wont regret it.

 

what did you do?....same stuff...or stuff from a body shop

 

i went to a body shop, they candy coated my taillights with car candy paint. They sanded, prepped, and masked off the taillights to how i wanted them to be painted and they did it. I only had to wait 1 day and paid $80. I gave them a set of clear taillights to work with and it came out perfect.

i went to bodypros here in orange county in So Cali.

http://www.bodypros.com/gallery/large/3903005.jpg
http://www.bodypros.com/gallery/large/3903001.jpg

 

thanks fellas for all the help...i think im gonna follow kaotiq's advice and get it done right.....i get my tax refund in a week or so here, so i'll get it done then.....one last question, did they already have the paint at the body shop or did you buy it and bring it to them?

 

oh of course they had the paint. Its car paint. Its a candy clear coat.