My Clearance Light Mod

[TJarecke]

I like the smoked clearance lights, but I don't like the price. I had heard that some had issues with leaking. My factory ones aren't leaking so I made my own smoked lights.

~3 coats Krylon crystal color and 2 coats Krylon Crystal clear. About $7 worth of paint at Wally World.

I like the results so far. I may do my tail lights and/or my head lights too.

 

[Van Blom]

Very nice. . and I like theprice!

 

[dezeldog]

Nice looking job. What was the prep to keep the paint from peeling off??? Sanding, etching, bleaching or all the above. TIA



Jim

 

[Grunt]

looks great!!

 

[COWBOYDUALLY]

Nice Job Partner!!!!!

 

[TJarecke]

Roughed up with Green Scotch Bright pad, 1 coat adhesion promoter, 3 coats Crystal color, 2 coats crystal clear.

The other set that I have I tried to flake it off and it doesn't flake. When I scratched it with a sharp object I could use my finger nail and work some off. I don't think it is going to come off very easy. I don't know how much debris gets up there anyway. Time will tell I like them so far.

 

[robertyoke]

would it be better to paint the inside instead of the out??

-robert

 

[TWalley]

Robert,



My thoughts exactly! It would take all the worry out of the scratching etc. However, nice job. I like the look. Good price too.

 

[kelly4463]

Looks good, nice job

 

[TJarecke]

It would be really hard to get a good coat of paint on the inside of the lens and I don't think that that would have given me the look I was going for. It would have darkened the lens but I wanted the Black look not the orange look. I don't think it will come off very easy and I don't plan on "sand blasting" my truck enough to notice a nick on a lens on the top of my truck.

But... I am sure this paint would work on the inside if that is what someone wanted to do. I will try it with a spare lens.

 

[Grunt]

I've been going to try VHT Nite Shade on mine but have never gotten around to it.

 

[MYeary]

Grunt, that stuff might just be the trick!

 

[TJarecke]

I am sure that will work too, I had never seen that before.

As for painting the inside of the lights, it would look fine, but in order for a person to coat the inside of the lens the two pieces would have to be separated. That is not as easy as it sounds. I tried for a little while and gave up.

I may have to get some of the VHT nite shade and compare the two products.

 

[TJarecke]

It has been about a year on my lights and they have lost their color. They look like I had never done the paint. Not sure if it was the product or... . ? Does anyone have an update on how theirs turned out after using the VHT nightshade paint?
Thanks

 

[Grunt]

I had been waiting for your test results. . then completely forgot about it. In fact I had forgotten the name of the product I was interested in. Thanks for bringing this back up.