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tail light bleaching
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tail light bleaching
hey guys, just want to know if anyone knows of the write sort of stuff to bleach my faded old mq tail lights clear.
a fair while ago i tryed this with some crappy old commo wagon lights and used the strongest house hold bleach i find but all it did was clean it up realy good!
any help would be great, cheers
a fair while ago i tryed this with some crappy old commo wagon lights and used the strongest house hold bleach i find but all it did was clean it up realy good!
any help would be great, cheers
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yep i will use coloured globes to make them legalausyota wrote:He wants to bleach them and then use colored globes instead of the coloured lens.HotFourOk wrote:Shouldn't they be red and amber
Just a thought.
As for how I have NFI.
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thanks ill give that a try.Mulisha wrote:What about a Pool Clorine or some granular pool chlorine and then mix it up in some water nad make it hell strong?
like 500ml water and like half full of granular chlorine and wait for it to dissolve etc
Good luck
Rick.
i know where your coming from, i also hate those pootezza lights you see on civics and other ricer cars. i just like clear factory style lights, not completely clear so you can see the bulbs and crapy plastic chrome.but wouldnt it just look like another . set of fake altezza lights
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Road Ranger
beat me to itRuffy wrote:The lenses are actually colored plastic not coated with the color. You cannot simply 'bleach' them to make them clear.
if you break a lens you will find as ruffy has saud that the plastic is coloured, you can however re die them so they are brightly coloured again
If the above post did not offend you in any way please PM me so I can try harder!!
i would spray them with that black spray paint that when they arent illuminated they look solid but still allow light through.. ill try find a link for the product
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If you have faded lenses and just use coloured globes it is not legal.grimbo wrote:maybe but at least they will be legal and more importantly easier for others to seebadger wrote:but wouldnt it just look like another . set of fake altezza lights
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you can use inexpensive clear coloured hobby paint.
i have done this and it works fine. most of your toy shops sell it.
as above i agree the plastic is coloured so nothing will make it clear without destroying it.
some older lights are clear but have a coloured lens inside stuck on with some sort of glue, you can remove these.
i have done this and it works fine. most of your toy shops sell it.
as above i agree the plastic is coloured so nothing will make it clear without destroying it.
some older lights are clear but have a coloured lens inside stuck on with some sort of glue, you can remove these.
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according to the the guys doing my blue slip it is fineHotFourOk wrote:If you have faded lenses and just use coloured globes it is not legal.grimbo wrote:maybe but at least they will be legal and more importantly easier for others to seebadger wrote:but wouldnt it just look like another . set of fake altezza lights
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When my Commo needed a blue slip I had to buy a new set, they wouldnt pass it with clear lenses and coloured globes.Tiny wrote:according to the the guys doing my blue slip it is fineHotFourOk wrote:If you have faded lenses and just use coloured globes it is not legal.grimbo wrote:maybe but at least they will be legal and more importantly easier for others to seebadger wrote:but wouldnt it just look like another . set of fake altezza lights
[quote="RockyF70 - Coming out of the closet"]i'd be rushing out and buying an IFS rocky[/quote]
lights
i agree i dont mind smoked taillights. I think the problem here is though, if you smoked them theyd be all black tail lights as im pretty sure the problem is that the colour has gone from the lights.wrksux wrote:if you want a differnt look why not just smoke them
I too think that smoked lights look good, and about a million times better than altezza style lights.
dean
Road Ranger
there is a difference between clear and faded.....where yours the actual clear ricer ones or just faded OE itemsHotFourOk wrote:When my Commo needed a blue slip I had to buy a new set, they wouldnt pass it with clear lenses and coloured globes.Tiny wrote:according to the the guys doing my blue slip it is fineHotFourOk wrote:If you have faded lenses and just use coloured globes it is not legal.grimbo wrote:maybe but at least they will be legal and more importantly easier for others to seebadger wrote:but wouldnt it just look like another . set of fake altezza lights
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did you still have red reflectors? thats the catch.HotFourOk wrote:When my Commo needed a blue slip I had to buy a new set, they wouldnt pass it with clear lenses and coloured globes.Tiny wrote:according to the the guys doing my blue slip it is fineHotFourOk wrote:If you have faded lenses and just use coloured globes it is not legal.grimbo wrote:maybe but at least they will be legal and more importantly easier for others to seebadger wrote:but wouldnt it just look like another . set of fake altezza lights
yeh, this is most likely what ill do. i did the same to my commo wagon, just two very light coats of tail light tint on the inside made a world of diference.i agree i dont mind smoked taillights. I think the problem here is though, if you smoked them theyd be all black tail lights as im pretty sure the problem is that the colour has gone from the lights.
I too think that smoked lights look good, and about a million times better than altezza style lights.
dean
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altezzas are legal so are clear... aslong as they have a reflector in the factory position (if theyre being picky) the ones on commo utes are legal, i know because i was going to get them (before i realised they are gay, just like farm gate bullbars ) and i got the nod from the modplater compliance guy near the mechi
turbos are nice but i'd rather be blown
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