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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

is this like when porn stars bleach there bung?

wouldnt that burn like hell . hmm i never thought of peroxcide.

badger wrote:is this like when porn stars bleach there bung?

Bwahaha he did teh funnay

But not in Tech

Shouldn't they be red and amber

Just a thought.

HotFourOk wrote:Shouldn't they be red and amber

Just a thought.

He wants to bleach them and then use colored globes instead of the coloured lens.
As for how I have NFI.

Turps























no dont do that, it will cloud up your plastic

ausyota wrote:

HotFourOk wrote:Shouldn't they be red and amber

Just a thought.

He wants to bleach them and then use colored globes instead of the coloured lens.
As for how I have NFI.

yep i will use coloured globes to make them legal

but wouldnt it just look like another gay set of fake altezza lights

badger wrote:but wouldnt it just look like another . set of fake altezza lights

maybe but at least they will be legal and more importantly easier for others to see

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.

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.

thanks ill give that a try.

but wouldnt it just look like another . set of fake altezza lights

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.

The lenses are actually colored plastic not coated with the color. You cannot simply 'bleach' them to make them clear.

Ruffy wrote:The lenses are actually colored plastic not coated with the color. You cannot simply 'bleach' them to make them clear.

beat me to it

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

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

I thought someone posted an ADR stating that if a car came with coloured lens' they had to stay that way.. yes yes, all the feevo's have clear lens, dont make it legal.

grimbo wrote:

badger wrote:but wouldnt it just look like another . set of fake altezza lights

maybe but at least they will be legal and more importantly easier for others to see

If you have faded lenses and just use coloured globes it is not legal.

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.

if you want a differnt look why not just smoke them

HotFourOk wrote:

grimbo wrote:

badger wrote:but wouldnt it just look like another . set of fake altezza lights

maybe but at least they will be legal and more importantly easier for others to see

If you have faded lenses and just use coloured globes it is not legal.

according to the the guys doing my blue slip it is fine

Tiny wrote:

HotFourOk wrote:

grimbo wrote:

badger wrote:but wouldnt it just look like another . set of fake altezza lights

maybe but at least they will be legal and more importantly easier for others to see

If you have faded lenses and just use coloured globes it is not legal.

according to the the guys doing my blue slip it is fine

When my Commo needed a blue slip I had to buy a new set, they wouldnt pass it with clear lenses and coloured globes.

wrksux wrote:if you want a differnt look why not just smoke them

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

HotFourOk wrote:

Tiny wrote:

HotFourOk wrote:

grimbo wrote:

badger wrote:but wouldnt it just look like another . set of fake altezza lights

maybe but at least they will be legal and more importantly easier for others to see

If you have faded lenses and just use coloured globes it is not legal.

according to the the guys doing my blue slip it is fine

When my Commo needed a blue slip I had to buy a new set, they wouldnt pass it with clear lenses and coloured globes.

there is a difference between clear and faded.....where yours the actual clear ricer ones or just faded OE items

HotFourOk wrote:

Tiny wrote:

HotFourOk wrote:

grimbo wrote:

badger wrote:but wouldnt it just look like another . set of fake altezza lights

maybe but at least they will be legal and more importantly easier for others to see

If you have faded lenses and just use coloured globes it is not legal.

according to the the guys doing my blue slip it is fine

When my Commo needed a blue slip I had to buy a new set, they wouldnt pass it with clear lenses and coloured globes.

did you still have red reflectors? thats the catch.

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

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.

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

its illegal to "smoke" your tail lights.

the product is called nightshades can be brought from autobarn super cheap etc. it states on the can not for road use. and you can be defected for having them tinted. that is if the cops are being picky.