Mod done to Tailights

[yukondoit]

Whats up everyone. This is something I did over the weekend. I've been wanting to do something to my stock tailights, not liking the orange section. So with some transparent candy apple red model paint, I painted the orange section red. Came out looking good. Cell phone pics. It looks better in person.

 

[Sepiroth]

Well, IMHO, anything looks better than the stockers on these things. Nice work!

 

[withac]

What does it do to the color when they light up, does it show through yellow still or do you now have red turn signals?

 

[tybardy]

im curious about the turn signals as well... but it looks way better, if copper&black hadnt sold me his tails for me to paint i was trying to figure out a way to turn the amber turn signal orange! Huge Improvment.... its definetly cool because you notice that it looks better and sharp but most people wouldnt know why

 

[metro273]

Definitely better!

 

[JKmotorsports]

I have to agree with everyone else; they look much better than stock imo.

 

[yukondoit]

Thanks for all the compliments. The turn signals light up red, no hint of orange in them. Best of all, this was a free mod!

 

[withac]

Thanks for all the compliments. The turn signals light up red, no hint of orange in them. Best of all, this was a free mod!

Since turn signals are usually orange or amber are there any legal issues if they light up red?

 

[tybardy]

Since turn signals are usually orange or amber are there any legal issues if they light up red?

for sure not... you can buy tails with red turn signals... not to mention the many cars you can buy with red turn signals... Corvette for instance

 

[yukondoit]

exactly. There are countless vehicles out there with red turn signals.

 

[withac]

As Johnny Carson use to say "I did not know that." thanks

 

[bwilly20]

you just painted right over em?? no gettin rid of the orange?

did you sand and clearcoat em?

 

[yukondoit]

I took the tails off, used 600 grit and wet sanded them. After, cleaned them and masked off the rest of the taillights. Put down about 3-4 coats of transparent candy apple red (or until they looked about the right amount of red) then set aside to dry off. That was it, smooth and shiny.

 

[CoyB]

Since turn signals are usually orange or amber are there any legal issues if they light up red?

it is ok to have red turns in the rear, just not the front. you can not have any red or blue lights in the front.