De-tango rear lights

bz4kev · Post by **bz4kev** » Fri Jun 01, 2018 4:19 pm

Hi just pmd you found a set for you if your interested

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knocked him down to £125 plus postage

ErrErrminator · Post by **ErrErrminator** » Fri Jun 01, 2018 4:38 pm

bz4kev wrote: ↑Fri Jun 01, 2018 4:19 pm Hi just pmd you found a set for you if your interested. Knocked him down to £125 plus postage

D’oh! Just ordered the ones from Germany. That’ll teach me for being impatient.

bz4kev · Post by **bz4kev** » Fri Jun 01, 2018 4:41 pm

Ok no problem anyone else after a set guys details as above on Facebook market place

Scooba_Steve · Post by **Scooba_Steve** » Fri Jun 01, 2018 5:41 pm

ErrErrminator wrote: ↑Fri Jun 01, 2018 4:38 pm D’oh! Just ordered the ones from Germany. That’ll teach me for being impatient.

Cancel them!

ErrErrminator · Post by **ErrErrminator** » Fri Jun 01, 2018 6:08 pm

Scooba_Steve wrote: ↑Fri Jun 01, 2018 5:41 pm
ErrErrminator wrote: ↑Fri Jun 01, 2018 4:38 pm D’oh! Just ordered the ones from Germany. That’ll teach me for being impatient.
Cancel them!

TBH they’re only a few pounds more, brand new, delivered.

MACK · Post by **MACK** » Fri Jun 01, 2018 6:09 pm

ErrErrminator wrote: ↑Fri Jun 01, 2018 4:38 pm
bz4kev wrote: ↑Fri Jun 01, 2018 4:19 pm Hi just pmd you found a set for you if your interested. Knocked him down to £125 plus postage
D’oh! Just ordered the ones from Germany. That’ll teach me for being impatient.

You planning on just fitting the clears as is? Or are you going to paint them with tint spray etc to make a set of quad spots. Some folks on here have done that in the past and when done well it looks a treat!

ErrErrminator · Post by **ErrErrminator** » Fri Jun 01, 2018 6:18 pm

MACK wrote: ↑Fri Jun 01, 2018 6:09 pm
ErrErrminator wrote: ↑Fri Jun 01, 2018 4:38 pm
bz4kev wrote: ↑Fri Jun 01, 2018 4:19 pm Hi just pmd you found a set for you if your interested. Knocked him down to £125 plus postage
D’oh! Just ordered the ones from Germany. That’ll teach me for being impatient.
You planning on just fitting the clears as is? Or are you going to paint them with tint spray etc to make a set of quad spots. Some folks on here have done that in the past and when done well it looks a treat!

They will be sprayed with red tint to give the four clear spots. The clear lenses as they are are not to my taste.

Scooba_Steve · Post by **Scooba_Steve** » Fri Jun 01, 2018 7:45 pm

ErrErrminator wrote: ↑Fri Jun 01, 2018 8:42 am I must admit I’d never even considered using LEDs. Will look into that. Thanks.

Not the cheapest, but I've been very impressed with mine - think these are the right base but you'd need to check.
https://www.osram.com/am/ecat/LEDriving ... P_1174321/

ErrErrminator · Post by **ErrErrminator** » Mon Jun 04, 2018 9:23 pm

My clear lights should be here soon, so I need to buy the necessary tint spray and as some have suggested lacquer also. Any particular products/brands to get or avoid?

I know very little about paints, are these tint sprays sol et based acrylics? Do I therefore need a certain type of lacquer to be compatible?

Russ59 · Post by **Russ59** » Mon Jun 04, 2018 9:43 pm

ErrErrminator wrote: ↑Mon Jun 04, 2018 9:23 pm My clear lights should be here soon, so I need to buy the necessary tint spray and as some have suggested lacquer also. Any particular products/brands to get or avoid?

I know very little about paints, are these tint sprays sol et based acrylics? Do I therefore need a certain type of lacquer to be compatible?

Couple cans of this, Red tint. I used just over one can.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Headlight-He ... 2635992642

Couple cans of clear lacquer.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HYCOTE-CLEAR ... 3045497973

Job done.

kis · Post by **kis** » Mon Jun 04, 2018 10:27 pm

Is clear laquer the way to go about this? Or does it need to be something special? The headlight kits all come with some sort of UV protection coat?

MACK · Post by **MACK** » Mon Jun 04, 2018 11:04 pm

This old thread might be of interest
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=26383&hilit=rear+light+tint

or alternatively you could go for a completely different approach like this
https://www.lamin-x.com/BMW-Z4-03-05-Re ... /b609r.htm

Russ59 · Post by **Russ59** » Mon Jun 04, 2018 11:04 pm

kis wrote: ↑Mon Jun 04, 2018 10:27 pm Is clear laquer the way to go about this? Or does it need to be something special? The headlight kits all come with some sort of UV protection coat?

They need clear lacquer. If lacquer isn’t used the tint will fade and it’s also needed for the shine.
Mine have been done a few years now and still look factory and shiny.

Russ59 · Post by **Russ59** » Mon Jun 04, 2018 11:22 pm

This is the thread with pics of my rear lights after tinting and lacquering. They still as good nearly 4 years later.

viewtopic.php?t=68100

MACK · Post by **MACK** » Mon Jun 04, 2018 11:37 pm

Russ59 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 04, 2018 11:22 pm This is the thread with pics of my rear lights after tinting and lacquering. They still as good nearly 4 years later.

viewtopic.php?t=68100

they look superb, that's a brilliant piece of masking out you did there to get the 4 spots!

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