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[RussMan]

Hi,

I fancy doing this kind of thing to my rear lights... I was talking to someone at the meet with a silver fto who did it... Sorry can't remember your name!! Whoever you are you recommended a good spray to do this as you had tried several and one was particularly good?



Cheers
RussMan

[Myfeckin FTO]

That would probably have been CJ - he has tinted his orange indicators red - I wouldn't tint the Reversing light though.

http://www.fto-ireland.com/meets/Kerry% ... 00614.html

[agent s]

Think that was Kace actually? The guy who works in Sandyford & looks after my car when it's parked there....

Kace, where'd you get the spray?

[Kace]

Yep - twas me.

Here is the result http://www.fto-ireland.com/forum/phpBB2/album_pic.php?pic_id=53

I would recommend Folia-Tec only as I used a different brand and it completely faded away. The folia-tec is renowned and so far so good.

I took a chance and did the reversing lights also - all Alpha 156s are like this so I took a chance.

K

[deepseadcs]

Nice Mod Is it legal to paint the amber lens especially on NCT? or its still in amber when light goes On?

[Myfeckin FTO]

Nice Mod Is it legal to paint the amber lens especially on NCT? or its still in amber when light goes On?

Thats the key - as long as it lights up amber its ok - easy on the tint then.

[dave100]

Kace daft question i know but did you mask the indicator or spray the whole lense?

[Kace]

Yep - best to take out the full light fitting and then mask off the red brake area so that you just leave the indicator exposed.

[CJ]

That would probably have been CJ - he has tinted his orange indicators red

I did tint the rear indicators (twice) but they faded completely, the second time I used a clearcoat over the tint with the same problem. Dont use 'Savage' tint spray!

Kace, where did you get the Foliatec btw?

CJ

[Kace]

Got it in Halfords I think.It was a small can.

[CJ]

Got it in Halfords I think.It was a small can.

My local Halfords (Blanch) doesn't stock the tint spray, theres none on ebay and Foliatec's website ain't much use, I seem to remember having similar problems getting hold of Foliatec products in the past

CJ

[dave100]

demon tweeks shud do it CJ and prob cheaper than halfords. I paid £15

I did mine at the wkend but over applied the first coat and got some runs-hardly noticeable tho and a good improvement over the orange

[CJ]

demon tweeks shud do it CJ and prob cheaper than halfords. I paid £15

Dave, is this the Foliatc stuff? I notice from their website that they only sell Savage tint spray, I won't be using that again in a hurry (see above).

CJ

[dave100]

CJ i defo used foliatec. I havnt heard of that other stuff

[CJ]

Kace \ Dave, hows the Foliatec spray holding up, any fading so far?

CJ

[dave100]

no probs cj altho i dont think i hav waxed over the top of it yet. thatl prob take a bit off.

[dave100]

CJ, the foliatec is looking a bit orangy now so itl need a top up coat soon. I got about 9 months out of that first application and still have some left in the can

[kevinod]

Meant to mention, I was in Dublin last Saturday and ended up going into Halfords in Liffey Valley and spotted Foliatec lense spray in there. Meant to mention when I got back home that night.

[CJ]

Meant to mention, I was in Dublin last Saturday and ended up going into Halfords in Liffey Valley and spotted Foliatec lense spray in there. Meant to mention when I got back home that night.

Ended up getting can of the stuff last month and did a job on the clusters, so far so good!

CJ