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by **Cikis** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 8:04 pm

Any ideas where to get not regural rear lights? I'd like something quite simple.

Facebook · by **Sebastian** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 8:45 pm

Cikis wrote:Any ideas where to get not regural rear lights? I'd like something quite simple.

i thought the regular lights are simple enough ..

not many options there nut try ebay or chat with D_dan he had a set for sale

by **Cikis** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 8:51 pm

Cant find anything on ebay. I would be glad to change the orange to white but cant find anything like that.

by **Uncle B** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 8:53 pm

You could tint/smoke them?

Think colm has a few shots of his, did mine the same and they turned out nice but need a redoing now.

There's a DB9 style mod too that I was going to try out but can't find any A34 paint in Galway

by **Bernard** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 9:05 pm

Colm tinted the indicators red and Topcat smoked his.
I'm sure there are some pics of both if you search for them.

by **gary d** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 9:17 pm

Uncle B wrote:You could tint/smoke them?

Think colm has a few shots of his, did mine the same and they turned out nice but need a redoing now.

There's a DB9 style mod too that I was going to try out but can't find any A34 paint in Galway

Camskill stock A34, failing that my local motor factor does a colour match service £20 for a 400ml aerosol or £10 for a touch up pot

by **gary d** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 9:21 pm

I'd go for a light smoke tint. not sure how this will effect your nct though

by **Cikis** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 9:34 pm

where could i find the pics?

by **Uncle B** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 10:01 pm

Here's a set of black smoked tinted ones:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Mitsubishi-FTO-Re ... 8003r36754

TC's smoked:
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii18 ... 0002-1.jpg

Russ's Red (incl reverse):
http://www.fto-ireland.com/forum/phpBB2 ... php?t=2596

Colm's:
http://www.fto-ireland.com/forum/phpBB2 ... php?t=8259

by **gabico** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 10:12 pm

You can find A34 paint at Calbro on Tuam Rd.

Uncle B wrote:You could tint/smoke them?

Think colm has a few shots of his, did mine the same and they turned out nice but need a redoing now.

There's a DB9 style mod too that I was going to try out but can't find any A34 paint in Galway

by **Uncle B** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 10:34 pm

^^ I've tried, twice. Unless they've got it in relatively reasontly?

by **Bernard** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 11:17 pm

The touch up paint that Camskill do is only 15ml, you wouldn't want to have too much painting in mind.

by **Bernard** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 12:31 am

There's a few options for the rear lights, you could modify the existing ones like Colm or Topcat.

There's also aftermarket ones, Project F ones like Seb mentioned.
Probably easier to find the A-team though. :wink:

Jayfromukftooc made these, also very rare now.

A cheaper option (no offence G :wink:

) are these:
http://www.fto-ireland.com/forum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=8524

by **gabico** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 12:31 am

Uncle B wrote:^^ I've tried, twice. Unless they've got it in relatively reasontly?

I bought from there about 2-3 months ago for my bumper respray when the bodyshop said they cant find it.
I just told them mitsubishi A34 and they mixed it in the back. You can get liquid paint or they can put it in spray can.

by **Uncle B** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 12:35 am

Cool I'll ask again and see if they can mix it up for me

Facebook · by **Sebastian** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:53 am

there's also Aidan's Custom taillights

discussion here :
http://www.fto-ireland.com/forum/phpBB2 ... ight=aidan

Facebook · by **Sebastian** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:59 am

or the cheapest option is to tint the signal light part of the cluster ->

Facebook · by **Sebastian** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 9:01 am

Bernard wrote:There's a few options for the rear lights, you could modify the existing ones like Colm or Topcat.

that's deffo not Colm's bus :lol:

by **Kace** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:44 am

That's my jalopy

by **Cikis** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 12:55 am

Sebastian wrote:or the cheapest option is to tint the signal light part of the cluster ->

I decided. Want exact same as this car has. Guys is it hard to do it or no?

P.S. Thanks for your help guys! :wink:

by **colm_mcm** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 12:58 am

Nah it's a piece of cake. you can get the spray for doing this for around 6 Euro. I'd recommend putting a clear coat of laquer on afterwards as it can wear off.

I tinted over my reversing light on the drivers side and took the bulb out!

Facebook · by **Sebastian** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 12:58 am

7 eur tinting spray , and a couple of hours of your spare time.

mask the taillight and spray only the side repeater.
i gave 7-8 coats on the red GR and about 10 on the gpx.
this way fades harder

don't forget to sand down slightly the area you wanna spray

by **Kace** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 2:24 pm

colm_mcm wrote:Nah it's a piece of cake. you can get the spray for doing this for around 6 Euro. I'd recommend putting a clear coat of laquer on afterwards as it can wear off.

I tinted over my reversing light on the drivers side and took the bulb out!

Alternatively - just do a light tint over both reversing lights and leave the bulbs in - I have passed NCT with this setup. Many cars now don't have a clear white lens for the reverse lights - check out Alfa Romeos and Peugeot 206s in particular

Just did them again at the weekend too, as the tint had worn off.

by **colm_mcm** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 4:21 pm

reversing light itn't part of the NCT as far as I know.

As for Alfas and 206s, they have complex lens makeups that make the lens look red while still letting white light out.

Pink reversing lights don't look great IMO.

by **Kace** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 11:48 pm

colm_mcm wrote:Pink reversing lights don't look great IMO.

The uniform look for the rear clusters makes up for it for me.

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