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Old 31-12-2012, 01:19 PM   #1
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Cheap Light colour change

Hello all!

Are you a cheapo that loves to DIY everything?
And are you looking to change the colour of your dash lights (or example) to Red?

Well here is what you should do.

Go down to a local hobby shop or EBay...
Go and get yourself some of this!



This is transparent red used for stop lights etc on model cars.
There are many other colours available... But the hobby shop will probably only stock red and orange... Other colours will have to be ordered.

Obviously this isn't that cheap.... However you can do hundreds of globes using this one small bottle of paint. So will cost next to nothing per globe.
It's also designed to be directly applied to plastic

So remove the little rubber condom from the light globe and grab your tiny paint brush and apply paint. 1 thick coat or 2 thin coats will give a good colour.... But later it up to your desired colour.








So that's the result you end up with... Light output is greater than that of the original light with the rubber.

This allows you to change the colour of globes at a tiny cost... Also allows you to have some fun being a child again.... Why not spare some paint to do your nails while you are at it


I will post up some piccies of the finished results tonight. So far looks amazing!!!

Enjoy all you cheapo DIYers! Lol
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Old 31-12-2012, 01:30 PM   #2
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oh and i forgot to mention....
Even cheaper temporary option... Permanent marker!
No seriously! Lol permo's work great for about 3 months... Then the colour will slowly fade back to the origional colour

So if you always change your mind about light colours or want to "test" a colour out... Permanent texter is for you lol

EDIT: both methods are totally reversible. Simply wipe with thinners... Then put the origional rubber cover back on the globe WIN!!
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Old 31-12-2012, 02:20 PM   #3
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It'll craze and burn off after about 1 month, just FYI. Even the good Tamiya stuff.
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Old 31-12-2012, 02:21 PM   #4
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It'll craze and burn off after about 1 month, just FYI. Even the good Tamiya stuff.
Been going strong for around 6 months on the Evo so far
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Old 31-12-2012, 02:27 PM   #5
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Ah mine didn't last when i did this years ago ago. Same Tamiya stuff.
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Old 31-12-2012, 02:37 PM   #6
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Ah mine didn't last when i did this years ago ago. Same Tamiya stuff.
I cleaned these ones with prepsol first.
Was going to use a very fine sand paper too. But figured that might be overkill

Texta works seriously good for a couple of months tho... Was quite supprised lol
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Old 15-01-2013, 02:01 AM   #7
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wow, i was no idea about this. No doubt its cheapest way. thanks BG1.8sp for share. so its mean we can we made fog lights? Am i right??
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Old 15-01-2013, 10:22 AM   #8
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Probably not suitable. Especially on exposed lights.
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