Diy tinted Signum rear lights

**turbohaggis** · 10th March 2009, 15:52

I bought a can of red light tint spray a few weeks ago and since the weather today was nice i thought i would give it a go.

Originally i was going to tint them black but the issues regarding the reflector kind off put me off. Either mask of the reflector which would leave a red square in the middle of the lights, or buy seporate red reflectors and place elsewhere which would look a bit pants

So red it was

The lights need a few coats of laquer and then buffed to a shine to finish them off, but for now they don't look too bad, especially for an amateur

And yes, once again, the car is mingin

**spennny** · 10th March 2009, 15:54

Will that pass an MOT mate ?

**turbohaggis** · 10th March 2009, 16:07

Originally Posted by spennny

Will that pass an MOT mate ?

Hopefully, the reflector is untouched, and the indicators still flash orange, the reverse light is a wee bit pink looking but the mot station i use isn't too bad, hopefully if that's all it is he will pass it. Worse case scenario, i get out the paint thinners

**Morephun** · 10th March 2009, 16:24

looks well good....but when you reverse people are gonna think you are braking ..especially old people

**Steven T Davies-Moss** · 10th March 2009, 16:35

sorry M8.. its illegal

watch ya tail

**Duncan** · 10th March 2009, 16:48

I'm no expert, but I wonder about the legality as well.

That aside, the all over red isn't my cup of tea -

- but if you like it then that's all that matter. Did you not fancy just tinting the lens a bit darker? - someone else did that on their Signum and it didn't turn out too badly.

**Ben_** · 11th March 2009, 00:10

was this pretty easy to do?

wondering if i can get away with tinting my orange tipped ones smoked, to save on buying new.

Anyone tried it? would it work?

cheers

**parapaul** · 13th March 2009, 14:21

Originally Posted by Duncan

I'm no expert, but I wonder about the legality as well.

That aside, the all over red isn't my cup of tea -

- but if you like it then that's all that matter. Did you not fancy just tinting the lens a bit darker? - someone else did that on their Signum and it didn't turn out too badly.

'twas me

**n_hudson** · 11th March 2009, 00:13

I prefer the dark/black tinted ones, but they look good IMO.

I'm liking the reg plate too!

**John3v36** · 11th March 2009, 00:45

i think they look well!! my car passed mot on mon there, and over here in NI anyway, they never check the reversing light!! i had tinted the lights i had in a wee vw polo i had years ago, passed no probs all the time!! my mums golf rear lights are tinted darker than them at the mo, and they always pass too!! so its prob 50/50!! HTH