wtb:'96 red/clear taillights Please HELP!!!!!!!!`

[hadezangyl]

I have a 96 se and I really want red'clear tailights. I had the site of a guy who does them but now his site is down and I dont know what to do. so If anyone knows a way to get these lights I would appreciate it!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you

[Ravq]

You can purchase a set of clear outer lenses and paint the brake portion of the lenses with "Transparent Candy Apple Red" paint. I painted the outside of my lenses but there are some that have opened their lenses and painted the inside. You can pick up the paint at any hobby shop or Wal-mart. Good luck finding clear lenses. I believe they might have discontinued making them and what remaining sets in the stores/shops are all that are left. One more tip make sure you put a couple layers of clear coat on them so they don't fade too quick.

[Ravq]

As a matter of fact here is where you can get some if you don't want to make your own.
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?threadid=81547

[hadezangyl]

I just bought clear tailight but I only got the outer portion. I'm going to paint them half
red. I really want them to match the orginal portion that on the trunk. I saw a pick of one persons that sisnt match and it looked rather tacky.is there any advise you can give as how to make them match perfectly or really close. Thank you

Peace

[Ravq]

Well you'll need at least 5-6 coats of paint. Make sure you start out thin so it doesn't run. You'll need that many coats of clear coat too to help protect the paint and give it some gloss. I also used Red Polarg bulbs to give it a deep, rich red color. I painted mine at night (garage) so that I could compare the painted portion with the OEM lens. I just painted it with a few coats and let dry for a few minutes them put them in place and had someone step on the brakes so that I could gauge how dark they were.

[JBL85]

USE PATIENCE TOO, painting can be a bitch and if you dont let it dry and stuff, you wont have good results, so give it a long time to dry inbetween each coat even if you have thin coats.

[hadezangyl]

About how long inbetweeen coats for it to dry?

[JBL85]

im not sure, but depending on outside temperatures I would give an hour between coats for a really really good job

[Ravq]

Let it dry so that it's at least dry to the touch and doesn't look wet.

[hadezangyl]

I found the paint but there is spray paint and brush paint. which do you suggest


Thank you for all your help


Peace

[Ravq]

Whichever one you are more comfortable with. I used a spray paint and would think it would be easier to apply. With a brush you may have a difficult time keeping it uniformly the same thickness. I cannot comment on the brush on paint since I haven't had any experience with it.

[climaxima]

hadezangyl- where did you get your clears from. I have been looking for a couple of months and cant find any.

[hadezangyl]

I bought them from a private party who was switching to altezzas. His lost, altezzas look nasty
hope you find them soon



Peace