Painting Taillights

What brand of paint should i use to paint my taillights?, I want to paint them candy apple red, And if you can hook me up with some like instructions on how to paint them and how much coats i should spary. Thanks

what are you painting? r u painting the orange part on your taillights red? well, in order to do that you have to have transparent spray paint so your lights still shine through when you brake. so go to walmart, go to the model section, and buy some candy apple red transparent spray paint for models, the little can. use that without primer, and then put a coat or two of clear coat on there. no prob. of cource you have to mask off spots that you dont want painted.
matt

hey that sounds pretty cool about painting the amber red. now do i paint the inside or outside. thanks

btw nice civic. any who. you mask off the parts on your car you dont want painted and then you paint the out side. it would almost be impossible to paint the inside of the lense. k lats
matt

Check this out! I think this guy's Si tails look awesome!

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Damn I love his car!!! :D Nice clean look! Thats rare to see with all the ricer's these days :o

Originally posted by InfamousHB
What brand of paint should i use to paint my taillights?

Testors Candy Apple Red. Wal-mart has it and so do hobby shops.

Im painting my altezza style tails that I had sittin around and I just bought some Testors Candy Red paint 3oz can for 2.89 and the high gloss clear for 3.19 to give u an idea.
I havent finished yet so I cant say how good it works. Im working on the clear coat now. I just hope all is well when I remove the masking tape from the lights!

testors candy apple red...and only that color...dont settle for anything different...and use the high gloss clear taht testors makes too...look just like a real set of red n clears instead of homemade

i did the outer portions off my tailights and they look sooo nice. but i ran out of paint. im gonna make em solid red except that little white patch ill post pics upon completion.

You ran out all ready, I did my whole set of taillights with one 3oz can.
I finished my lights too and I must say they came out better than expected.

i wanna paint mine also but why cant you paint the inside of the lights?
you paint the outside
so a few coats of red paint and then some clear coat on top of the red??
thanks

Originally posted by SlammedCivicSedan
i wanna paint mine also but why cant you paint the inside of the lights?
if you want to paint the outside of your house, do you paint the inside wall hoping that it shows on the outside? Your tails aren't like glass, if you paint the inside red, the outside will still be orange. You can do the inside and the outside, but you have to be sure to do the outside. :)

Oh yeah, and make sure you get candy apple red and not candy apple grape. I accidently did, and this is how it looks. Not bad, but not really red, it's on my mazda. :)
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I did 3 coats of candy apple red and my brake lights arent bright enuff during the day. any1 had this problem?

Originally posted by Rein
I did 3 coats of candy apple red and my brake lights arent bright enuff during the day. any1 had this problem? yeah, I think I did 4 coats and mine aren't very bright, but you can still see them and I haven't had any problems with the law yet.

Originally posted by Rein
I did 3 coats of candy apple red and my brake lights arent bright enuff during the day. any1 had this problem?

Yup, I just repainted mine beacuse of this. What's best to do is paint them at night and put your lights on and paint till they look red.

its it possible to "smoke" the whites on the Si red/white tails? will the lights show clear? cuz i think the smoke will look nice on a black car IMO

Yes it is. But I know a guy in Canada that will do them for you for $45 shipped, and they'll be glossy.

that is if i had the SI tails right? cuz i am planning to get the red/clears and doing the smoke thing myself.. anyone got any tips?