DIY: s14 amber corner lights

[S14Driftr91]

Alright so this week I decided to paint my corner lights. I went to Micheal's and picked up a can of Krylon stain glass paint in yellow. I took the corners, washed them with soapy water and then wet sanded them with 600 grit sandpaper. After the lights were dry I sprayed them with about 6 coats ( the first coat will look yellow but as you apply more they get darker). After I had the color i was looking for I let them dry for about 2hrs and then I reinstalled them. :bigok:


Before:
http://i33.tinypic.com/pvc7k.jpg

After:
http://i36.tinypic.com/2wdn79d.jpg

http://i34.tinypic.com/3586juv.jpg

[iqbbang]

nice, i did something similar too, but i went with the EBAY vinyl path
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b285/iqbbang/2685485673_db6bace38e_o.jpg

[ThatGuy]

http://zilvia.net/f/chat/24334-painted-corner-lights.html

There are others as well, that one was just the first I found.

But hey, you're only 17. I'm sure everything is still new and exciting to you right now. :bow:

[NemeGuero]

http://zilvia.net/f/chat/24334-painted-corner-lights.html

There are others as well, that one was just the first I found.

But hey, you're only 17. I'm sure everything is still new and exciting to you right now. :bow:

He was showing his results.

the link you posted doesn't load pics cuz.. ITS FROM 2003

[Mangudai]

^ Lol. I like how the lights came out, but they look so out of place to me. Still, good job bro.

[ThatGuy]

He was showing his results.

the link you posted doesn't load pics cuz.. ITS FROM 2003

I understand that. That's why I didn't flame him and lock the Thread.
Just stating that it's been done before. I know there are more threads than that one too.

Good looking out though Neme. Protect the n00bs from the evil Mod. :keke:

[NemeGuero]

Changing newbs lives.. one day at a time.

[S14Driftr91]

ive always liked the amber corners so i figured i would give it a shot. everyone is entitled to their own opinion, i like them, others dont. thanks anyway guys !:fruit:

[OBEEWON]

Holy Macaroni!!! You were born in '91!!!!??? And youre driving already? Sheesh I feel old.

[S14Driftr91]

hahaha yup

[gijoe69]

I did almost the same method, but went with a different route; robbed a local RC hobby shop, bought couple small JDM size bottles of Tamiya Translucent Orange Paintx4 @ $2.00 a pop (JDM style haha!), a fine coarse paint brush fo $1.00 dolla; painted dat sucka with 3 coats and turned out bright amber for my Zenki Turn Signals and Corner lights after it dried and polished with meguiar's polish.......

http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa98/josephctorres/IMG00089.jpg

[redclaw05]

i plan to do this to my car. but havent had the time for it.

you think it would look good on a green car?

http://a927.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/71/l_c7e515a4f68f48dfc7045ddbec80a2fe.jpg

i plan to do the turn signals and the corners.

BTW is it better to paint the inside or the outside?

[whatda]

Alright so this week I decided to paint my corner lights. I went to Micheal's and picked up a can of Krylon stain glass paint in yellow. I took the corners, washed them with soapy water and then wet sanded them with 600 grit sandpaper. After the lights were dry I sprayed them with about 6 coats ( the first coat will look yellow but as you apply more they get darker). After I had the color i was looking for I let them dry for about 2hrs and then I reinstalled them. :bigok:


Before:
http://i33.tinypic.com/pvc7k.jpg

After:
http://i36.tinypic.com/2wdn79d.jpg

http://i34.tinypic.com/3586juv.jpg
wow it really looks nice kind of makes it look like a skyline

[S14Driftr91]

I did almost the same method, but went with a different route; robbed a local RC hobby shop, bought couple small JDM size bottles of Tamiya Translucent Orange Paintx4 @ $2.00 a pop (JDM style haha!), a fine coarse paint brush fo $1.00 dolla; painted dat sucka with 3 coats and turned out bright amber for my Zenki Turn Signals and Corner lights after it dried and polished with meguiar's polish.......

http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa98/josephctorres/IMG00089.jpg


yea ive heard about doing it this way too. yours came out pretty clean, nice !

[S14Driftr91]

i plan to do this to my car. but havent had the time for it.

you think it would look good on a green car?

http://a927.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/71/l_c7e515a4f68f48dfc7045ddbec80a2fe.jpg

i plan to do the turn signals and the corners.

BTW is it better to paint the inside or the outside?


i personally think it looks good on all the colors except for the burgundy color. i painted my lights from the outside, i just taped off everything except the lens.

[bigOdom1]

school bus looking

[EDacIouSX]

Changing newbs lives.. one day at a time.

shouldn't it be one newb at a time and not one day at a time?

anyways...

[Vinny]

i personally think it looks good on all the colors except for the burgundy color. i painted my lights from the outside, i just taped off everything except the lens.


You painted it while it was on the car?!
All you gotta do is take 1 screw out and pop it out, haha

I was debating to do the amber on my car, but decided not to and just smoked out all my lights. :)

[S14Driftr91]

You painted it while it was on the car?!
All you gotta do is take 1 screw out and pop it out, haha

I was debating to do the amber on my car, but decided not to and just smoked out all my lights. :)

no lol i took the lights out. i just taped off the housing for a clean finish.

[redclaw05]

i just used krylon stained glass and did mine. mine are yellow like gatarade. maybe i should apply more coats.

[S14Driftr91]

i just used krylon stained glass and did mine. mine are yellow like gatarade. maybe i should apply more coats.

yea just keep spraying them. they'll get darker.

[bunnathp]

man. i did this. but the spray bottle was retarded and didnt come with a nozzle. lol so i jacked one from one of my old duplicolor cans and it didnt fit right. so i got so much spray on my arms and the ground and there were bubbles in teh lights. looks good from afar though =)

[HunsakerS14]

thinkin bout doin this same stuff. there was a write up about it and the guy used some JDM amber paint called vans or somethin. its on Ebay under my watched items. lol
but i'm not sure how its gonna look on my green car.

Vinny you got pics of your smoked lights? I've always liked smoked ish.

[Bigsyke]

umm you guys are spraying the outside of the lens?

Bad idea, its meant to be coated on the inside. Almost every single headlamp with a clearcoat ends up peeling and hazing from dust/rocks.

Go on ebay, grab a set of clear corners, open them up and coat the reverse side.

[projectRDM]

school bus looking

+1. The S14 is one of the only cars with proper clear lens ever sold in the US. Nearly every other car owner breaks their necks to get the UK clear stuff shipped over or buy cheesy Ebay strobe lights and you guys go and ruin it by painting the shit orange. I guess it's Halloween.

[s13.dark1]

it looks wierd with the corners amber. i have them too and im not spending good money to get clear ones

[INeedNewTires]

Why not spend about the same ammount of money, get a cooler look, and protect the headlights at the same time... FUNCTION>FORM = Xpel headlight protection


http://zilvia.net/f/chat/195952-how-install-xpel-headlight-film-s14-kouki.html

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee309/ineednewtires/S14a%20Pics/writeupphotos21737.jpg

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee309/ineednewtires/S14a%20Pics/writeupphotos21734.jpg

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee309/ineednewtires/S14a%20Pics/writeupphotos21741.jpg

[Vinny]

Vinny you got pics of your smoked lights? I've always liked smoked ish.

Smoked out all my lights (taillights too). Pictures don't do it much justice, better in person.


http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/2861/29435439yz2.jpg

oh and yes, my highbeams are yellow.

[Pank]

umm you guys are spraying the outside of the lens?

Bad idea, its meant to be coated on the inside. Almost every single headlamp with a clearcoat ends up peeling and hazing from dust/rocks.

Go on ebay, grab a set of clear corners, open them up and coat the reverse side.

you cant spray stock corners on the inside b/c of the fluting, it collects in the ravines and you basically end up with striped corners

[redclaw05]

my highbeams are yellow as well.

[Vinny]

ya, but my lowbeams are hids :P
and when I turn on my highbeams, my lowbeams go off, hahahaha

When I flash people, they get retarded like they're in a rave. I kinda like it. I drive down backroads sometimes with the fogs and highbeams only. Looks kinda neat.

[redclaw05]

yea i wish i had fogs.... but getting a FMIC very soon....so i really wont care for it then.

are those vatozone fogs?

[240drifter1]

looks good.

[sb253]

I posed pics in the last amber corner thread but here you go again...

some say its weak but I feel the lenses are too blah with a white car

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff222/sb25347/IMG_2145.jpg

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff222/sb25347/IMG_2265.jpg

[Vinny]

yea i wish i had fogs.... but getting a FMIC very soon....so i really wont care for it then.

are those vatozone fogs?

...I'm assuming you mean autozone? If so, no, Pep boys, hahahaha
Had a friend pick me up the set for $10 :) Why not, right?

[driftphenom]

i used tamiya clear orange spray paint. sanded w/ 800-1200, sprayed 3 coats. gives a real amber look without being too orange.

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c112/driftphenom/100_1175.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c112/driftphenom/100_1176.jpg

[redclaw05]

i actually tried finding tamiya, but couldnt....and I did not want to order it. So i went to Micheals and purchased the Stained glass paint.

[driftphenom]

i actually tried finding tamiya, but couldnt....and I did not want to order it. So i went to Micheals and purchased the Stained glass paint.

i ordered 2 cans of it, so if you need one hit me up

[S14Driftr91]

amber lights on a white 240 deff break up the color. i ♥ it lol. i tried looking for the tamiya paint at the hobby store but no luck so i went to michaels instead.

[woah]

im about to get a set of intense black head lights and cornerlights i want my corner lights to be amber so imma have to paint it but i dont know if the black is going to the out come look ugly. SO do you guys have an thoughts?

[S14Driftr91]

im about to get a set of intense black head lights and cornerlights i want my corner lights to be amber so imma have to paint it but i dont know if the black is going to the out come look ugly. SO do you guys have an thoughts?


i think as long as you put enough coats on the corners it should be fine.

[s13silady]

Woah: are you talking about the of the headlight being black? if so i would just keep the corners the same color... black headlights with amber corners would look somewhat gaudy(sp?)

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Amber corners and turns, only pic I have right now.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v323/r0b3rt/IMG_0332.jpg

[woah]

these are the corners http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j51/intense7/BlackCorner.jpg
when painting it amber will the black be blended in with the amber color? making it like nasty darkish orangnish black color? you guys get my point?

[EDacIouSX]

if you put enough layers of amber all you will see is amber.

[S14TEENZ]

regardless this was a good idea.. it looks nice..planned on doin it for a while,,, was gonna buy the vans amber paint that is on ebay but i hate waiting for shippin...now i kno i can go to micheals ima do it this weekend...
good job

[woah]

if the end results end up not an improvement, can you take off the paint and make it like it never happened or is it permanent?

[SimpleS14]

if the end results end up not an improvement, can you take off the paint and make it like it never happened or is it permanent?


Don't do it, it will look ugly.


You should have started off with OEM corners, as it will give a better reflection of the light from the light bulb and a noticeable shade of amber (day/night).

[Addicted2Kouki]

I did almost the same method, but went with a different route; robbed a local RC hobby shop, bought couple small JDM size bottles of Tamiya Translucent Orange Paintx4 @ $2.00 a pop (JDM style haha!), a fine coarse paint brush fo $1.00 dolla; painted dat sucka with 3 coats and turned out bright amber for my Zenki Turn Signals and Corner lights after it dried and polished with meguiar's polish.......

http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa98/josephctorres/IMG00089.jpg


Thats what I did.
I used the brush on lens paint.

Lasts and doesnt chip and flake off like the sprays.
but i sold my corners....
maybe ill do it again when I'm not lazy.

[gijoe69]

yah, it just takes time and patience... Remove Headlights, Clean them up, sand them down, polish them, then paint 3 layers and so far no peeling and looks OEM lol