Red tails....searched, but no luck

[pole120]

I hate the yellow in my rear tails, then came across this pic while searching cardomain, I've searched the forums but to no avail, where can i get them?

http://www.fordfestiva.com/forum/album_pic.php?pic_id=275

[Gforcefd]

I believe he painted them with a thin coat of red, after using a heat gun to remove the amber from the inside

[Hot_Wheels]

that looks like freds car aka b6t ask him

[25Horseplay]

I believe he painted them with a thin coat of red, after using a heat gun to remove the amber from the inside

I have never heard of using a heat gun to remove the color, does anyone have more info on this?

[PaulLehr]

That look can be achieved with very thin light coats of candy apple red model paint. Otherwise I could swear there was a company that made a tail light paint like that. Maybe Eastwood or something along those lines

[fastivaca]

If I remember correctly Fred used a Krylon product to paint the taillights with some kind of transparent finish.

The success of any painting project is the preparation.... clean, clean then clean some more.

[pole120]

As far as i can tell the yellow would have to be removed before any tint could be applied, red tint over a yellow lens = orange lense. There has to be a way to remove the color, just need a set of early or late tails to try my theory on. I already have a set of praking lights on the way to try the same theory.

~Josh

[packrat427]

[quote="25Horseplay I have never heard of using a heat gun to remove the color, does anyone have more info on this?[/quote]

I thought you could use a special UV light that removed the color from the lens also .
Help PU241 :lol:

[Damkid]

i cheated on making my tail lights, i smashed off all the color then covered it in the clear stuff i have on them now

[Guest]

I am boiling a set of smoothies as I type.. the heat gun just plain sucks.. it blisters the lense.. I will keep y'all posted..

[YpsiBob]

I am boiling a set of smoothies as I type.. the heat gun just plain sucks.. it blisters the lens.. I will keep y'all posted..

did you take the lenses off? i was just trying to get mine off but I'm afraid of breaking them.

[Guest]

you will break them trying to pry them.. that's why I'm experimenting by boiling them.. hoping to heat up the glue so that I can push the lense from the socket side.. dunno, this is my first try at boiling them.. I've already ruined like 3 good sets trying different ways..

[Guest]

it worked rather well.. a suggestion though.. Whatever tool you use to push the lense out with, make sure you push as close to an edge as possible.. I dumbassed out and pushed in the center warping the lense.. Also if you let the lense get too hot the amber lense will turn yellow kind of like the water ring you leave on wood.. but this is an experiment so glad to find out now..

But it works!! They came off easy as pie..

[25Horseplay]

What are you trying to do with these lights???

[Guest]

lol right now I was just trying to get the lenses off without breaking them..