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by **G-Forze** on Thu Sep 20, 2001 9:50 am

I have a Radiant Red fiesta and I think it would be very nice to have taillights colourcoded in the same colour.

So, are there units for sale which are complete red?
(I know there is white, smoke and blue available)

If not, is there anybody who has experience with colourcoding taillight units? How can I do this best, and what paint do I have to use?

Greetingz

by **Project** on Thu Sep 20, 2001 1:44 pm

Use 1200 grit sandpaper to completely smooth the lights. Then spray a light mist of acrylic based radiant red paint on the lights, with extra at the sides of the unit to make it blend in with the body colour better.

Finally, warm the units to room temperature overnight and coat with clear lacquer. 2 to 3 coats should do it.

Hope this helps - Alex

by **G-Forze** on Thu Sep 20, 2001 1:49 pm

Thanks bro,

I'll give a try.

by **Danny 2i** on Thu Sep 20, 2001 5:24 pm

then give 'em a good rubbing with rubbing compound (£2.99 from halfords). that'll take the rough finish of the lacquer off n make 'em nice n shiny! :wink:

leave it about a week or so b4 ya do that tho.....

by **G-Forze** on Fri Sep 21, 2001 4:22 am

Thanx!

You people seriously know what tuning and styling is.

I may be new here, but I love fiestaturbo.com already.

Cheers mates!

by **Danny 2i** on Fri Sep 21, 2001 11:37 am

'tis wicked! :wink:

glad 2 be of assistance! :grin:

by **Project** on Sat Sep 22, 2001 6:30 am

Just to be annoying Danny, you can normally get lacquer from a can to go on like glass if everything, including the can itself, is around 18-22 degrees C (warm room temp - pop it in the airing cupboard for an hour :wink:

)

by **Jesser** on Sat Sep 22, 2001 7:10 am

Project you got any pics of this ???

by **Project** on Sat Sep 22, 2001 9:18 am

I have clears :wink:

But if I come across a pair of lights I'll do a demo pair in red or something :smile:

by **Danny 2i** on Sat Sep 22, 2001 9:38 am

I maybe got a picture somewhere of a black pair I did. See if I can dig it out...

by **G-Forze** on Sun Sep 23, 2001 11:21 am

It would be very nice to see some examples.

By the way, I was thinking of spraying the paint on the taillights with a airbrush spraygun.

I think you can get a nicer result then, because you can devide the paint better.

Greetingz

by **Tom SX** on Mon Sep 24, 2001 6:31 am

what difference does heating the paint up do for the finish as i know nothing about spraying!

by **G-Forze** on Mon Sep 24, 2001 6:44 am

Bij heating up a fluid you are changing the viscosity. This is a grade on how 'thin' the fluid is.
How warmer the fluid, how thinner it is.

by **bad_rs_turbo** on Tue Sep 25, 2001 9:37 am

most bodyshops will be abel to spray the lights with the colour to match your car already mixed thin to save u messing about! :grin:

by **The Bruster** on Tue Sep 25, 2001 11:08 am

I got 2 sets of tail lights spare if anyone wants to buy a "practice" set!!!

by **G-Forze** on Tue Sep 25, 2001 4:05 pm

I would be interested, but you clusters are of no use for me.

The Brittisch and European versions aren't the same! They swapped the reverselight and the rear foglight!!!

And because I live in the Netherlands........ Thanx for the offer though!

I think that I'm going to visit the local scrapyard soon!

by **jamiroquaifan** on Tue Sep 25, 2001 5:45 pm

just clean up ur standard ones with rubbing compound before you go too far :rolleyes:

only joking mate! its all down to individual taste :smile:

by **Excursion** on Tue Sep 25, 2001 6:07 pm

Yeah too right jamiroquaifan, like some people have them gimmicky fller caps - whats the world coming too!?

by **G-Forze** on Wed Sep 26, 2001 8:09 am

I could be wrong, but isn't that a fillercap on jamiroquaifans Fezzy?! :rolleyes:

by **fiesta_fras** on Wed Sep 26, 2001 8:18 am

excursions point excatly, excursion likes things as ford intended and is not a fan at all of over 90% of aftermarket stuff.

by **jamiroquaifan** on Wed Sep 26, 2001 9:44 am

nowt gimmicky about that, its no crappy stick on or a dimma BOLT ON!!! its a proper loking one. the only reason it was changed was cos it got it for £27.50 instead of £35 and cos they old one was covered in black and red paint :razz:

by **jamiroquaifan** on Wed Sep 26, 2001 9:47 am

and i dont like non ford stuff anyway. the kit is full xr2i, the interior is mk4 ready to go in, the spolier is ford, rosso red respray and the wheels going on will be ford too. just looking for a puma chrome gear knob. only things differing will be the filler cap and wing mirrors and arial

by **The Bruster** on Wed Sep 26, 2001 10:08 am

and there was me thinking the less ford bits there were in a car the better!!!! :lol:

by **Excursion** on Wed Sep 26, 2001 5:34 pm

LOL i was going for the cheap gag

no worries m8 :smile:

by **jamiroquaifan** on Wed Sep 26, 2001 5:43 pm

i love our car anyway :bonkers:

heehheehe

by **Excursion** on Wed Sep 26, 2001 6:21 pm

*YOUR

hehe

by **G-Forze** on Thu Sep 27, 2001 3:55 am

I agree. I like your car too!

Especially the rims. :bonkers:

Are that those Tecno rims from a Escort RS 2000? And are those 16''?

by **jamiroquaifan** on Fri Sep 28, 2001 12:32 pm

no no no OUR car. girlfriend. theyre cossie rims on in teh pic. Tom SX did it for me in photoshop. mondeo 16s are going on :smile:

by **G-Forze** on Fri Sep 28, 2001 4:45 pm

So you say I'm tricked?!

Fok that. But i suppose the fillercap is real, eh?

:lol:

by **Tom SX** on Fri Sep 28, 2001 5:07 pm

pretty fobbing obvious m8!

for starters they are both pointing the same way, next they are 2 clean, too big and the profiling is wrong, not lowered and the rear tyre is too black for the rest of the rubber! :eek:

by **G-Forze** on Fri Sep 28, 2001 5:21 pm

I was just kidding......... :rolleyes:

Thanx for the info, though!

by **jamiroquaifan** on Sun Sep 30, 2001 12:25 pm

yes tis a real locking filler cap :smile:

by **G-Forze** on Tue Oct 02, 2001 9:43 am

Yes indeed. It looks virtualy real........ :lol:

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