Reverse Light Mod?

[02Steve15]

I was at a truck pull last weekend and I noticed one of the trucks has the LED brake lights that I have. When he put it in reverse, the bulb color was a light green/whitish color. I was thinking about painting the bulb light green but then also thought about painting it light blue? Thoughts?

 

[nim81]

just the reverse lights? would look cool blueish, maybe find some translucent paint? i think ive seen some testors model paint thats translucent.

 

[02Steve15]

i'll have the look that up...it's a nice, cheap mod too lol

 

[02Steve15]

pepboys or advanced auto parts should have it

 

[nim81]

the testors paint?

 

[02Steve15]

i'm not sure what the difference is between testors and translucent lol..i was thinking they should have at least one of those there

 

[nim81]

im confused! were you asking if those parts stores had that kind of paint?

you can usually find the testors paint at a hobby shop or online. idk if a parts store would have transulencent paint, but ive never looked for any before.

 

[02Steve15]

yeah i was asking if they would have it lol, my fault. would testors paint or translucent paint be better to use for this? I'm unsure of the difference..

 

[nim81]

testors is a brand, its mostly used for painting model cars

Ultra Bright Fluorescents Paint Set Testors

 

[02Steve15]

do you think pepboys, autozone or advanced would have this? or would my best bet be to buy a light blue of this kind of paint over the internet?

 

[nim81]

no i would highly doubt it. if you have a hobby lobby or micheals store near you they would probably have it or any hobby shop more than likely

 

[02Steve15]

hmm i'm not sure of any in the area..my naighbor does a lot of body work on cars though i may have to ask him if he has anything that i can use for this purpose

 

[nim81]

im sure there is other kinds out there, or maybe take some regular blue spray paint and clear coat and spray equal parts in a tupperware bowl, mix together and apply with a small artist brush. i painted the headlights on my old truck doing this.

 

[02Steve15]

lol i may even have some dry paint that you add water to and that may even work as well..i'm gonna have to check later

 

[KGBIGCOUNTRY]

There might be some film you could do also. Hit up some local tint shops to see what kiind of films they have or can get.

 

[nim81]

that might work. cut the film just to fit over the reverse light area

 

[wermbang]

This is light blue tint



and without


Lights on




Halos

 

[02Steve15]

I'm gonna check right now if we have any type of transparent paint or if I can find any somewhere around here. If not I will get tint. How much should I expect for tint? It's like a 3" x 3" square for the reverse lights on both tail lights..

 

[wermbang]

I got a roll that was like 50+ inches. I may have some extra lying around that would cover that area. Let me know what route you are going with and I can ship it to ya (would fit in an envelope so more like mail to ya)

 

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

Interesting idea...I'm about to use some old ballasts I have and actually put HIDS in my reverse lights...that should light things up.