I haven't done any sanding to the lights yet, I'm sure they will shine up a little better afterwards. I'd go at it with some 600 gritt and water. At night the lights are perfectly visible, and the reflector still works fine. The reverse light is actually RED and not pink.

I think they look 100x better than the stock lights, I'm not one to ever go for a visual mod, I tend to stick to performance, but I couldn't stand the lights anymore and I didn't want to waste $400 for a set of EVO7 lights so the $10 worked its magic... and if I ever want a lighter color I can just strip the paint and do it over.

 

great info man....ive been looking for a good thread on a DIY evo7 taillight mod and urs is the first complete one

great job and thanks

 

wouldnt that be anti-rice?

 

He may be from an area where altezza style lights are on every vehicle, thinking they are normal and seeing these simple 2 color lights, they may be considered rice to him?

 

or might just not have any taste...lol i dunno?

 

where can i buy the paint??

 

Good job. A little bit to much of red but its 10X better than stock.

 

What about when washing the car? Any problems?

 

is the reverse light pink when you reverse?

 

Washing is fine, its got 3 layers of clear coat so it doesn't have any problems. Reverse light is red.

 

I did the same thing using the same stuff. I did wet sand mine with the 600 and it lightened the color up considerably, but now they are nice and smooth.

I solved the pink reverse light problem by switching the reverse and turn signals. The sockets are the same except for the turn signal has two tabs on it. I just cut the tab off so it looked like the reverse one then plugged them in. Now my reverse lights are white and the turn signals are red.

 

Awesome, do you have any pics?

 

why you giving him the thumbsdown at least he is creative.....

 

yea bullfrg can you post some pics of yours

 

I like 'em, and I like bullfrg's idea of switching the reverse lights. And I agree that they may not be perfect looking, but they're 100Xs better than stock Altezzas.