DIY amber bumper lights

[bb4pimp]

I am not responsible for your screw ups

Items needed:
-clear bumper lights(i got new ones)
-orange transparent vinyl(pic and website below)
-sissors
-hair blow dryer
-razor
-credit card

heres the lights



here is the vinyl (http://cgi.ebay.com/Orange-Transpare...QQcmdZViewItem)



the blow dryer



First: get one light then cut a piece a little bigger then the light, like below



Second: stick the vinyl on the light and make sure you dont have and air bubbles under the vinyl, i used a credit card when i was putting the vinyl on





Third: start at the top and push the vinyl down so i wll stick on the edge



Fourth: turn the blow dryer on and point it where you just rounded the corner, and the the vinyl will start to melt and take shape of the corner and the edge, complete this on all sides



and if you have trouble with the corners this is my corners looked like at first



Fifth: just comtinue to heat the side untill your satsified, this is what mine looked like







Sixth: for the lights with the screw holes, just take a razor and make a + in the hole



Seventh: after you made the cross just push the four corners down with the razor and blow dry in the hole, and this is what i got




and the finished product



on the car





You can also add more layers of the vinyl if you want them to be darker

But they are pretty close to perfectly the same color as the OEM ones with one layer

If you have and questions feel free to ask me, and if you are scared to do this on your own i can do it for a price, pm me if you them done by me

SO GOOD LUCK AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK OF THE DIY

[Big_Joe]

Looks good. Good DIY

[TSiFTW]

Nice. I like it a lot.

[bb4pimp]

thanks for the comments

[FasTech]

Is their some vinyl like that but in the yellow color? I wanna do my inner headlights yellow. All my other markers are already amber..lolol

[Infamous_1]

reps for such a good job.

[bb4pimp]

thanks, and i looked for the yellow vinyl but i didnt find any

[Revmaynard]

Those came out pretty nice. You can also use Tamiya clear orange model paint. I believe it's TS72.

[eraser4g63]

looks good

[1CleanEg]

nice write up man. Thinking about doing this instead of payin $35 for new amber corners.

[junior_tm]

damn now i wonder is this how the companies do lol
i bet you will see a couple of "real amber light" for sale now lol

really nice job man congrats

[bb4pimp]

thanks for the comments, and this is how i saved 50 bucks lol

oh and about the paint mentioned up top, i tried paint a set but they faded after a while so i wouldn't do it, and plus the vinly adds protection to your lights for rocks and stuff like that

[eYezs1ck]

i <3 you

[chameleon30038]

cool write up man

[josh42191]

nice write up! reps!

[Revmaynard]

I've got the paint on my corners and it LIGHTLY faded. It wasn't the color so much as the shine. But I've still got half a car if I need to touch up.

[aaronfelipe]

Great DIY. +50

[Captain-Obvious™]

damn, those look really good.

We just use transparent paint.

[1CleanEg]

^^ which paint are u talkin about? i wanna do my corners amber b4 i just go buy some

[Oz10]

nice write up!

[FasTech]

Well what paint can I use for the yellow look? Like, fog light yellow?

[Captain-Obvious™]

go to a hobby store, and look for transparent yellow and amber paint

[speedminded]

Well what paint can I use for the yellow look? Like, fog light yellow?

Wal-mart: http://www.krylon.com/products/stained_glass_color/

[BB1_Luda]

You got any extra vinyl left?

[Captain-Obvious™]

what speedminded said

[bb4pimp]

yeah i do have vinly left, and i recommend the vinly instead of the paint because the vinly protects the light from rock chips and stuff like that and the vinyl dosnt fade

[speedminded]

yeah i do have vinly left, and i recommend the vinly instead of the paint because the vinly protects the light from rock chips and stuff like that and the vinyl dosnt fade

Link for yellow vinyl...

Personally i'm a fan of Lamin-X over paint so you don't have to tell me!

[bb4pimp]

^ just search ebay for yellow transparnet vinly

[speedminded]

^ just search ebay for yellow transparnet vinly

I searched through the company you bought yours from. Then searched the brand of the stuff you got.

Ah, found 5 hits today...
http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trk...All-Categories

[blaknoize]

+4hp, o wait, no rice. NICE

[Nittanys1]

looking good man! nice write-up too!

[Drummerboy]

Looks good. One of my driver side bumper lights fell out somewhere on the highway, so i had to buy those exact clears you have from ebay too. Im not sure how the amber will look with my silver car though...

But good right up! oh, and what front lip do you have? hiro?

[bb4pimp]

thanks for the comments

^i think amber will look good on silver, and my front lip is off a cheap Prelude R32 body kit but i fiberglassed the holes in

[jville95]

good stuff!!

+ more pts!!

[Brut]

I bought some of the orange vinyl off of ebay yesterday. I am going to give this a shot on my corner lights

[Sentra]

Wow. Not bad!

[bb4pimp]

thanks guy for the comments

and BRUT ^ if you have and problems feel free to ask

[Brut]

its harder with the corner lights due to how its shaped i keep fucking up

[marcos713]

nice write up! reps for u!

[BB1_Luda]

yeah i do have vinly left

Thanks again for the vinyl. Came out great.

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