MADIZM

Anyone have any experience with taking the tail lights apart and painting the inside?

I'm coming from the WRX world where people would bake their headlights, and pull them apart and paint the inside.

I want to get rid of any of the silver in the taillights I hate the look of them. Black and red would be sweet like I beleive the IS300's and s2000's or the new Mazda 3's.

so has anyone tried it?

TxRx8

A freind of mine did that to his WRX. They stick the tail lights and headlights in the oven at a certain temp, pull the lenses from the front and paint them with high temp spray paint. Then they just put everything back together with a certain sealant and they're good to go.

MADIZM

Yeah we do it with the headlights and also the STi guys do it as well. Just wondering if it's the same for the rx-8 tail lights...

TxRx8

I think It should be the same, just be careful with the l.e.d.'s inside the tail light assembly, who knows how those things are wired. What piece did you want to paint?

MADIZM

Just the silver

TxRx8

Gotcha

Soundave

I was looking into doing something like this myself.

MADIZM

So instead of this:



more like this:

RXE16T

Why the hell do you want your 8 to look like an S2K or a 3?

MADIZM

Cause I hate altezza style ricer lights

Why oh why did other cars follow this trend

Soundave

I think it would look nice with a black 8. But to each their own.

MADIZM

My car is going with a yellow black theme

Killer bee style you know? Dark tint, gloss black wheels, black fender strakes.

RXE16T

Post some pics when you're done, I want to see these lights.

Soundave

Yah, please post pics when you'r done, and also what method you used to paint the lights.

cgrx

me too

takahashi

I am not quite you how are you going to paint it....

interested to see pics :D