Mr. Bob

These are the pics I got from Hunt21286 yesterday of some orange corner lenses he just finished... I will not put the details here as there is a multiple post thread already.

Enjoy! These are deadly!!!!




Cheers
Bob

BeMiceElf

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thanks for posting them.

2wheelBLACKOUT

that looks really good.. did he paint them.? care to share?

BeMiceElf

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yeah, i painted the outside and put a clear coat on it. there is another thread some where about this.

d0ubledown

dayum that looks awesome! nice job hunt21286! what paint did you use? anything specific? they look really good with the clear headlights.

ill be gettin clear corners/bumper lights soon...gonna have a go with this one. amber lights & satoshi grill....yum

BeMiceElf

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i used some krylon stained glass paint that i heard about on another thread.

Mr. Bob

Sonny.... Im thinking the same thing... Satoshi and these are going to look DEADLY!!!! drool.... Its going to make them look like completly different trucks!!

2wheelBLACKOUT

haha, I was the one that suggested the krylon tint. maybe I should of used my own advice! it looks great non-the less, looks like amber corners here I come...

wjwerdna

looks good!!! how fine of abrasive did you use before painting?

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BeMiceElf

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i am not real sure what you mean by abrasive, but i think that you mean sanding. not sure because i have never really painted anything before that is going to go on my truck. well, i didnt sand it. i just painted it and put some clear coat on it. i only did this to one because the other one got messed up. i have another pair on the way, do you think that i should try something different with the new set. any opinions whould be most helpful.

d0ubledown

if youre going to paint on plastic/glass that is meant to emit light, i would definitely NOT sand it down. all this will do is dull/scratch/frost the lens and the it will become translucent.

my suggestion would be to first lay down a super fine coat, not even laying down enough paint to see, but just enough to barely stick to the lens. let that dry completely, then add a new LIGHT coat. repeat as usual, but dont lay on a new coat until the last coat is comepletely dry...this will let you see more accurately how dark your lenses will be. once youre happy, then lay down a clear coat if desired, again adding super light coats each time.

...this was suggested to me by someone that painted their tail lights red. havent painted any lenses before..but sounds about right. when dealing with painting lamps..less is more.

BeMiceElf

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thanks for the info. thats pretty much what i did the first time, but ill be more precise thsi time.

Mr. Bob

My clear lights will be here late this week, early next week.... I will have some pics with then all done and on the truck... them and satoshi will be my first mods I think

HOJU

I haven't been able to find any colors except for Blue and Red.... Am I missing something?

BeMiceElf

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the only place that i could find it was misterart.com. they didnt even have it on the krylon website, that i could find.

EnolaGaia

The Krylon Stained Glass paints are apparently numbered (by Krylon) as the 902X series.

Misterart.com seems to use this as the basis for their stock numbers.

The Krylon number for the orange would therefore seem to be 9023.

As you noted, there's no mention of 9023 / orange on Krylon's own Stained Glass webpage. A search on the product number (9023) yields no results. However, a search on [ stained orange ] will turn up mentions of there being a Stained Glass orange color in the Inspirations (sample crafts projects) writeups.

Artcity.com also offers the orange (their number KRY-9023).

rearviewmirror

I don't want to rain on the parade here, but what does everyone like about the orange corners? I think the clears look better. Don't flame, just asking what the appeal is.

d0ubledown

the appeal is that its different. it looks jdm spec, which is what alot of guys go for, the motherland spec. just like having red honda badges. in vw watercooled world, having subtle eurospec (oem side markers, tail lights, air dams etc) touches made them stand out and not look like every other ride...

ive got some clear corners and signals on order, ill put em on as is just to say i had clears, but im gonna paint em amber. i dunno, i just like the look of em. clears are nice, but everyone and their gramma up here has em.

heres a photochopped version of how things will (hopfully) look on my ride once its all said n done (flat black satoshi + ambers). i was gonna try a badgeless grille, but decided it would have been too involving, then the satoshi started to grow on me...



wouldnt it suck if everyones ride looked exactly the same?

BeMiceElf

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well put.