I wanna paint my lights.. lamin x is far too ugly for my taste.

[gokepsgo]

I would like to go with smoked or yellow lights if I can get the right shade. Lamin x looks too bright and like a highlighter for me. Does anyone have any suggestions on paint to use that would give me a pale yellow look without impeding on light output to much?

I think I might do my tails as well so I was thinking of using that "nightshade" paint from autozone. I guess I would need better tail bulbs for my early model to compensate. Does anything need to be changed to make high outputs work or can I just get bulbs and call it a day?

Or red tinted paint of the same make from autozone..decisions decisions. Someone help!

[ak-]

Put cross-hairs inside the housings, then put lamin-x on it.
Highlighter's gone.

[gokepsgo]

I forgot to mention I have sealed beams. Pretty sure I don't have that option unless I upgrade.

[Ayman]

sweet, upgrade and then put in the cross-hairs.
simple as that for your simple ass

[gokepsgo]

Lol damnit. I guess ill lay off the headlights for a while then. Anyone use nightshade paint yet?

[bmw325csi]

u can get Krylon yellow glass tint and tint them to your liking

[jw 325ic]

i think some mercedes came with yellow "fog lights" in the high beam area on the 70s/80s cars. and i believe they fit in the e30 sealed beam housings. do a little searching on that but just go to the junkyard and get some. it'll be a lot cheaper than new hellas and look a lot better than any diy you ever attempt.

[Nick325is]

I used nightshade on my taillights. Just be careful to prep the lights well and spray light coats so you don't totally black them out.

[gokepsgo]

I've seen the mercedes lights. That's kinda the look I was thinking. Yellow looks cool in pictures but after seeing a shitload of lamin-xed cars at gutenfest I really dontwanna go that route anymore. I think ill try ordering thatpaint online and see how that goes. I have a feeling the mercededs lights will be a bitch to find.

[gokepsgo]

I found a pic of a wrx with krylon stained glass fogs and it looked titties. Anyone have any pics of this used on an e30 or use it before??

[klavender1]

Maybe I just don't "get" it. But sealed beams suck bad enough as it is. Why would you want to reduce the light output?

[gokepsgo]

I was thinking I would switchthe low beams to high beam bulbs if they didn't work out. I don't think sealed beams are bad though. Work fine for me.

[Nick_S]

Lol damnit. I guess ill lay off the headlights for a while then. Anyone use nightshade paint yet?

Yep, it's super easy to use. Here's mine. Sprayed till I got nice coverage, unfortunately makes it a bit to dark so you have to wet sand it down a bit then buff it out. Shouldn't need brighter bulbs if you tint to a reasonable level. It's the assclowns who spray them completely black and don't finish them is where you have issues with visibility.



Before


After a good wet sand and buffed.


I don't get how lamin-x is too ugly though. My fogs look great.

[N2MYE30]

Here is a shot of my sealed beams...laminx on left and nothing on right.

Sealed beams are terrible for night driving but then add on a tint of laminx (or anything), well you might as well put candles in from of your car. Without breaking the back, Hella H4s are excellent.

I have heard nightshade works good on the rears but I went with all reds using metalcast red.

[gokepsgo]

The smoked laminex looks good. I was more reffering to the yellow. Its looks like lemon lime gatorade, almost green to me. Those tails look sexy as hell though. Are those painted red or black? I know the red comes out almost black if you lay it on too thick.