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Cheap way of ridding the horrible orange look to you indicators

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Cheap way of ridding the horrible orange look to you indicators

Post by dpbayly » Fri May 10, 2013 8:38 pm

To anyone who might be interested,

I hate the orange looking indicator in the clear lensed lights caused by the the orange bulb reflecting inside the light i used to solve this by buying the chrome look bulbs at a cost of around £15-£20 but now days i do it this way at minimal cost.

I take the orange bulb and give it a light dusting with a can of silver spray paint (only a dusting)

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I then replace them in the lights and the go from looking like this:

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To this:

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And they still work perfectly:

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Has no noticeable effect on the lifespan of the bulb

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Re: Cheap way of ridding the horrible orange look to you indicators

Post by huck » Fri May 10, 2013 10:30 pm

Very cool!

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Post by X5Sport » Fri May 10, 2013 10:33 pm

Nice job. :)
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Re: Cheap way of ridding the horrible orange look to you indicators

Post by Sanj » Fri May 10, 2013 11:04 pm

Brilliant - just learnt this trick after seeing my bodyshop guy do the same to a pdc!

Thank you for sharing!
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Re: Cheap way of ridding the horrible orange look to you indicators

Post by jaynana » Fri May 10, 2013 11:38 pm

nice!
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Re: Cheap way of ridding the horrible orange look to you indicators

Post by JamesTil6569 » Sun May 12, 2013 3:36 pm

Looks amazing! Great job

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Re: Cheap way of ridding the horrible orange look to you indicators

Post by Reusch » Sun May 12, 2013 4:27 pm

Ding Dang Do.
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