For anyone interested in the 'nismo' (I'm skeptical as to whether they are a genuine item or not) here's my home made versions using the stock ones, admittedly they're not carbon copies, but this cost £10 the other ones from the US are looking closer to £90 with shipping and probably more after import tax. these can be seen here at CZP:
You only need a few bits really, the indicators themselves (tend to come stock :) ) and some tinting spray. In all fairness this is essentially just diluted black spray paint and you can use just standard black paint and apply it thinly but personally I figured this allowed you a little more room for error and its only £6 to £10.
I used the 'E-tech Lens Tinting Kit' Smoke colour which comes with tint spray, remover and two cleaning wipes. In all honesty having done this I'd say you really don't need the other stuff and to save a few pennies and the tinting spray on its own. It isn't overly thick so allows you to take your time and build it up to where you want.
Anyhow moving onto a few piccies and a little guide them. Forgive me for not photoing this step and then probably going overkill on the latter ones but tbh its all relatively straight forward:
First off the tinting spray:
then to get the indicators tart by unscrewing the lights (two screws at the side) and removing the indicator clip and you'll be left with the two following (not right ones :P ):
then to be nice and thorough mask up the back of the lights (not necessary really as I can't see over-spray been too much of an issue back there)
next comes spraying, I also like to put the can in warm water for five minutes prior as i tend to find you get better coverage from the extra pressure and obviously the warmer paint dries faster:
with that done grab the can and begin to spray the lights, the e-tech packaging recommended holding the can 20-30 cm away and then just maintain a fluid motion horizontally then vertically to build up coverage. As i say the stuff goes on quite thin so build it up to the desired tint then leave to dry. I was pretty happy with the result after one coat but if you want to apply another then allow it to dry for 5 minutes and apply the other layer. this is the before and after for me during the first coat:
For anyone interested in the 'nismo' (I'm skeptical as to whether they are a genuine item or not) here's my home made versions using the stock ones, admittedly they're not carbon copies, but this cost £10 the other ones from the US are looking closer to £90 with shipping and probably more after import tax. these can be seen here at CZP:
http://www.conceptzperformance.com/Cart/description.php?II=1072&Car_Type=300&UID=2011082711150890.216.226.222
You only need a few bits really, the indicators themselves (tend to come stock :) ) and some tinting spray. In all fairness this is essentially just diluted black spray paint and you can use just standard black paint and apply it thinly but personally I figured this allowed you a little more room for error and its only £6 to £10.
I used the 'E-tech Lens Tinting Kit' Smoke colour which comes with tint spray, remover and two cleaning wipes. In all honesty having done this I'd say you really don't need the other stuff and to save a few pennies and the tinting spray on its own. It isn't overly thick so allows you to take your time and build it up to where you want.
http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/Product.do?method=view&n=860&g=3051&utm_source=Google&utm_medium=Base&utm_campaign=Performance
Anyhow moving onto a few piccies and a little guide them. Forgive me for not photoing this step and then probably going overkill on the latter ones but tbh its all relatively straight forward:
First off the tinting spray:
then to get the indicators tart by unscrewing the lights (two screws at the side) and removing the indicator clip and you'll be left with the two following (not right ones :P ):
then to be nice and thorough mask up the back of the lights (not necessary really as I can't see over-spray been too much of an issue back there)
next comes spraying, I also like to put the can in warm water for five minutes prior as i tend to find you get better coverage from the extra pressure and obviously the warmer paint dries faster:
with that done grab the can and begin to spray the lights, the e-tech packaging recommended holding the can 20-30 cm away and then just maintain a fluid motion horizontally then vertically to build up coverage. As i say the stuff goes on quite thin so build it up to the desired tint then leave to dry. I was pretty happy with the result after one coat but if you want to apply another then allow it to dry for 5 minutes and apply the other layer. this is the before and after for me during the first coat: