Color matched altezzas? Light up stock center peice?

[president95]

: Alright, so like a lot of people around here, im sick of the altezzas, and im goin back to stock. So i was thinking of playin around with these things a little. I know people have color matched their headlights, so i was wondering, has anyone ever color matched their altezzas, and left the red circles; and if so, are there any pics of it? Also, I've seen a few people light up their stock center peice, either completely, or have it say eclipse or something, just wonderin how to do it. I looked on 2gnt, theres a thread for it, but i dont want to be able to see the bulbs thru the plastic, but maybe thats where painting the center peice comes into play?....

 

[Bostedquest]

to paint the altzs' you have to remove the outter cover just like a stock peice.
I owuld trust a hot bath over an oven on 150$ new parts.

The center piece thing I am not all sure about. But removal of the outter cover I am sure is envolved. i would say, removal of the outter, and simple paint would do the trick.

 

[SlowdsmGST]

I did mine in a oven. Set the ovan at 350 put the lights on a cookie sheet and stand there and wait like a few mins and pry the lense from the houseing but be care full because you can break the lense and strech the plastic on housing. I actually just took mine off and made a new fiberglass taillight set up. Still working on it tho.

 

[Defiant]

350° is too high.
http://www.auburn.edu/~fauchpj/headlight.htm

 

[GSXpower]

I actually used the clear plastic cover from the alteza center, and carefully masked off the letters. I masked and painted both the inside and outside to eliminate the possibilities of scratches. Then I got some transparent red tape and put that down on the inside over the letters. I mounted a string of lightbulbs over the stock piece, then glued the painted cover on top. I clearcoated the outside for a seamless look. Hope I gave you a few ideas, just be creative.
Derek

 

[morbid_eclipse]

nice work gsxpower...i like that...never seen that before

 

[Dave_Hash]

I just started to paint up a pair and doing some other things too them, I will have pics soon.

 

[shpyder]

I just saw this, and don't want to make a double post about it, but check out this this thread, I just posted in there (won't have to scroll too much). Paint your stock altezzas with transparent red, or smoke them; just an idea:

http://dsmtuners.com/forums/showthread.php?t=194389