Tail Light Lenses

 One of the issues is that the SE harness doesn't support separate brake lights and turn signals. This means that when the left signal is on the whole left side of the tail-light blinks, not just in the indicator portion, so I would have to modify the tail lenses too since the the blinkers would come on under braking (illegal) and the brake lights would blink for the turn signal (not illegal).

I figured the easiest solution to this problem was to turn the amber portion of my tail light lens red. I looked all over the web for suggestions and stumbled upon someone who came up with the fantastic idea of using the transparent red paint for model cars used to... paint tail lights. Simplicity.

 

So I went out and bought some transparent red spray enamel at the craft store, masked off the reflectors, and re-painted the amber sections of the tail light.

I'm very pleased with how they came out. Now that the reflectors are the right color I figured I'd try a fix for delaminated tail light lenses I found on the Pennock Fiero forums, simply masking off the letters and painting the outside of the lens.

Look how delaminated this is

So I masked off the letters with some vinyl painting tape, and masked off the clear portion of the lens.

Sprayed the lens down with black automotive grade paint, the forum recommends some water-based paint through a spray gun since it's not as thick and gives a smoother finish. After 2 coats of black had plenty of time to dry I sprayed on 4-5 coats of automotive clear coat.

Unfortunately when I went to put the right lens back together I wasn't being careful and the reflector seated weird and as I applied pressure cracked the outer lens, so I have to repair that crack and repaint that lens.