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[dalbuie]

Does anyone know where I can get 6V amber lights? I want to change the Chevy's park lights into indicators but keep the white lenses.

If not, is there a paint that would work?

Cheers

[Rick]

Can you pop on a photo showing the fitting, or the bulb thats in there now ?

R
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[dalbuie]

It's a fairly standard 15mm bayonet with a single filament. Can find the clear ones I need but can't find an amber.



Thanks

[Penman]

hi
Craft shops have lots of different coloured felt tips specifically for Glass,

I have used one to refurb coloured bulbs which have started to peel.

[dalbuie]

I didn't think about that, cheers.

Just need it amber enough for the MOT

[Scotty]

Vehicle accessory shops used to sell small bottles of amber lacquer for UK vehicles going over to France. I think the AA did the same thing, perhaps they're still available.

The alternative is go to a model shop and buy Tamiya's clear amber paint - that works very well.

That's what I used to do with my Mk 3 Cortina front indicator bulbs when the new fashion started with vehicles having clear lenses & coloured bulbs. I discovered you could snap out the amber inner cover so that all that remained was the clear front lens, but needed to paint the standard bulbs to conform with lighting regulations at the time.

Does that count as customising?

[ukdave2002]

Hi dalbuie

What year is your car, white indicators are ok on older cars, my 1957 MGA has them...

Dave

[Rick]

[dalbuie]

It's a 1941 Chevy pickup, which looks like I can leave them clear

[ukdave2002]

You certainly Can

[Rick]

Thinking about it, Ted (who you got the '41 off) modified the blue '54 truck they have in the same way

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[Job-Rated]

If all else fails, you can use nail varnish to colour the clear bulbs. It's translucent & stands up to the heat.
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My sister painted some glass pieces of a lamp shade with nail varnish many moons ago.

I think she still has it to this day & the colours have kept well, even with a 100w bulb an inch or two from them burning a few hours a day.
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