Would this be legal???? Front indicator's

[tom26]

my front indicators are completely black. i used black laquer on the outside of them. My MOT tester gave me an advisory for poor light output but still past them! i think it depends where you have your car tested?

[mase]

i used to have a punto that i used the tint spray on to tint all the lights.... they didnt look very dark when i finished them, and only gave them 2-3 coats and 2 of the laquer.

MOT man gave an advisory on the front indicators saying that exact thing... poor light, 3 days later, turning right on a round-a-bout (while indicating i might add) the car approaching didnt stop and wrote it off. 

his response to my 'i always thought u gave way to traffic on your right on a round-a-bout' was simply, that he didnt see my indicators, even though they were still on after he hit me.

moral of the story: be careful with smoked front indicators, people dont watch wat others are doing at the best of times, let alone when your indicators are as bright as they could be, crystals all the way now 

[boneybradley]

That's where mine are now differnet...no smoke on the lenses (100% clear)....just the back bit's painted black and then my crystal clear lenses added. i didn't want smoked lenses and bought crstal clear (silver) and these lasted 6 month's before the silver peeled...hence now black

[mase]

thought that was wat you had done.... IMO looks smart 

how easy were the lights to take apart, and how did u go about softening / cutting through the sealent? just stick them in the over and wait for them to heat up enough to pull apart? 

[boneybradley]

I poured boiling water over where the seal's are and with a bit of perswation apart they came..thought about the oven idea, but knowing what I have burnt over the years 
I removed all traces of old sealant before I put them back together and used good old silicon sealer

[mase]

im quite liking that idea.... i need to get my m3 rear apart as the indicators have got gay orange filters and the fried egg look isnt doing it for me.

might have to try that!!! 


guess u just scraped the old crap off before applying new stuff....

[BobbyT]

not too sure about those buddy but then again they may look better in the flesh, at least your trying somthing different. might look better if you could paint the frame so you cant see the seperation?

[boneybradley]

The frames are fully painted..what you can see is the glass..I know they look framed due to the light design,No doubt they will change again before the summer!!! luckily i have a spare pair of gen smoked vw indicator's and a spare set of crystal fog's!!