Clear corners for MP5

[Weborific]

I sanded the excess Bondo untill it looked like the last pic above, then painted with color-matched spray paint. That's it for now..... Gonna wait a day or 2 to let paint dry before sanding and polishing.... Keep you posted.

 

[Lord_Zath]

wow lots of work for that

 

[Weborific]

Forgot I took pics while painting. Here's what it looks like after a few light coats of spray-paint....

 

[Weborific]

Yeah, but I MUCH prefer these clear markers and they already cost me $37 US for these. No way I was gonna buy another set. Besides, no matter what I'd buy, if they don't have the exact shape and mounting method as the stock lights, I'd still see a heavy outline around the lights. If your bumper has never been painted, less work for you. I'm a professional model-maker, so I enjoy these types of projects... Just wish the weather would cooperate!

 

[Kansei]

With all that work.. should have just filled the holes all the way and bam no more sidemarkers.

I bet you could have took some rubbing compound to the messed up part of hte paint to fix it up.

 

[Weborific]

yeah, I actually thought about removing them completely, but I just spent $$ on these. I have a "look" in mind I wanna see through As for the compound, it wouldn't have worked. The step is really noticeable and even more so on the passenger side. In any case, if I want to fill the gap *which I do, then I'd have no choice but to paint anyway.

 

[Kansei]

true true, if you wanted the look of the clear corners then you made the right choice. it was a lot of work but in the end came out nice

 

[Weborific]

Good to see you're still around, Kansei! Did you decide to get that Miata after all? Guess I gotta look-up you post...

 

[Kansei]

still rockin the P5

I took one look at her in her actually fixed right glory and I couldn't say no.

 

[iLisa]

BTW, iLisa, LOVE your P5. I looked long and hard at her when deciding what color to paint my calipers and which lights to buy. I opted for white lights rather than clear, and I bought orange paint for calipers, but might actually go with silver or black. Mine are naturally orange right now...unfortunately from rust!!

Thanks
you have a pm.. (yes)

 

[CyberFormula]

Wow so much work just to get the sidemarkers on. I think that sidemarker looks pretty good on the picture so I was gonna buy the exact same one off ebay but I guess I wont do that anymore. Hopefully I can find one that doesn't require nearly that much work. Well good luck on your project. Please do post more pics once you get everything done.

 

[Weborific]

Well, i installed the lights. Here's the end result. No more gaps. No more paint outline of where the old marker was. The only thing that's left for me to do is wet-sand the paint with 1000-2000 grit, then polish. Good as new.

 

[silverpro5]

Wow so much work just to get the sidemarkers on. I think that sidemarker looks pretty good on the picture so I was gonna buy the exact same one off ebay but I guess I wont do that anymore. Hopefully I can find one that doesn't require nearly that much work. Well good luck on your project. Please do post more pics once you get everything done.

There are a couple different Celica bumper lights to be found on Ebay, I think he ordered the "wrong" ones. Other ppl seem to get ones that fit w/o any modification other than inverting them.

I really want to give it a shot sometime soon, that yellow on my beautiful silver car makes me puke.

 

[Kansei]

^^ paint it silver it's so easy

 

[Weborific]

Now that I've got the originals off, maybe I should mold exact duplicates of them in clear...then sell them to all of you and be rich...RICH!! Mu-hu-hahaha!!

 

[iLisa]

Well, i installed the lights. Here's the end result. No more gaps. No more paint outline of where the old marker was. The only thing that's left for me to do is wet-sand the paint with 1000-2000 grit, then polish. Good as new.

(thumb)

 

[Salmon_Rob]

looks a goodsa