h: sorry, take a chill pill man, we're all family here.

So how do you plan on fixing the red lights?

 

No no no, you're confusing the theories of colored light with those of light filters. The opposite of red is cyan, but getting a bulb that color and shining it through Ryan's brilliant red filter ( :chuckles: ) will give you a dark pink/lavender color.

And Ryan, Getting a brighter bulb will only give you brighter red/pink light, and it may blow a fuse in your headlight circuit. Bad. Only solution now is to either attack your headlights with lots of paint thinner and a rag, or just get new lenses. If you want you can IM Jon, (AIM: WrongWD) he's working with someone else to get clear headlight lenses made (no lines or nipples). $70 was the price I believe.

 

well if you get the right color it can come out white, i just don't know what that color is?

 

No, it really can't, because like I said, you're confusing your light and filter properties. You can shine the whole spectrum through a red filter and it'll never come out white.

Now, in ideal situations, shining a red light, and a cyan light in the same place will yield a white spot. Filtering white light through a red filter, then a cyan filter will result in no (zero) light passing through. Shining cyan light through a red filter will result in a lavender color.

 

im thinking it might be eaiser to remove color than try to compound your problems by adding another layer of a new color.

 

:bowdown: okok ok, man this one thread is not my thing, i'll shut up :a:

 

Sounds like your best bet is going to be to strip is and do a translucent color. The only problem II'm seeioing is that having the bulb that close to the paint, it will start breaking down the paint. and it will burn in or fade very fast, especially with a hotter/brighter bulb..... The ohter issue you need to work with is the legal side. I know in Minnesota, it's illegal to have ANY red lights on the front of your car. Everything must be white of amber.... Check your state laws, cause even reflecting light could be an issue with some cops, especailly since you're modiying a dot approved item....

 

I'm pretty sure all states have the same law, but you can't have any red or blue lights on the front of your car...you could get cited for impersonating a cop.

 

well the thing is, it isnt the front, its the back housing. not the lense. and im going to make it kind of into a projector. im going to make a cone type thing that goes around the bulb. that way the light wont be able to hit the red at all.

also the paint is engine enamel. good up to 500 degrees. so ill be okay there.

 

In that case, go to the junkyard and get a set of integra headlights (3rd gen) and take the projectors out of them. Mount em in the stock headlights, and you should be good to go. Won't have to dick around with anything other than mounting.