Ive been watching this forum for about a month now, so hopefully I wont sound too much like a newbie on my first post.

Well, I just got a set of all clear tails for my 98 sedan off ebay for $30 which I thought was a pretty good deal; I couldn't find red clears for less than $120 plus shipping. I figure I can paint the bottom red or go with red bulbs of some type. So I thought I'd ask you guys, see what you think. I'm really trying to avoid the being pulled over.

Worst comes to worst, I'll just resell them with *hopefully* a bit of profit to someone that doesn't know better

 

you could use a red transparent spray, but I would have dished out the cash and got the red/clears. another cheap option is to tint the pink part of your tails red, or black with the tint spray.

 

candy apple red semi transparent paint...wit clear coat....and bulbs shouldnt matter once its painted..itll light up whatever the lense is....when painted red...itll appear red

 

I already smoked my stock ones, the real reason I ordered the new ones was because before I owned my car somebody must have shoved a finger in a couple of the sockets - its flaking really bad in my inner left reverse and red. I thought smoking out the top would help, and it does during the day, but when I reverse it looks like crap, and you can still see it on the red section at all times.

So anyway, I went to the local dealer and they quoted me at $70 for that one piece, which seemslike a complete rip off. Then I saw these...

 

Yeah, just paint'em. Do a search and you'll find the DIY for it.

Welcome BTW :wiggle:

 

should have just bough the red/clears .. sooo much better