hey guys, well i tried that thing to change the color of my dash lights , i bought testors paint, but i was impatient and just decided to use a blue sharpie, the color came out perfect, but i have no idea how long it will last, has anyone used a sharpie on a bulb? and if so how long will it last?

should i keep it , or paint over the bulbs now?

 

about 1 week

 

i've sharpie'd over bulbs before and lasted until i sold the car.....owned for about 2 yrs. i guess they are still going strong...

 

wtf??

 

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Hahaha...I was gonna say "It's not how long the sharpie will last its how long the bulb will last before it over heats and pops"
ninja edit: so I did say it....wtf..I'm tired

 

wow a sharpie works some ghetto ****

 

yea well i wasnt able to compoletely cover teh bulbs w/ sharpie, so i just went to this website and ordered the bulbs i needed in blue .. haha which is what i should have just done from teh beginning and it would have saved me about a week of screwing up

 

all of my dash illuminates amber thanks to sharpie. the technique is to cover the bulb in sharpie, let it dry, then cover the bulb in sharpie again in the opposite direction. it will make the bulb look like it has wet and dry spots , but this way it has the most coverage. any way mine fades just a little after the first month then just stays the same. Ive had mine sharpied over 2.5 yrs now, incuding all my autometer lights, still looks great.

 

Definetly a good and "ghetto" rig tip.....lol

 

yo, I wanted to do the same thing, and I was like all pissed 'cause they didn't come out worth of ****

then I found http://www.autolumination.com -- heard the bulbs are good, recently bought 11 24's, and 7 74's (2 sets +1 extra of each) of a red bulb so I could do my interior lights O.o

I'm hopin they come, hopin they gonna be nice, I'll let u know, the site was in a how-to on ht, I guess he was happy with his...

They're cheap too, like under a buck per bulb, which is about right because they're like 1.90 ~~~for 2 bulbs at autozone

 

im gonna change the subject..

what if you used transparent stain glass paint?

 

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what if you used transparent stain glass paint?</TD></TR></TABLE>

I posted this question about a couple of days ago....I have my fog lights sprayed with Krylon yellow stained glass paint and they have held up great for the past 6 months or so...I assume if the paint can withstand the fog light it will withstand a cluster bulb...Im going to try this within the next couple of weeks, for my cluster bulbs....The testors competition orange faded really bad on my friends coupe...

 

whats the big deal?

if it goes away, color it on again. but i dont see a reason for it to go away.

 

trying this trick in blue lol

 

hah sydacate .. i did the same exact hting , im waiting for the bulbs.. that site is great..

and easymac.. the reason i dont want to color it again is b/c its a huge pain in the ***.. and also, to get my climate control, i have to take out my premeir deck, and i can't take that out unlessi have a special tool, only the ppl that put my deck in can take it out.. so its a pain in the ***

 

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and easymac.. the reason i dont want to color it again is b/c its a huge pain in the ***.. and also, to get my climate control, i have to take out my premeir deck, and i can't take that out unlessi have a special tool, only the ppl that put my deck in can take it out.. so its a pain in the ***</TD></TR></TABLE>

if you dont have pioneer keys butter knifes work well. they should have given you your keys.

 

don't be a cheap-O go to http://www.superbrightleds.com I changed both my civic and del sol, speedo and climate control for $25 shipped

 

5thgen they said like ppl like me can't buy them .. and hbracer .. the only problem w/ the led's is that they don't come in #24's .. so i wasnt sure if the 74's would work in their place .. what did u do?

 

http://www.superbrightleds.com/mini-wedge.html

to be more specific instrument cluster bulbs is what i bought...scroll to the bottom

 

lol doesnt' sound like it would last very long, wouldn't the sharpies go off because of the heat? i don't know, don't quote me on that.

 

wtf? how is this a technical question? i guess he's not the brightest bulb!

 

why is this thread not locked yet?

 

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maybe because he doesnt like taking his cluster, dash buttons, and climate controls in and out every night and hed like to find out first how long this light bulb modification will last. if you dont like it you dont have to put your pointer on it and click it.<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by pjr710 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">5thgen they said like ppl like me can't buy them .. </TD></TR></TABLE>
the keys come with the radio. you buy the radio, you own the keys. their feeding you bullshit.

 

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maybe because he doesnt like taking his cluster, dash buttons, and climate controls in and out every night and hed like to find out first how long this light bulb modification will last. if you dont like it you dont have to put your pointer on it and click it.
the keys come with the radio. you buy the radio, you own the keys. their feeding you bullshit.</TD></TR></TABLE>

your right, maybe he doesn't, but then again he won't have to if he wasn't a cheap and just replace the damn bulbs!