i heard tell of someone painting there high beam bulb and using it for a city light my question is what paint would one use that would not fade and be able to handle the heat emmited from the bulb

 

 

I would not use a painted higher heat bulb. You can guarantee it won't last long and it might explode.

 

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Correct. It also won't give you the extra illumination you need in situations where you need the high beams.

BAD IDEA.

 

i do not use my high beams and i want make them my city light so i figure if they are painted it will reduce the amount of light emmited i do not want to pull my headlight houseing off and drill holes in them to mount amber 194 bulbs

 

It would take LOTS of paint to get a 60W 9005 bulb down to the light output of a 194 wedge bulb, and eventually that paint is going to burn off. Your lights will look more like DRL's than anything.

Take the time to do it right. Don't be lazy and cut corners. Mount 194's in the housing like you're supposed to.

 

i do not want it to be as dimm as a 194 and i never use my high beams

 

A "city light" is a small bulb that only serves to illuminate the light housing, not put out any actual light.

So what is it that you're wanting?

 

i am trying to find out is there or is there not a paint that you can put on light bulbs or was i fed a line of crap

 

Well I've had friends paint light bulbs, but it burned off relatively quickly.

You could of course paint it with high-temp paint, but it would do about as good as just taking the bulbs out completely, because it will be opaque paint.

I've never seen a transparent paint that would hold up to direct contact with a light bulb.

 

well i appricate the help patrick i really was wondering cause like i said i do not use my high beams and i saw city lites and thought those would make good turn signal cause then you know people would seem them it was just a crazy idea that poped into my head and i figured that i might as well see if i could just paint my high beam bulb and run less power to it somehow

 

another problem with doing that is that halogen bulbs aren't meant to turn on and off repeatedly like a turn signal. That greatly reduces their life.

 

good point i guess i will just bite the bit and install the 194's i have