Re: Dashlights: change from green to amber? - easy!

[skerocdriver@juno.com (Shawn C Meze)]

On Fri, 16 Oct 1998 20:48:03 -0500 (CDT) Ilias Glavinas
<elias@tesla.wustl.edu> writes:

>price of *gasp* $3 each --which is grand larceny. THE easiest way to 
>change the color of a bulb is to use nail polish. Go to Walgreens or 
>somewhere similar where you would be likely to find every tacky color 
>imaginable (I got a green nail polish for my VDO gauge-bulbs). Then 
>simply paint the bulbs with a thick (or thin, depending on how much of 
>the color you want to show) layer of the polish, and they will shine 
>colorfully for years (I have had mine like this for almost two years and

>the color hasn't faded at all from the bulb heat). This trick was 
>mentioned to me by Awesome GTI, a VW place in Manchester, England.

Sounds like something I will have to try with my Roc's white faces. Id
like to have a blue light shinning on the faces. I might have to go to a
gawdy fingernail polish store... maybe one of those gothic stores can
hook me up. 
I saw a bunch of light bulb condoms at a truck stop in Green River Utah.
Also saw all kinds of different colored bulbs to choose from as well.
$2.99 for a package of 2 bulbs. Something like that.  
I would of looked more closely if it wasnt 3AM and I wasnt being attacked
by a zillion bugs at the time. They should call the place "Green BUGS",
not "Green River". 
So I know they're out there, just gotta find them.




>ps: Now that I know that the green filter can be taken off neatly and 
>without too much hassle, I think I will break it off and opt for 
>painting my bulbs something totally outrageous like purple :-)


Yah, id like to put in black lights in the GLi! That would look cool with
<insert plug here> Bretts awesome custom made "for ME cuz im the Shawn"
guage faces! Hmm theres an idea........


              Shawn Meze
86' Jetta GLi           82' Scirocco GTi
The Fastest, Quickest, Cleanest and
best looking Scirocco in all of San Diego!
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