2kturkey

Well, I sprayed mine about 4 months back and have seen no signs of overheating or bulb failure - let's face it, turn signal bulbs do not get a lot of use compared to some of the other lights on the car.

The key to having the light shine through is not to spray the paint on too thick. I used the cheapest silver spray can I could buy and just lighlty dusted the bulbs a couple of times till it got the point where I couldn't see the orange anymore but didn't have what you would call a perfect finish (i.e. I didn't get a "show quality" silver finish on my bulbs.

Rick Hesel

I have the SilverVision bulbs in the changed-out sockets, but I did paint the amber side market bulbs silver with great success. As 2kturkey suggested, just get some cheap silver paint and spray on a thin coat, just enought to hide the amber color. They will shine nearly as bright as the amber.

BTW, I'd did try this out on my workbench with my old amber turn signal bulbs. Although it was only a bench test, they worked fine. Although I appreciate the painstaking job M3KVB did, I don't think you need to go to all that trouble. Just remove the bulbs, paint them silver, let the paint dry, and reinstall them. I don't think the tape is necessary -- you can paint the whole bulb. Bulb life may be shortened somewhat, but they are easy and inexpensive to replace, so why worry.

2kturkey

Just out of interest M3KVB, are your lens cleared out US llights or are they European/JDM lights? The reason I ask is that the Australian model lights have a horizontal stripe pattern across them (approx 1/8" between stripes) whereas yours don't seem to have this.

M3KVB

My cleared lights are USA versions, heres another photo!!

Rick Hesel

2kturkey,

Understand that M3KVB cleared the lights himself. You cannot buy them this way.

For your information, the European (Euro) and JDM (Japanese Domestic Market) lamps are different. The Euros are designed for a left hand drive car, and the JDMs for right hand. The JDMs therefore will throw an incorrect beam angle, and while you can adjust it, you can never get it exactly right for the US. In every other respect they are the same. Since they're the same price and made by or for the same manufacturer (Honda), for the life of me I have never understood why anybody here in the US buys the JDM versions, unless their goal in life is to waste time tinkering with the aim fruitlessly or to blind other drivers .

s2ktaxi

The JDM or actually RHD headlights are really not "aimable" for LHD streets - the beam pattern will always cast more light to the left of the car no matter how low you aim it.