can someone smoke my fog lights?

20th July 2008, 15:07

heya guys sick of trying to do a good job on smoking my fog lights doing my head in , so just want to pay someone to do it i live in tamworth midlands.willing to pay £20 for spray and return of them thanks guys let me know if intrested

20th July 2008, 15:25

What problems you having mate, they are so easy, im sure people on here can help you do a good job yourself

20th July 2008, 20:38

ok then matey i tried to spray the outside glass but the spray just was runny and went bubbley wouldnt stick.i give up but i heard you have to take the glass off and spray the inside of the lens how do i do this ? also what can i use to re-seal it after it any help on how to do this will give rep and my thanks

20th July 2008, 20:41

Wanting to know how to smoke fogs too. Do you have to prime or just paint? And do you use matt paint or metallic or what?

20th July 2008, 20:44

Dont spray the glass mate, it wont stick as your aware lol.

You need to heat the silicone around the outside of the fog light.

You then need to carefully and i mean carefully and slowly prise the glass off breaking the seal. I had a sharp knife to cutting the sealant as i went and the glass pops off, it is alittle tight but if you do bit by bit it comes off fine.

I rushed my first one and broke it but the second one was easy if i took my time, same for the replacement of the broken one.

Then lightly rub down the surround you need to paint with 600-1000 grit wet and dry making a course then primer and paint.

Leave to dry ovenight and to reseal them use some clear silicone around the edge of the foglight where the glass would go and carefully push the glass onto the fog light, i used some elastic bands around the glass and unit to make the glass tight and let it set over night again.

Next day took the elastic bands off and they were finished.

20th July 2008, 20:46

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Originally Posted by kyle_d

Wanting to know how to smoke fogs too. Do you have to prime or just paint? And do you use matt paint or metallic or what?

You can use either matt paint or gloss paint, make sure you primer though so the paint sticks properly and doesnt crack and flake.

20th July 2008, 20:55

Surely if your painting the inside of the glass and you primer it when you look at it from the outside you will see the primer rather than the black paint as the primer is the bottom layer. :?

20th July 2008, 20:58

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Originally Posted by kyle_d

Surely if your painting the inside of the glass and you primer it when you look at it from the outside you will see the primer rather than the black paint as the primer is the bottom layer. :?

You dont spray the glass, you spray the surround behind the glass, the shiny silver bit.

20th July 2008, 21:01

Oh right okay

i'm planning on doing it on the corsa not a saxo, but i'm sure its the same method. Cheers.

20th July 2008, 21:02

fogs are easy tbh
its headlights that are tricky
im doing my fogs right now tbh

in the garage drying

20th July 2008, 21:04

I've got everything to do it as i sprayed my V grill on the front of the corsa last week, came out well so i'm gonna try this.

21st July 2008, 12:07

I've got my fog lights out but now i need to know a few tips on doing it before it start...

-What do i use to reseal it after iv finished?
-Do i ONLY spray the chrome bits inside?
-Any other tips?

21st July 2008, 12:35

ill do them mate,