Re: Need turn signal flasher help

by 1973 454 MONTE on Wed Feb 02, 2011 6:00 pm

JiMi_DRiX wrote:Is there a paint you can use to touch up the silver reflective part? I'll have to clean mine out too.

INDY, I had put red LED's in my tail lights once, not knowing the turn signals would work. But as far as light output goes, it looked good. My tail lights back then were old and faded on the tops. The red leds made them light up like new again. But I had to return the bulbs since the signals were inop.

http://www.eastwood.com/almost-chrome-aerosol-paint.html

by JB2wheeler on Wed Feb 02, 2011 6:26 pm

I painted part of my front bumper with that and you sure could tell it was not chrome, but when I started painting at the bumper guard and did a whole section instead of just a patch up job it did not look TOO bad. JB

by JiMi_DRiX on Wed Feb 02, 2011 6:45 pm

Yeah I got the 2357A's for the front turn signals too. I'll try to take some pictures of the interior stuff I've been finishing up. I got my dash to finally fit, and I did some nice work restoring the gauge bezel. I'm waiting on a few things before its all done. Also got 73 SS wheel that I cleaned up and made look pretty good. It was very very dirty! I have a lot of catching up to do, like usual. If Mike from Poland is reading this, I havent forgot about you either! I found a few more parts you might be interested in.

by 1973 454 MONTE on Wed Feb 02, 2011 7:01 pm

JiMi_DRiX wrote:Yeah I got the 2357A's for the front turn signals too. I'll try to take some pictures of the interior stuff I've been finishing up. I got my dash to finally fit, and I did some nice work restoring the gauge bezel. I'm waiting on a few things before its all done. Also got 73 SS wheel that I cleaned up and made look pretty good. It was very very dirty! I have a lot of catching up to do, like usual. If Mike from Poland is reading this, I havent forgot about you either! I found a few more parts you might be interested in.

SS wheel? is it the 4 spoke camaro kind?

this is the wheel i bought for my 86 caprice.

by JiMi_DRiX on Wed Feb 02, 2011 10:17 pm

No, its the Chevelle/Camino one. Its black, and I believe the wheel is pretty much the same as the Monte's, but the horn pad is different. It was gross, but it cleaned up really nice.

I also found an SS shift knob button a year or so ago too. Razz

by orange Juiced on Thu Feb 03, 2011 12:15 am

JiMi_DRiX wrote:Chris, did you mean 2357's? I got some bulbs today and thats all I could find, not any 2157's.

Juiced, I found some reflective silver paint, its $6. My only concern is it holding up to the heat of the bulbs. I might get some and try it out.

might work, yeah the heat could affect the reflective finish. I also found this chrome in a can, not to crazy about the price.

http://www.alsacorp.com/products/killercans/kc/killerchrome.htm

by JiMi_DRiX on Thu Feb 03, 2011 1:03 am

wow... looks like cool stuff though. The paint that Chris posted a link to is specific for turn signal housings, so I'll probably get that if I cant find it locally anywhere. Its freakin' COLD out today and the next couple, so I wont be touching the car any time soon...