Side marker light s

[misty70]

What have others used to restore there marker lights mine are faded out and have lost alot of color is there anything out there we can use to get them colored again ive been looking for some paints but to no avail

[cny first gen 71]

Depends if its oxidation or they are actually faded. If faded don't think there much you can do. You could try polishing them with a plastic polish and see if it works. 

[Rob Peters]

I can't answer your question but I would think paint would not be translucent enough.  You may want to post your needs in our parts for sale/wanted forum, I am sure one or two of our members may have some decent ones they may be willing to part with.

rob

[misty70]

I have like 6 or 7 sets that is what I was looking for some kind of translucent  paint I've found some red  but haven't  found any orange

[willie]

Walter without pics its hard to tell.   Mine were dirty on the inside so i soaked them for a few days in spray nine and water. After that i had a long pipe brush that i bent to fit in the bulb hole and scooped and swiped out everything i could. I remember putting one back in the spray nine and water for a few more days. Then polished outside by hand to get it halfway decent!!!

[Scott S.]

Hey Walter,

I found that the Testor's model paint works O.K..... But it only comes in those expensive, tiny little bottles. so it's a brush on.

The good news is that there is a "signal light orange", as well as "signal light yellow" and red. 

Scott.

[Scott S.]

1 minute ago, Scott S. said:

Hey Walter,

I found that the Testor's model paint works O.K..... But it only comes in those expensive, tiny little bottles. so it's a brush on.

The good news is that there is a "signal light orange", as well as "signal light yellow" and red. 

Scott.

I did my front marker lights in yellow because they were to foggy to polish out.

[DragCat]

3 hours ago, Scott S. said:

I did my front marker lights in yellow because they were to foggy to polish out.

Thanks for posting a pic of the front of the Monte so we can't see how they look 🤣🤣

[cny first gen 71]

3 hours ago, Scott S. said:

I did my front marker lights in yellow because they were to foggy to polish out.

I like the license plate, never saw anything like that.

[Dtret]

10 minutes ago, DragCat said:

Thanks for posting a pic of the front of the Monte so we can't see how they look 🤣🤣

I do believe he meant ‘ the front turn signals’. lol. We all got it, stop being picky. 😝  Hahaha. 

[DragCat]

13 hours ago, Dtret said:

I do believe he meant ‘ the front turn signals’. lol. We all got it, stop being picky. 😝  Hahaha. 

Well I'll admit I was confused, not that ive ever mis-named a part 🤣 I even googled them .

Anyway, OPG used to have the turn signal clear lenses, and for a time when not available people were putting the amber el camino lenses in. 

[misty70]

Thanks drag cat I'm not talking about in the bumper though  I'm talking g about the actual side marker lights

[72 Monte Carlo]

If you just want more color from them when they are lit up, just get some low-profile amber 194 LED bulbs for the front, and the same low-profile red 194 LED bulbs for the back. 

[72 Monte Carlo]

Misty70, check out Jared's sale post here

https://www.firstgenmc.com/forums/index.php?/topic/33567-side-marker-lights/#comment-286140

[Scott S.]

6 hours ago, misty70 said:

Thanks drag cat I'm not talking about in the bumper though  I'm talking g about the actual side marker lights

I just mentioned what worked for me on the "front signal lights"...... I'm thinking it may work for the "front marker lights" as well. 

[Scott S.]

7 hours ago, DragCat said:

Well I'll admit I was confused, not that ive ever mis-named a part 🤣 I even googled them .

Anyway, OPG used to have the turn signal clear lenses, and for a time when not available people were putting the amber el camino lenses in. 

I hated the fact of wasting a set of good signal lights because they were foggy..... 

Just trying to make Montelishi more "carbon neutral".