[MecGen]

Originally Posted by Daubert20

Finished my taillights yesterday and saw a dramatic improvement. Feel safe driving the car again. Still using conventional 1157 bulbs, went with flat white heat paint and polished the lenses using toothpaste and water like I did with model car windows as a kid. Did some internet research and most agree that flat white is more reflective than gloss. Google "flat versus gloss reflectivity" and you will find a whole lot of posts by, ahem, "indoor farmers" which indicate flat is better than gloss. In the attached pic, redone light on the left and burgundy painted over on the right for comparison.

I am in the process of doing this as well on my 65. Just found out that the bumper needs to be dropped a bit. I tryed those Philips led bulbs and they were garbage - dimmer then normal 1157. I got some 8000 kv led from Amazon, hope they are better. I went for white, I got the felling it would be brighter.

Thanks for posting the last picture, at least I know it not for nothing, great improvement.

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