[TR] Speaking of Lucas and lighting...(tinting glass)

[Don Spence]

TRF sells an amber front marker lens.
On 17-Aug-07, at 11:24 AM, triumphs-request at autox.team.net wrote:

> Subject: [TR] Speaking of Lucas and lighting...(tinting glass)
> Reply-To: v6spitfireguy at cox.net
>
>
> Does anybody have a good way of tinting or coloring the inside of a
> glass
> front parking lamp lens to an amber color?  I have tried using an
> amber
> 1157 (small) type bulb with no luck.  The bulb has to be the small
> one inch
> ROUND not oblong (hot air balloon) type or it wont fit.   The
> coating on
> them (or the ones that I have) eventually just burns off and you
> are left
> with a white or slightly yellowish bulb -
> I have also tried using LED bulbs but A, they are not as bright
> no matter
> how many LEDs they contain ( trust me, I have tried a bunch and
> still have
> them laying around in my bulb drawer), I can barely see the park
> lamp
> illumination in the daytime  and B,  the ELECTRONIC flasher, the
> one
> that is supposed to work no matter what bulb type you have, does
> not flash
> when I use an LED lamp  -
> So - I am looking to tint or color the inside amber so I can just
> use a
> standard 1157 type bulb 
> And no, I cant just get a colored glass for this unit or I would have
> already :-)
>
> Open to suggestions
>
> Barry Schwartz
> La Mesa, CA