[Bierbau]

I had installed the Evotech performance tail tidy a few months back and I just was not too keen on the chrome plastic look on the tail light. I remember back from my days as water-cooled VW nerd people were taking their head lights apart on the MK4 Jettas and Golfs to paint the chrome housing black, it was called the "joeymod".
I removed the tail light and put the heat gun to the housing to separate the lense. Once separated I used some 400 grit sandpaper to remove the chrome finish as much as possible. I then cleaned and dried the housing. Once all dry i sprayed it with some primer and then applied some flat black afterwards. Before gluing the lense back onto the housing I removed as much as the factory glue as possible and sanded the mating surface of the lense. I used some Loctite brand two part plastic glue to put it back together. Some pictures below.


All apart and ready for some sanding.

Primed and ready for paint

painted flat black

Installed

lights on

 

[Chris.]

Looks great! But that aint the stock brakelight; right?

 

[BlitzSchnell]

Love it ! Anytime you deviate from what’s considered normal … I’m in. Nice job, unique look … Blitz

 

[Bierbau]

Looks great! But that aint the stock brakelight; right?

Correct it is not the stock tail light, it is the light that came with the EvoTech Preformance tail tidy.

 

[Chris.]

Looks awesome with the illuminated line on the top.