Can you make your orange side reflectors clear?

[That NISMO Life]

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Ok so i have 4 side reflectors on my MX-5 and 2 side repeaters also in orange and to buy a new set of all of these clear will cost a lot of money so i am just wondering if there is a way to DIY.

It appears someone has done it but i dont know how
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I want them to end up like this



Any ideas?

Thanks

[IanCress]

They'll be after-market items. You can't turn orange plastic clear.

I've seen people lightly spray indicator lenses to get a 'smoked' look, but it rarely looks good and wouldn't work with reflectors.

[shakotan]

They are moulded in orange plastic, so no you can't make them clear.

http://www.mx5heaven.co.uk/acatalog/copy_of_Side_R...

[shakotan]

It is entirely plausible that another Mazda family vehicle used the same tooling but moulded in clear plastic, and someone had found out what car/truck it was.

[That NISMO Life]

shakotan said:

They are moulded in orange plastic, so no you can't make them clear.

http://www.mx5heaven.co.uk/acatalog/copy_of_Side_R...

I saved this link myself however as they are used there is only two of them and i also need the side repeaters which are the most expensive at like £50

[TooMany2cvs]

They're orange to show that it's the side of a vehicle. If they were on the back, they'd be red. If they were on the front, they'd be white.

By all means, have no reflectors. They're not required. They're just where the side marker lights would be in countries that require them. But if you're going to have reflectors on the side, they have to be orange.