vipsa

So I wasn't happy with the selection of clear corners for the my C350. I didn't like how any of the clears/smoked or ricey L shaped LED corner lights looked like and didn't feel like paying over $150 for the only set of color matched set so I made my own.

I bought a 12 oz spray of my Steel Gray (755) paint and a 12 oz of clear coat from Automotivetouchup. Then, ordered a set of clear corner lights from ebay and went to town on them.



I used an old amazon box as a stand to paint inside as it's still too cold out here in MI to be doing this. Then cut holes to fit the lights in place.



Get the lights slightly sanded with 800 grain or a scrubbing pad and wipe it clean. Then start spraying very light even coats, every 10 minutes. This is after 2 coats:



I think I did 6 or 7 coats of base paint and about 3 coats of clear. You can do as many as you want, to get them lighter or darker looking:



Here you can see how well it matches the factory paint. Please ignore the dirty car.



These two show the lights not light at pretty good lighting:






Here is the light lit at sunlight (keep in mind I have AZNOptics LEDs in there):



Here it is lit at dawn :




And here you can see them lit in the dark. They look super bright, but they're not as bright as they look in the pic and not as bright as the eyebrows.

Matt-erhorn

Nice! I was cheap and did mine with white plastidip but they actually match my Polar White pretty well. Like yours I can still see mine at night, which personally I love so its gone during the day. But still has safety value at night. Nice job also on the DIY.

vipsa

Yup, if I had a white or black w204, I probably would've just plastidiped them too, but with steel gray I had to get the exact color. This also leaves me paint for the front plate delete I'm doing and possibly mirror covers and mudflaps. For $20 for 12oz of your actual color paint, this was a no brainer for me.

Matt-erhorn

Yeah for $20 I would paint mine too if I wasn't on a strict budget as I save for college. Maybe if I get a new job this summer I will paint mine using this DIY. But again yours look great on the car.

angeloxnet

a little off topic but what LED's are in your eyelids?

vipsa

Eyelids have the LEDs from AZNOptics too.

funkedelic

Very nice write up. I will be trying this myself on my car. By the way I love the color of your car! Very nice.

Would the end result be different if you tried this on the original side marker lenses and not the clear ones? I have both and would prefer to paint my originals and make some money back on selling the clears.

vipsa

You could paint your ambers they'll just light up amber. I usually drive with the parking lights on, so the amber was out of the question for me.

aamirani

It looks really nice. It's not something I would do because I like the look of the clear sidemarkers on my Arctic White, but it looks very sleek and nice on your car. Great DIY.

C300BLK

Nice job, looks real good