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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 09:25 PM
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I'm in the process of blacking out my Street Bob.. Powder coating my front end and various other parts.. including signal lights.. while I was dismantling my signal lights I got the idea to black out the inside of the signal light housing which would be the silver bowl that surrounds the back of the bulb.. I have smoked lenses with the orange bulb.. anyone ever try this?
 
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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 09:27 PM
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That would be the reflector. It does what its names says. If it were black, you'd get a lot less light. Go with smoke lens.
 

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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 09:29 PM
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I don't think blacking out the inside of the bowl would be a good idea.... It would cut way down on the reflectiveness of the bulb.... Plus no one would ever see the inside anyways...
 
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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 09:33 PM
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I have sen it done, and it looks cool, but if memory served you have to go back to the regular bubls and lenses to make it work right, light wise.
 
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