Brighter tail lights

[mrdonut12]

My old 81 FC didn't have very bright tail/brake lights and
I'd read here about using aluminum foil (chicken pot pie)
dishes put behind the bulbs to make a reflector to brighten
them up.
Do you have any idea how hard it is to find aluminum
plates in a microwave world? I ate a bunch of pot pies
in search of the elusive metal plates. ;o) I finally
learned how to peek into the packaging to see if the plate
was the right one or not before I bought them (and had to eat it).
Armed with 4 new clean plates, I cleaned up the tail
light lenses, trimmed the pie plates and installed them.
Yes, it did brighten them up, but it greatly reduced the
lit surface area. Only part of the red lens lit up. It looked funny.
So, I made a visit to my local glitzy auto parts store
(the one with the yard signs in front advertising a deal
on cashews). Cashews in a parts store?
I found a roll of chrome tape. Wooohooo. I took the lenses
off, cleaned everything again and installed the "custom, cut-to-fit
chrome tape" and it worked great.
The entire red lens now lights up brightly. It worked so good
I did the front turn signal lenses as well.
Brighten up your life for only a few bucks. ;o)

George Witt
81 FC 35
Lincoln, Nebraska