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Old 01-20-2010, 04:44 PM
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MODS:
Right above the turn around title in the first post can you add this:

Color matching: I can have your bezel painted to match the color of your car. I would need you buy a 12 oz spray can of color with a bottle of clear coat and have it shipped to me from www.paintscratch.com. I will send you my address so it will come right to me and you will not have to waist your time/money on shipping.


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I will have pictures of the four jobs I have just completed and are in the mix of completing. I just finished a ghost type s lightly tinted. Blacked out base 07-08 with brake diffuser left alone. Also a Base 07-08 blacked out reflector and bezel with brake diffuser and turn signal lightly tinted. The project I haven't started yet, but soon to come is ghost type s with color matched anthracite bezel.
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i love the type s with black instead of chrome. might pick up some sometime
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Those were actually DEPO. The off color of the bezel since it was painted black did not matter. Save yourself 70 bucks new.

BTW everyone NEVER BUY EAGLE EYES. poorly made.
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im curious to see what flat black housing looks like???? have any pics of that??? im thinking about doing that with a touch of AM trim on it...
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Originally Posted by Fatfrii
im curious to see what flat black housing looks like???? have any pics of that??? im thinking about doing that with a touch of AM trim on it...
Why not paint the bezel anthracite?
Old 01-28-2010, 03:39 PM
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Why not paint the bezel anthracite?
what is the bezel? anyways im getting my aspec lips and grill painted flat black. and i am also going to do flat black headlights. on my headlights i am gonna paint the ring and chrome bar AM. so i want the tail lights to match. but do you have a pic with AM tailights by any chance?
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If you go to my first post and click on the references section it will bring you to my pictures. There is a picture of one in there.
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If your going to be doing flat black on everything then I would stick with flat black and it will look really nice.
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Here are some more pictures of tail lights that I just completed:

This is just a prototype:


These are lightly tinted ghost type s:


These are base 07-08 with blacked out reflector, lightly tinted turn signal and tinted frost piece behind the diffuser:
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holy shizzles that chrome is SICKK

what if you make a ghost one with the chrome bezel
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I can do that. I would need type s and 04-06 base reds OR base 07-08 and 04-06 base reds.


It would look like this:
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Ack,
Your work looks awesome bro. I mean really really awesome..!!!
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I can do that. I would need type s and 04-06 base reds OR base 07-08 and 04-06 base reds.


It would look like this:
with a darker smoke for contrast, that would be tight!!!
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Originally Posted by AckTL05
Our tail lights are LED's and are super bright as it is. The only time we use your tail lights is to let the car behind us know that we are stopping. May I ask you why piss them off with an LED strip? Audi does that strip on the headlight, but that is also viewing pleasure. You can replace the turn bulb with an LED bulb if that is what you are asking, but that can be done anytime. BTW - with that design, I feel as if you will get pulled over A LOT, and you cannot just neglect our LED board since it acts as a seal to the rear of the lamp. Good luck though.
True I get you on that I just was doing this type of mod for show, the car is not driven only if I go to shows but trying to customize everything i can fit in my budget. But thanks for the heads up.

What did you use to cut out the lights and get it painted? And to put them back together?
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Originally Posted by SBR291
True I get you on that I just was doing this type of mod for show, the car is not driven only if I go to shows but trying to customize everything i can fit in my budget. But thanks for the heads up.

What did you use to cut out the lights and get it painted? And to put them back together?
I use a specific dremel plastic cutting wheel to open them. I use a three step process to close and seal them(sand/glue/seal). Some just use plastic epoxy, but it gets expensive and my way fills all gaps.
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nice work!! real clean....

anyway you can do a real deep dark red on an 06 taillight set? red smoke i thinks it's called? how about adding an LED strip for the rear turn signal? i don't like how the rest of the taillight is LED and you can actually see the turn signal bulb inside.

thanks for your time, hope to hear back soon...
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I can smoke out a red pair, like this?


As for the LED strip, I can add one and put it into the turn signal bezel but wiring would be your job when you install the tail lights.
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yes sir!! my badd, must have overlooked that pic.

thanks for the quick response.

be in touch.
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I just picked up an 05 tl a few months ago, and I am still trying to figure out what all I want. So I will keep you in mind. Thanks, looks like some great work!
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ACK i have the chrome bezels and the frost covers if you wanna buy them for cheap... They will need to be prepped for whatever but hit me up... i can send pics
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awesome. do you ave more pics of the blacked out red for 04-06? kinda want something different with my taillight, pic dosnt look much different from stock.

Thanks!
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You are the first person to ask about the reds. I can put together a set and take pictures of it tomorrow if you would like. It defiantly does not look stock, but it also isn't cheap looking as having a vinyl sheet on it.
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what exactly are the options for the 04-06 tail lights.. your pics are mostly of the newer tail lights.. im looking for something that would look more OEM... not ricey..
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Check out all of the options here:
There are about three different styles in that album.


https://acurazine.com/forums/members/acktl05-269877-albums-custom-tail-lights-combination-4441/
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Check out all of the options here:
There are about three different styles in that album.


https://acurazine.com/forums/album.php?albumid=4441
damn my account is too new to view those pictures. post them to this thread if possible please thanks!
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Yea, i look at the album. I really like the chromed out clear ones on this page. but you need base 04-06 and base 07-08?

tinting is all you can do with base 04-06 by themselves? thanks!
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Yeah, I would need those two tail lights. The base 07-08 is used for the clear lens, and reds are use for the internals.



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Yea, i look at the album. I really like the chromed out clear ones on this page. but you need base 04-06 and base 07-08?

tinting is all you can do with base 04-06 by themselves? thanks!
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Here are tail lights I made for WEAS:


Here are tail lights I made for LIBERT69:


Here are tail lights I made for NAZTL ( color matched anthracite with tinting the diffuser and turn signal with two layers of anthracite on those pieces to give it a anthracite tint look:


Here is a lightly tinted base 07-08 with black bezel and smoked reflector:
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WOW. those. are. amazing.
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Nice job Ack..
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AHHHHH SOOO PUMPEDDDD!!!!! those came out amazzzingggg, can't wait to put it on the car!!
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great work. keep it up. i will definitely keep you in mind when i decide to do mine. i want to rite now, but scared of cops. definitely don't need a ticket.
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Most of the ones I do are street legal.


Originally Posted by patel2050
great work. keep it up. i will definitely keep you in mind when i decide to do mine. i want to rite now, but scared of cops. definitely don't need a ticket.
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Can't wait to get these on the car!
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ack the ones you did for weas are they legal or no ??? i thought you need to have like a red reflector in your taillights.


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