CLEAR REAR BRAKE LIGHTS!!?

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Old 09-02-2001, 01:51 AM
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CLEAR REAR BRAKE LIGHTS!!?

Is it possible? Is it illegal ? Any help, as usual, is very much appreciated.
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Originally posted by ReflexRacing_com:
<STRONG>Is it possible? Is it illegal ? Any help, as usual, is very much appreciated.</STRONG>
Possible? Yes
Illegal? Almost cetainly
Smart? No, brake lights s/b RED. Why would you want to send misinformation to the driver following you when you are braking?
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While I may be wrong I believe that the lense on the rear brake lights/turn signals are colored unlike the headlight which have a piece of orange plastic behind the lense. I think that if you wanted clear turn signals or completely clear brake lights you'd have to buy an aftermarket replacement (which as far as I know none exsist.)
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Originally posted by Pull_T:
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Smart? No, brake lights s/b RED. Why would you want to send misinformation to the driver following you when you are braking?</STRONG>
you can fix that simple replace the bulbs (currently clear/white) with red colored bulbs, there are a bunch of riceboys around here that have them so I know they exsist.
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Clear rear brake lights are ricey.
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Originally posted by [DWI]:
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you can fix that simple replace the bulbs (currently clear/white) with red colored bulbs, there are a bunch of riceboys around here that have them so I know they exsist.</STRONG>
Agreed. Clear lenses would be "OK", but I have seen morons around here with clear lights, too, which is ignorant.
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Great, this will lead to the "altezza-style" lights.....
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NOOOOO ALTEZZA!!! ewwww...even S10's are getting Altezzas...ewww...

I was going for the white cleared look....thats all....

Has anyone looked at the small square in their rear tail light? Its PINK....


The front head lamps have a orange piece...it looks like a plastic insert...is it? or is it actually silicon?
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The rear is pink to keep that "all-red" motif, or as close as they can get. The front is ornage and it's an adhevise stirp that can be heat-gunned off.
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Then why is the front bumper required to be removed...is that the only way to access the inside of the ligts??
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i wanna clear the front break lights
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Most ppl here take the entire hosuing off to get to the yellow adhesive part.
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Originally posted by HellaWhat:
<STRONG>Most ppl here take the entire hosuing off to get to the yellow adhesive part.</STRONG>
Is there another way? Just curious..i just don't wanna take off the bumper and spend 24hrs putting it back on.
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some help if you are SERIOUSLY interested...
http://www.homestead.com/aerokits3/h...leartails.html
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Thanks pastrami...but i was looking for another way to clear out the front ones without ripping out bumper...i mean if that is the only way, then so be it..but any ideas? Any pit falls to be careful of if i DO decide to go that way?
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Originally posted by ReflexRacing_com:
<STRONG>Thanks pastrami...but i was looking for another way to clear out the front ones without ripping out bumper...i mean if that is the only way, then so be it..but any ideas? Any pit falls to be careful of if i DO decide to go that way? </STRONG>
Its the only way and it is a bitch to do.. but I think it was worth it 100% . The deal is you need to take apart the headlights and the only way to take them out of the car is to take off the bumper. There are detail directions in the Garage section.



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those 'pink' sections of the rear lights are the reverse lights. those can be replaced with any color quite easily if you want. i put some hyper whites in mine that look pretty nice when im backing up. if you wanna rice it you can put some blue in there :p
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Ok, a while back on the TL board I saw a cool picture of the rear turn signals. From the outside it looked clear (stock you can see the orange inside through the plastic) but when the light is on it still glows orange. How the fuck do you do that?
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Here we go: http://www.acura-tl.com/forum/showth...&highlight=egg
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