TSXinity

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After seeing how others have cleared their taillights, I decided to do mines. From seeing Elegant TYPE S's picture, it "inspyred" me so much! Your car is sick man!



*These pics were taken by my nokia n95 camera phone so it might not be of good quality. Its only 5mp but still works great for me.

First removing the rear bumper for the 2nd time was PITA. Here I made the cuts around the lights as others have done:






You can leave the LED array in place while you are cutting the tail lights (to save the hassle and time) but do slide it to the side so you can remove that screw:




Taken apart:








These are variations that you can do to your lights:
With this one, I was thinking of leaving the clear corner lens diffuser out so it will look like this but I decided not to:










Here is how chrome will look on NBP (I think it was overkill...too much chrome even if you put on WDP):















Now here is the goodies:




I left the red lens in for painting to cover the inner parts since I wasn't needing it. Used 3 very light coats and 2 clear coats:


Now the HARDEST part was sliding the painted piece back into the clear cover and trying hard not to scratch the NBP paint. I manage to scratch a lil portion around the corners but its not noticeable. I give this part a 4 out of 5 difficulty. I thought taking it out of the clear cover was hard, but it was harder to put in.

Here is the finished work:






Lights on the car:




















Some people say this is illegal because there are no red reflection. What about this method? This is similar to how the TSX have it:


My headlights and angel eyes thanks to JnC!:








Xtec 6000k with nokya hyper yellow fogs:


This was a tedious project I have ever done. I spent 18 hours nonstop doing this with some breaks for food. From taking the bumper off, to dremeling all 4 tail lights, to swapping the parts, to painting and waiting to dry, to sealing it up, to installing it.

I have the parts for over a month and finally manage to waste a Saturday doing this. It pays off!

Oh and my birthday is next month and xmas is after that so I will be getting suspension drop (FSD if they have it for the TL) and ron jon ravens so excuse the lame stock rims.

ballinfizzle89

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Looks great bro!

PPLAPW

Good job, looks great on NBP.

msala524

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I have been pulled over by cops and they don't say anything here in FL. So I think you'll be safe, unless you get a really angry cop who's having a bad day.

TL1999

Nicely done. NBP FTW.

I still like stock TL-S tails...

JAZEUSTL05

Great Job!

The red reflectors would make it 100% legal, but no one would ever catch on to it. I cleared my lights and 5 sets for others in the tri-state area; no one has ever been questioned on the lack of red reflectors for almost three years running now!

BG74

Looks great!

You don't have to remove the bumper to R&I the lights, BTW. You can easily pull it out enough to reach that bottom bolt.

TL newbie

wow..now a drop, some rims and you'll be in business!

o4Komodo

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Nice!~ You color matched your taillights to your dog.

therein60mins

i wonder how they would look with the corners left red?.....

Skaii

Wow very nicely done. Professional... looks OEM... exceeds OEM. Great work!

chinesestunna

Wow that is awesome looking!! Does the light still light up red or is it white (which I would think is illegal)?

TSXinity

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It lights up red.

TSXinity

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Has anyone thought about removing that frosted lens that covers the LEDs? I think if you do, it would make the LEDs shine brighter through the clear outer lens.

Here is the frosted lens that I am talking about:

TSXinity

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Yea I did that when I first installed the type S tails, but after putting it back, the bumper was not aligned right so sometimes the sides would pop out. This time I just remove the bumper so I can put it all back and align it better.

chinesestunna

Ah sweet, so the LEDs themselves are red eh Excellent.

TSXinity

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The only thing you will need to change out is the corners cuz it lights up "white". Either change to amber or red. Red preferably though. Bulb 7440. I'm going with LEDs.

blue99

I see a lot of TL owners in here clearing headlights and backlight/tailights but isn't it aginst the law? Do you get pulled over for this n if you do, I assume you have to put those stocks back on? Seems like a lot of work for nothing If I'm right. Anyone?

Skaii

^ it mainly depends on the cop thats pulling you over and the state your from. I guess you have to know the rules and laws for where you live. Or you can be like most of us and do the mod and find out if its legal or not. lol

JAZEUSTL05

The lights themselves are not illegal.
You must have amber reflectors on the front of the car.
You must have red reflectors on the rear of the car.On the TL they happen to be in the headlights and the taillights.

chinesestunna

So in this case, there's no red rear reflectors or front amber reflectors (since the headlights are cleared to)... wouldn't that make the car as a whole illegal?

LIPPSTUH

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fix-it ticket none the less...

jmkiang

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I thought the law was amber signals... not reflectors.

chinesestunna

Thanks - I think I might roll with LEDs as well, do I need to do the relays for this like the front or just a straight swap?

TSXinity

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Straight swap. You will need resistors unless you want your LEDs to blink real rast.