Taillight project. What do you think?

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Old 04-15-2011, 10:27 PM
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Taillight project. What do you think?

. So this is what I'm thinking of going with is the guy on the left. Blacked out turn signal and LED cover, removing the diffuser, and leaving the reflector red. What Do you think? Don't suggest to leave the turn signal red because I think they've started gluing the left side in, I broke it taking it out.
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not bad i would smoke the whole thing
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wow you got them already nice glad it worked out thanks again
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I think the reflector is going to look out of place if it's the only red piece in the assembly
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Originally Posted by cltothetl32
i think the reflector is going to look out of place if it's the only red piece in the assembly
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I think it looks great, and like how you left the red in. Makes it look more OEM plus than custom/aftermarket, which is a good thing. Same reason I'm a sucker for blacked out headlights with stock reflectors.
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Tail lights should always have some red. Hate the all clear/all black tails.
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Originally Posted by bforbrian
Tail lights should always have some red. Hate the all clear/all black tails.
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Originally Posted by bforbrian
Tail lights should always have some red. Hate the all clear/all black tails.
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Except for Lexus tail lights
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I decided to keep the bottom reflector red. I'm working on opening the next taillights, and the other one is currently drying. FYI JB weld is a lot more messy than I thought it would be. Ill probably sand all the excess off to make it a little cleaner. Also had an issue getting the bezel out of the lens so I had to cut some more off, the problem that caused is I had some bigger gaps than I wanted. The second taillight should go a lot smoother since I know where to cut.
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like it, something different..get pics on when all done
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different ... i like
Old 04-16-2011, 05:56 PM
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Thanks for the compliment guys.

Second taillight went much much smoother. Cuts were perfect, much easier to seal up. The epoxy is drying right now should hopefully get pics for you guys. Also. Get step my step directions for cutting as well. The only thing that's sucks is getting every little black spec out of the lens. A lot of static in there.
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Here's the finished product. Sorry for the turned pic but I can't fix it on my iPhone. If someone is will to flip it for me that'd be great.



I should have them on the car hopefully tomorrow, I just hope indent run into fitment issues.
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wow dude they turned out great
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looks good
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nice work
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Very nice...the finished product looks much better than the photoshop.
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Thanks guys. Can't wait to get these taillights installed tomorrow!!
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I think the single red reflector looks out of place. I figure its to keep the tail lights legal. I would do all or nothing.
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Originally Posted by LasVegasTL
I think the single red reflector looks out of place. I figure its to keep the tail lights legal. I would do all or nothing.
I like the contrast actually, being legal as well is always a plus.
I was originally going to go all black and use my spare red rear sidemarkers and fab up a slot into my lower aspec lip and have the sidemarkers light up, but I liked the way the red reflector looked, less work for me.
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whats with the two pieces above the red that look "unfilled"? that is the only thing that looks out of place to me.

other than that, nice work! think it will look good on your wdp
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Originally Posted by saiwahhh
whats with the two pieces above the red that look "unfilled"? that is the only thing that looks out of place to me.

other than that, nice work! think it will look good on your wdp
Right now I have green painters tape covering the holes to keep the dust out. I took out the white frosted diffuser, I kind of liked the look of seeing each and every single LED instead of the diffuser washing them out.
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Looks nice! Can't wait to see it 100% on the car.
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Looks absolutely sick. I love the red on grey, especially when you put them up against the WDP of the car.
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Here's the final product, Let me know what you guys think.
Here's a pic of the stock left light with the LED diffuser, on the right is my modded LED diffuser delete






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nice!
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man it needs the red for some color. that doesnt look good. sorry dude.
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Looks nice, this is actually the first style I did for myself but I smoked the bottom red reflector (to keep it legal):

-BTW, what did you use JB WELD for?

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I like it. Good job
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dope!
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Originally Posted by Kro
man it needs the red for some color. that doesnt look good. sorry dude.
No problem. It's not for everyone, it's something different. Thanks for your honest opinion anyways
Originally Posted by AckTL05
Looks nice, this is actually the first style I did for myself but I smoked the bottom red reflector (to keep it legal):

-BTW, what did you use JB WELD for?
I used the JB weld to seal them. Won't use that stuff anymore, way to messy for me. I found some good stuff I used on the other taillight that dries a lot faster.
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wow, looks real nice, great job
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I'm feelin these. Looks good bro
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^^^
Thanks guys, glad most like them, it was a lot of hard work for a first timer. It'd definitely go smoother the next time around
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