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Old 06-18-03, 01:38 AM
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you can say that again
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what if i dont want to
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I made myself some custom clears:

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i like the look

may i ask you how you did that??
are they stock or did you have to buy parts??
please reply they look really sweet.....
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I dissasembled the stock tail lights, removed the stock colored lenses, and moulded clear overhead lamp plastic into the same shape and re-assembled.

tutorial:

http://www.sounddomain.com/id/iotusrx7

page 5.

Thank you for the compliment, not many people like them.
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thanks your an awesome TRUE RX7er...
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I like 'em!

Got any pics of them at night/in use?
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very nice..

but wats the clear bike refelectors for?

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i think it really depends on the car, some cars look nice with teh clears and other it just looks awfull. I deffinetly think your car suits them ioTus, thats also a really great writeup/tutaorial.
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Gotta agree that they look good--- I'm not fond of most of the blue 7s because of the taillights... but clear seems to have taken care of that problem
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Yeah the stock tail lights just looked out of place, as well as all the reflectors. It needed a frosty look so I made some frosties for it :-D
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My se is black. Any suggestions as to what I should modify on the tailllights? I am thinking about simply removing the red and yellow lenses and putting colored bulbs in, but now ioTUS has got me thinking about more interesting things to do. Any other good ideas?

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spray on tinting, to make the lights dark like the car. (when not lit up) ive seen it in person on a black car and it is BAD ***!
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Damn, yesterday i typed up a full page response. Apparently it didnt post.

In general this is what it said:

Check out Mills' car he has clear side and corner lights, and it would look tight with clear rears.

Polish the front oil cooler, it looks really sweet.

Remove the front grille slats, it makes it look more like a scoop.

and i think thats all i said.

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Originally posted by Gatorgunner
spray on tinting, to make the lights dark like the car. (when not lit up) ive seen it in person on a black car and it is BAD ***!
Oh yeah. I've thought about doing that too. If you've seen it in person, then I'll probably go ahead and do it. I figure it should look pretty frigging sweet.
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