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how long did it take you roughly??
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Here are mine
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I personally use Permatex black adhesive sealant. The sealant is actually visible on the "inside" of the now clear lenses, so I like to minimize it by making sure that it matches the inside of the 'black' housings. I've used clear adhesive sealant many times before as well, but it's just a little more visible.
Also, I would highly recommend that you find a way to make your taillight fit in the over with the door *SHUT*. The problem with most ovens is that they have a built-in thermometer that will continue raising the temperature of the exposed heating-elements, as a lot of the heat is escaping out the open door... This is bad because it puts your plastic tails directly next to a *bright orange*, exposed heating element struggling to reach the "set" temperature. This mod can take between 3-5 hours depending on what you do exactly. It will (of course) take longer if you desire to black out the lower reflector during the modernizing-procedure. I used to clear-coat my tails which would make the project a two-day ordeal as I waited for the clear to dry... Now I have the original lenses wet-sanded and machine polished. :) |
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they look great
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i want some! how much?
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do you 'black out' the lower reflector by actually removing it or just painting it with some decent quality spray paint??
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Originally Posted by jaychen
(Post 7644334)
do you 'black out' the lower reflector by actually removing it or just painting it with some decent quality spray paint??
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this is sick glad i found this via search..
anyone do this with truck/trailer LEDs yet? http://forum.teamfc3s.org/attachment...2&d=1138196806 imma do it..i think it will look great on my fc |
Originally Posted by Hypertek
(Post 7659683)
this is sick glad i found this via search..
anyone do this with truck/trailer LEDs yet? http://forum.teamfc3s.org/attachment...2&d=1138196806 imma do it..i think it will look great on my fc I want it, it looks great!!! someone knows where to buy?? thanks olli |
Nice job. :icon_tup:
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i think it would look cool to use 2 rows of LED in the tails and the turn signalls on modernized tails then get the sequental blinker system from a old cougar spo when you turn on the turn signal the lights blink in sequence from the inside out.
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Originally Posted by Olli_H
(Post 7659781)
I want it, it looks great!!! someone knows where to buy??
thanks olli http://motors.search.ebay.com/search...trypage=search |
those tails are sick!
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Originally Posted by eriksseven
(Post 6462443)
I can understand why you think it looks better, and I may have at one point agreed with you.
One thing that makes it difficult to judge is the fact that you had your emblems painted red as well. Now, in THEORY this should look really good and clean--however, from my experience and looking at your picture, it doesn't... The reason is that you lose a major point of contrast on your back-end. Contrast is very important to seperate certain items and to draw *other* items together. Without contrast in your back-end I think the aesthetics suffer dramatically. Therefore there's nothing to offset your taillights, so all attention is naturally drawn to their specific appearance, which is what you want to AVOID if you have obviously painted something that doesn't look like it should be painted... My point is: Your taillights would look better if you painted the emblems black. ;) Also Erik your point is almost nullified by the fact that the whole flat black theme is basically one of the most popular right now, and monochromatic has been a theme for a long time, a very succesful one used by MANY auto manufacturers with cars much more expensive than Mazda. The red looks good on the back end of that car, and IMO the emblems are poop in the first place paint to match or get rid of them, the "contrast" you speak of here is actually IN the tails themselves, they are the contrast. Sorry to revive :) |
OYE good Idea !!! i like the look !!! but listen I have some more imput for your idea
the 300 degrees was too hot for 20 mins My area near the license plate light got warpped but NO biggie it the lens it cracked and broken in some places. thats why i used my s5 lens.. BUT at 285 degrees after about 7 mins it was moderately plyable AND the lens still held shape.. I took off the brake lite first then put it back in for the turn signal lens... FOR another 4 mins then it came out with steady moderate force.. A very good tip is NOT to pry it from the side where the license plate is but rather WORK your way accross the top of the whole brake lens. then knock out the bottom of it.... then back into the oven for 4 mins then do the signal lens.:icon_tup: :icon_tup: hope to benefit the thread mike |
steady heat from a heat gun or hair dryer really helps to keep the sealant in a separate able form.
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Originally Posted by SleepeR1st
(Post 8076718)
Very nice on seeing the difference and I'd say that the MOD makes the car look very clean. |
Originally Posted by rotary#10
(Post 8338594)
OYE good Idea !!! i like the look !!! but listen I have some more imput for your idea
the 300 degrees was too hot for 20 mins My area near the license plate light got warpped but NO biggie it the lens it cracked and broken in some places. thats why i used my s5 lens.. BUT at 285 degrees after about 7 mins it was moderately plyable AND the lens still held shape.. I took off the brake lite first then put it back in for the turn signal lens... FOR another 4 mins then it came out with steady moderate force.. A very good tip is NOT to pry it from the side where the license plate is but rather WORK your way accross the top of the whole brake lens. then knock out the bottom of it.... then back into the oven for 4 mins then do the signal lens.:icon_tup: :icon_tup: hope to benefit the thread mike Since this thread has been revived, I'll add a couple more recent pics of *modernized* tails I've done to my RX-7's. ;) A little glimpse: http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/c...s/DSC08416.jpg http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/c...s/DSC08429.jpg |
Originally Posted by jaychen
(Post 7640587)
how long did it take you roughly??
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God they look so fucking good. You still charging like 40 bucks total for all? 15 for the items and 25 for labor?
EDIT: Reading back, I might be confused but it said you can't do it on S4? |
i dont like the way they look on stock cars, if the car is stock id perfer stock looking tails otherwise for some reason it makes the overal car look janky.
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the red looks great against the black. the s5 lights look so much nicer than the s4's.
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Originally Posted by RX7xFD3S
(Post 8343315)
God they look so fucking good. You still charging like 40 bucks total for all? 15 for the items and 25 for labor?
EDIT: Reading back, I might be confused but it said you can't do it on S4? |
i really like it alot it looks super clean and nice
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Huge thread ressurection, for about the 15th time on this thread, but how has anyone gotten the reverse diffusor out?
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blacked, we should get together some day and do this to both our cars. I have helped 2 people with this before. Just takes patients.
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Lovin em......gotta try it on my vert
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Originally Posted by RotaryWeaponSE7EN
(Post 8729195)
blacked, we should get together some day and do this to both our cars. I have helped 2 people with this before. Just takes patients.
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do not want.
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So, now that you are too busy with work to do this, can you tell us what you use to polish up the lenses to look so clean and what tint you use on them?
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i ordered a S5 Tailight just because of u lol. i hope it turns out good
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i Love them... very clean!
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can anyone tell me what is the best silicone i can use?
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These look great. Very clean and I would rock it if I owned an S5
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so i did this today i made a tiny crack in of the turn signal. all i have to do is mount it on the car :)
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I love it. That looks very nice, great job! I own an 87 n/a and I was thinking of converting the tails to S5's, and now that I'v seen what you've done i'm going to try it too. Love that Corrado, looks awesome. they are probably my favorite V Dub ever made.
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mine turned out awesome..,.,love it.,.,
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