I looked thru the FB picture thread and it seemed like every car had tail lights that went all the way across the back or at least wrapped to the edge. so my question is whats with my tail lights? i figure the round ones are someone's ghetto way of adding corner lights. Any help is appreciated!

 

LOL, that's someone's ghetto setup. Aren't those off an 18 wheeler trailer?

 

I have no idea. the car came this way. i totally agree its very ghetto.

does the wide lense i see on everyone else's 7 just fit in that metal dip that you see? and someone replaced it with these ghetto rectangular and circular lights?

 

I hate to tell you this, but it looks like someone welded or added sheetmetal to cover the hole left from removing the taillight assembly for their trailer lights...

 

Gay. Thanks for the info tho!

 

Yeah, that's going to be fun to restore to original. If you're lucky, maybe they just did it in 'glas or Bondo...

Anybody got any pix of the original metal with the lenses out?

 

wow that is ghetto.

Can you get a look behind the tail lights to see if the original setup is still there?

 

Maybe just replace them with little LCD screens that flash "STOP!" or "Back Off, Dammit!" ??

 

wow

 

Yeah that's definitely NOT normal.

 

dont know and i dont want to. those things are ugggglly

 

If you want to go back to stock looking tailights, the easiest thing to do would probably be trying to take the top lens off original tailights, and mounting them over what you currently have. It would look a lot better anyway, and you wouldn't have to cut metal.

 

When i get a chance i'm going to look at whats behind. i dont remember seeing where it was welded. If someone has a picture of the stock setup with the tail lights out it'd be helpful.


Thanks

 

Do it properly. He will never be happy unless he reverts back to stock. I don't think it would be too hard either. Can you take some pictures from the inside?

 

Get the clear covers as sa7 said but go custum and put ur own lights in nothing rice tho.Then put the covers on will make it look stock at first glance but when you hit the brakes you can see them. I just modded mine used the stock assembly tho simple mod not like what ur workin with just an idea either way dont go cheap you will regret it if it looks bad and will end up changing it again.

 

well i looked at it last night and it appears that they welded a small strip between each pair of rectangular lights.

As of right now the car is just a beater till i get my civic back on the road but i think i'll hunt down a pair of oem lights and try to put it back to stock