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Old Sep 8, 2004 | 02:46 AM
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Circle Taillights Installed. Thanks MarkPerez! *pics*

I embarked on my once thought to be completely original idea of circle taillights today. MarkPerez really came through for me and helped me out with some of his better made lenses, because one of mine wasnt spaced apart enough. nonetheless, i'm finished. let me know what you guys think.

before and after. (even though most of u know what before looks like)
Attached Thumbnails Circle Taillights Installed. Thanks MarkPerez! *pics*-before-tails.jpg   Circle Taillights Installed. Thanks MarkPerez! *pics*-new-tails.jpg   Circle Taillights Installed. Thanks MarkPerez! *pics*-tails2.jpg  
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Old Sep 8, 2004 | 02:48 AM
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thats pretty cool... would like to see em during the day as well
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Old Sep 8, 2004 | 02:51 AM
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cant see em much during the day. here's an idea.

http://www.winisp.net/gsl-se/prod05.htm


except mine are much better, and better spaced apart.
you people are never satisfed!!! haha. jk thanks.
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Old Sep 8, 2004 | 02:53 AM
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i like that! looks like my 7's gonna get that mod done
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Old Sep 8, 2004 | 05:05 AM
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looks nice. I really like it! although the pix are pretty bad, you can make it out. very nice.
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the pix are taken with my camera phone, so its the best i could do.
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Old Sep 8, 2004 | 06:23 AM
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I got a camera fone too, i know how much they can suck. lol.
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Old Sep 8, 2004 | 07:53 AM
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How did oyu get it to not light up the reflector area?
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Old Sep 8, 2004 | 08:44 AM
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Yea, how did you lose the "dumbell" effect?
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Old Sep 8, 2004 | 09:40 AM
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You can always put a non-reflective material there. I'm thinking maybe I'll do that for when I'm bored of my clear tails. . . . sicne I DO still have the red lenses.
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Old Sep 8, 2004 | 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by thricerx7
I embarked on my once thought to be completely original idea of circle taillights today. MarkPerez really came through for me and helped me out with some of his better made lenses, because one of mine wasnt spaced apart enough. nonetheless, i'm finished. let me know what you guys think.

before and after. (even though most of u know what before looks like)
Can you get closeups, I wanna see what you did with the rectangle reflectors...
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Old Sep 8, 2004 | 11:55 AM
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i love 'em
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Old Sep 8, 2004 | 12:56 PM
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reflectors are still there, the camera didn't use a flash to reflect..i'm guessing.
good, i'm happy it turned out for you, looks cool to me.. get me that list,remember ? the ' trick' taillights are still in the works,,,soon.
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Old Sep 8, 2004 | 02:31 PM
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mark, i thought i sent the list in a PM. hmmm. let me double check.

the dumbbell effect is there, but the circles are spaced as far away as possible. u cant see them in those pics. the reflector is a pain, but its something we all must live with. u cant even really see the mod during the day. it comes alive at night. thanks for all the geat feedback
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Old Sep 8, 2004 | 03:36 PM
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Unless you remove the reflector, you still get the dumbell effect. Its technically illegal to remove the reflector too, so your pretty much screwed on that, unless you just move it to a different spot. But I can't think of anywhere right now.
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Old Sep 8, 2004 | 11:06 PM
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yeah the reflector is a pain. i was trying to get mine out, but no luck. if you moved it, there would be no place else to relocate it, so that's a bust. um yeah, i am happy with them. i got 1 question though. what type of adhesive do i use to seal the plastic pieces to the assembly? mine isnt sturdy enough.
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Old Sep 8, 2004 | 11:39 PM
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could you do that same process with the front lights?... i dont like the square pop-ups.. i would like to do that same thing but with with the front lights...hmmm think it would work?
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Old Sep 9, 2004 | 12:07 AM
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Originally Posted by r0taryr0ck3t
could you do that same process with the front lights?... i dont like the square pop-ups.. i would like to do that same thing but with with the front lights...hmmm think it would work?
After pondering what you said for a few minutes, i do belive that you are in the wrong forum, go back to the 2nd gen section canuck
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Old Sep 9, 2004 | 12:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Sgt Fox
After pondering what you said for a few minutes, i do belive that you are in the wrong forum, go back to the 2nd gen section canuck
haha im sorry.. i didnt explain myself enough... what i meant to say is could i do the same thing to front light assembly to do a double circular light...just as you did for the brake lights...two smaller circles....do i make sense yet? its like 2 and my brain is running on empty :S

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Old Sep 9, 2004 | 12:42 AM
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yea, you can either buy a miata headlight kit and modify it to fit the fb, or buy the cp racing headlight kit.. which is flush and doesn't pop at all. the circle tails are just cutouts. headlights are a whole different ballgame.
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Old Sep 9, 2004 | 01:47 AM
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If you used the 'search' feature it may just answer you question.. you know i've seen the cpracing headlights kit and i've seen the four light setup along with the 'sleepy-eyed' look. i've even seen a square headlight vs a round headlight(1st gen) and i understand and accept it that, while trying to do something, anything
these cars just won't give it up. i've yet to see a really cool looking,functional headlight setup/kit. it's the shape of the nose, so it's the round headlights that win. IMO.
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Old Sep 9, 2004 | 01:57 AM
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i know u gonna dig this.

ps. first pic (my fav)
my take on sleepy eyes for 1st gens.
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Old Sep 9, 2004 | 02:00 AM
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Old Sep 9, 2004 | 08:09 AM
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see like those headlights with the two circles instead of one...couldnt you use the same method of painting the tailights and put it towards the headlights???
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Originally Posted by r0taryr0ck3t
see like those headlights with the two circles instead of one...couldnt you use the same method of painting the tailights and put it towards the headlights???
Sure... If you don't like seeing at night.

Go out and buy a headlight for like $10 and paint it... See how effective it is...

Reason being that the headlight creates a spread beam of light to illuminate a whole area. Tail lights are only supposed to light up the back of your car.
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