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)

Elysian

thats pretty cool... would like to see em during the day as well

thricerx7

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.

Elysian

i like that! looks like my 7's gonna get that mod done

SERIES 1 XLR8

looks nice. I really like it! although the pix are pretty bad, you can make it out. very nice.

thricerx7

the pix are taken with my camera phone, so its the best i could do.

SERIES 1 XLR8

I got a camera fone too, i know how much they can suck. lol.

Pele

iTrader: (28)

How did oyu get it to not light up the reflector area?

Rx7carl

Yea, how did you lose the "dumbell" effect?

jays83gsl

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.

Pele

iTrader: (28)

Can you get closeups, I wanna see what you did with the rectangle reflectors...

RotaryRyan

i love 'em

MarkPerez

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.

thricerx7

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

85rotarypower

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.

thricerx7

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.

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?

Sgt Fox

iTrader: (3)

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

r0taryr0ck3t

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

Unsupa

iTrader: (2)

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.

MarkPerez

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.

thricerx7

i know u gonna dig this.

ps. first pic (my fav)
my take on sleepy eyes for 1st gens.

thricerx7

video games= fun.

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???

Pele

iTrader: (28)

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.