I have only done one. And the inserts are just taped in. And the cover isnt glued back on yet.

But tell me what you guys all think!! (i'm going to start the 2nd one right now)

I've also got a pic of my wheels there.

http://users.pullman.com/jsjensen/iotus/rx7

 

See, that looks good!!! On a red car, im not so sure...

 

I like it. I thought you were going to paint your calipers, too?

Nice car, all around.

 

looks really clean, i left my back-up lens in mine, looks good both ways,,,,,,where did u get the red bulbs thou?

 

Napa! $5 a pair! They are APC (ricer gear) but napa next day ordered them.

I havent had the chance to paint my calipers yet. My money is still gone (havent sold my GS yet.) I am going to paint them silver, and also paint my intake w/ the same stuff, to make it all uniform. My engine bay is really starting to come together too. It should be done soon.

 

when i went to napa, they had no red, but u say u can order them,,,do u recal the part number, so i can get those lazy asses to order the right part,,,,thanks,,,,

 

no they just said "Oh we can order them no problem. they'll be in tomorrow".

So just ask for "Red 1157 bulbs, 4 total bulbs" and they will say OK. well they did at my store...

If not, just order them from jcwhitney...
http://www.jcwhitney.com

 

Will you be making these for people on the forum? If so how much and whats the turn around time? Thanx Email:rx7superman@hotmail.com

 

Nice iotus! Hey, what size are the wheels and tires. They look sweet!

 

What did you mean by inserts? And what are they?

 

I always thought you just had a GSL...No wonder you have the cool wheels .

~T.J.

 

I used to have a GS. WEll, still do (trying to sell it).

They are unkown wheels, unkown brand (fairly common on honda rice cars tho.) 16x7 wheels w/ 205/40/16 BFG Euro T/A tires.

The inserts i put in to make the entire fixture shinier. I was going to make some really fancy extravogant and durable inserts, but i dont have the resources.

The resources that were available to me were:

single ply carboard (cut out of cereal boxes)
a glue stick
Aluminum foil
scotch tape (to adhere the inserts to the fixture)
Scissors

Hehehe. Those are simply aluminum foil-wrapped cardboard pieces taped in. I figure so long as the outside lense is pretty much secure, there shouldnt be any problems. Once i get some money up, i would love to start making these as kits.

HOWEVER, it took me two days to make mine, at about 3-4 hours per lamp fixture. Good god i'm tired. Time for bed now.

I'll post pics of the complete setup tomrrow morning. or afternoon. probably night tho (the lazy/tired syndrome).

 

were did you get the clear side markers and front turn signals.

 

oh i understand now, i thought you were talking about the colored inserts.

how did you seperate the clear part, and did you leave off the rubber surround, it looks pretty clean.

 

By the clear part i assume you mean the actual lense? Yes i did take off the rubber surround, the whole way around. Looks a lot cleaner now.

To take off the clear lense i started w/ the inside corners (the square corners). This seemed to be the weakest part of the glue. First thing i did was push the pins of the lense in through the back. I then gently seperated the lense from the black plastic backign. I shoved a small putty knife in there, VERY VERY carefully. From this point, i slid it down the inside of the lense, being as careful as humanly possible not to break the lense. Dont do it in one quick stroke, do it piece by piece, each time you try to seperate, go a little bit harder.

Be CAREFULLLLLLL!!! Its very easy to break it!. Once you have got the top and bottom off by this method, move the lens up and down and away to try to seperate it from the curved edge corner part (that wraps around the side of the car.) MAKE SURE to do it more up and down than out, as i made a big crack down the side of one of my lenses.

The main thing is patience and gentleness.... DONT RUSH YOURSELF!!! expect to spend 2 hours per lamp doing this, including taking it out and cleaning it. The inserts i made took another 2 hours per lamp.

 

Hey, those look awesome! I was hesitant to perform the mod to mine, for fear of the car looking too rice (on a light colored car - mine's silver), but after seeing yours, it looks pretty good.

 

how much was it for all the materials? what did the inserts come from?

 

Wow, this thread is old.

 

Less than $5. Wheaties... ******* wheaties.