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Old 08-21-06, 04:39 PM
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Originally Posted by cls6888
3rd brake light is painted now 2.
beautiful......very clean.
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I blacked out a set back in 93 with the spray tint. If you take the lenses out of the tail light you can get a better application
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that car is clean, the black on black looks good . I'm not into the other tails and I'll be sticking with the S4 seeing as how everyone wants the S5's
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I like those S4's I really hate alteezys butt I think they more or less look like late model. If the price was right I'd go for them....unless someone knows how to make em?
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So where can I get this spray tint?
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I always told people altezzas would be 10xs better if they were smoked.....
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Im not positive, but I believe they are talking about this stuff http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXCY44&P=7

I actually used to be in the rc racing hobby, so I may be able to hook you guys up with this stuff for a reduced price.
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I don't like them BTW..........i like the ones Rotary resurrection posted but SMOKED.....
Old 08-21-06, 07:19 PM
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if your car was darker i think they would look good

the one kevin posted look amazing, however i dont think they would work on another color but white
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i can think of alot of legal issues with the tint.. someone rear ending you accidently.. blaming you for your tail light tint to get out of the at fault even though they know the lights were perfectly visable at night. they are not legaly approved so how yould you fight it?
Old 08-22-06, 01:47 AM
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You guys know how he did the white tails? Fluroescent light diffuser plastic, heated and bent to shape. A long time ago there was a write up about it.
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I'm gonna have to check this out^
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You guys know how he did the white tails? Fluroescent light diffuser plastic, heated and bent to shape. A long time ago there was a write up about it.
Yes, the bottom half is obvious enough. The top half has a much more professional, clean, modern look to it (at least in the pics) and is what I'd be interested in. ****, I'd like to see a set of s5's with a transparent red lense like that.
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Originally Posted by RotaryResurrection
Yes, the bottom half is obvious enough. The top half has a much more professional, clean, modern look to it (at least in the pics) and is what I'd be interested in. ****, I'd like to see a set of s5's with a transparent red lense like that.
Any better pics of that car?
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The tophalf looks like straight up transparent red, no diffusion. I'm just curious as to where you get a sheet of that
Old 08-22-06, 01:08 PM
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May be a thin layer of plexi in red.... dunno. How easy are the s4's to dissasemble? I noticed they have screws.. Is that it or do they have to be "baked"?
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i must be the only person that thinks s4 taillights look amazing at night time. The s5 tails look to much like the ford probe or some other gm cars I have seen. Actually most of the time I don't see me tail lights.
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I dont know but I really would like a pair of those tails rotary russ has................. I likey very much.
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Originally Posted by RotaryResurrection
Yes, the bottom half is obvious enough. The top half has a much more professional, clean, modern look to it (at least in the pics) and is what I'd be interested in. ****, I'd like to see a set of s5's with a transparent red lense like that.

look up erikseven's S5 light mod, all you need to do is remove the stock S5 diffuser and it looks like the top half of those S4 tails.
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^^^ I agree.

If the lower lenses were fully clear (not reflective/bumpy on the inside) they would look MUCH nicer... So nice, I would buy a set.
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S4 at night are great. I wonder if people in Japan try to get our S4 tail lights? Some Aspec.

12 years later GM and everyone and the sister company trys to make circle tail lights of some kind.
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i think it would look better on my black vert lol
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I personally like the stock s5 lights. I've always liked circle lights like that. I've honestly never even seen s4 lights at night, and I've just seen s5's from pics. I've only seen 2 other second gens that weren't parked and I never noticed the tails.
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Originally Posted by RotaryResurrection
I always kinda liked these, for s4's Still a step below s5's though, IMO. Some guy on the forum was selling them a few years back, but it didnt last long for some reason and I've never seen any of them since.



write up on these anyone?
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Originally Posted by RRTEC
I had been meaning to do this for a while, I did it to my 87 Base model and liked it.. I am hunting a nice set of S5's but in the mean time these will do.
Process:
Light sand the edges with 800 grit
Wipe the whole thing down with NAPTHA
Shoot 4 thin layers of "model tint" spray
Let dry.
Shoot 2 layers of industrial clear.
let dy.
Here are the pics, the reflector still works as you can see in the picture, it is the red spot on the driver's side light...

Your cans are off set. The right one hangs lower! get it fixed asap!!!!!!!!!!
Man, how did I not see these tails when i was there the other day? Might look at them a bit closer.


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