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Old 07-23-06, 03:55 AM
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better looking tails idea, what do you think?

I was thinking about my S5 taillights and i was wondering how i could make the 'circles' more difined (so they stand out more).

i was thinking about painting the areas around the circles gloss black

13b4me said i should spray the whole thing with window tint or something. that, or remove the light defuser, neather of which really seemed to be a 100% fix.


anyway, if you guys got any ideas, hit me with them.


also 13b4me talked about some different ideas, all ofwich involved opening the lights (obviously), so i was wondering if anyone had any tips on that (i dont want to break anything)


so just as a quick re-cap on the questions:

1. how do i make my lights stand out a little more?
2. what should i look out for when opening them up?
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My 88 RX-7 has custom painted tail lights. I don't like how it looks, but it was just an experimental thing. You can see the pics in my garage.
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ewww... no offence, but not my cup of tea.
you can remove the diffuser plate behind the plastic and it'll give you the look you want take the tail and a hair dryer and heat the seam up, its hardcore glue btw and eventually you can seperate it. search for modernized tail lights for pics by ericsseven
Old 07-23-06, 11:46 AM
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Originally Posted by LiveWired
My 88 RX-7 has custom painted tail lights. I don't like how it looks, but it was just an experimental thing. You can see the pics in my garage.


yea... kind like that only not at all

painted with the same patter, only on the housing part pf the lights (the other half) and on the inside

like this (photoshop):


instead of this (stock):
Old 07-23-06, 11:59 AM
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yes i made a thread similar to this almost a year ago here are some pics of what 13b4me was talking about.
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looks like a waste of time to me, the circles around the tails are already almost smoked so who cares if it is a little darker outside the rings? i never was a fan of the "badger" look anyways.
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badger look?

i just think its a modest mod thats still 99% stock, yet different (and cheap)

and as for the no-defuser-look, i still dont think its what i want, i like now being able to see the bulbs and all that
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the stock look is way too sexy to mess with
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does your girlfriend wear eyeliner?

same idea i guess

i think they look really awsome too, but this just enhaces the look a little more
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i think i might know what your looking for
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Originally Posted by ramtookrazy
yes i made a thread similar to this almost a year ago here are some pics of what 13b4me was talking about.
I like the way those came out. I think I might want to do something like that with my new ones.
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Originally Posted by LittleCon
does your girlfriend wear eyeliner?
No she doesn't


I like the look of stock eyes......er.....taillights in these cars I think the only way to really make them look any more modern is to mount some kind of round truck LED lens in place of the old round ones as seen in those threads with that orange or yellow FC from Tokyo Auto Saln
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Originally Posted by ramtookrazy
i think i might know what your looking for

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