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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 11:53 AM
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New Age FC s5 Taillight Tutorial?

ive been looking for this thread for awhile now. what the hell is the title??? thanks to any help!

heres a pic of em i that i fount.
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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 12:02 PM
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riiiiiiight, are you looking for the converted LED s5's? The painted skyline version? The Altezza clear ones? The tinted nightshade ones? Or the painted S4's that some 14 year old fucked up after being inspired by "Too fast Too furious"?

Once you decide which one you want then copy and paste in the search box.

Edit: lol you edited it and added the pic after I responded, those and the LED version are the only two S5 mods I would do.

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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 12:04 PM
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I'm pretty sure they just removed the blurry clear plastic behind the lense. BTW you would probably get pulled over in two seconds if the bulb is too bright which it really looks like it would be. They do look nice though.

And I think it was called something like "modernizing old taillights"
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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 12:07 PM
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By the carpet, angle of pic, and the lights..it looks like FelixWankel88 (Dustin)'s lights. In fact I'm almost sure.
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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 12:37 PM
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Those do look nice. And whats this talk about LED's?
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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 12:38 PM
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dont look too bright to me.

yeah that was from felixes ebay sale.
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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 12:42 PM
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I think it looks good. Its a more defined look.
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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 12:59 PM
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if i knew he was selling those i would have gotten them before he put them on ebay.. dang... those are real nice..

i want some =D
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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 01:22 PM
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i think they look like ****, reminds me of altezzas, i'll keep the diffusers in mine thank you, they are what they are, leave them alone
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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 01:23 PM
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woohoo i found the thread! thank you gerbraldy!

heres some pics from that thread if youre too lazy to go. they explain how to do it there. anyway, here goes.









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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 01:31 PM
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yeah old thread . . . they look like poop
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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 01:31 PM
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i think they look like ****, reminds me of altezzas, i'll keep the diffusers in mine thank you, they are what they are, leave them alone
i do have the zenki(s4) lights on mine right now and i really love them. but im the type of person who gets a litle tired of the same look for too long and will often times change it temporarily, until something else entices me. but i wont go overboard with the flashyness i.e. ricey altezzas.

btw youre insane they look nothing like altezzas. but to each his own, i guess.
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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 01:31 PM
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Whats th thread name? I like those. Looks nice to me.
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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 01:34 PM
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the reason i mention altezzas b/c they have no diffusers and you can see the bulb clearly i think it looks delightfully tacky i'll tell you what would look cool though . . .
modifying the tail so it uses a LED ring instead of a full lit circle, then have them smoked black (on a black car) but leave the reflectors uncovered so they're legal
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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 01:40 PM
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I kinda like the look of those. On one side of mine it is starting to glaze over and it looks tacky. I think that doing this would made the taillights look better.

I haven't seen the LED mod however.
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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 02:12 PM
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oops my fault. meant to post the link (yeah yea, i sux at teh intraweb)

here ya go:
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...ern+taillights
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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 03:11 PM
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also try using led bulbs and it will give it a more defined look.
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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 05:18 PM
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what scares me about that is changing it means your tail-lights aren't D.O.T. approved, and if you get rearended and someone points this out, you could be at fault for the accident.
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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 05:34 PM
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i think that mod + a light tint coating would look very nice on a black car.
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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 06:31 PM
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hehh, that first pic is the set i did, hehehe, umm yeah hit me up on aim, and i can give u some info on how to do it, my aim is - felixwankel88
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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 07:22 PM
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You'd really have to see it in person to fully appreciate how much better it looks than stock s5 taillights.

Someday I'll have updated pics and you guys will hardly be able to contain yourselves.

haha,
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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 07:29 PM
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we need to give those lights a name...
maybe we will cal lthem S5 "eriklites"

i feel that he deserves at least some credit and regonization for doing it and telling ppl abou tit...
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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 07:37 PM
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yup, as far as i know erik was the original one to do that, i liked them for a while but i kinda started to like stock, but ill admit they do look alot better in person, and im still not sure how i got the vert tails i sold on ebay so shinny lol
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Old Oct 30, 2005 | 12:09 AM
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Here is what I did with mine:

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Old Oct 30, 2005 | 12:11 AM
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o shitt, how u do that???
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