I dont feel like reading 12 pages worth of posts, so im just gunna ask. Did anyone do a writeup for this?

 

That is NICE!!!

 

the exterior lense are clean. i thought you polished them.


yes, stop being lazy and read.

 

Here are my s4's on my old Rex.. (damn dud bought it and put a V8 in her.. *tear*)

 

The taillights just posted are mine I should be recieving them on 8/14 -- Can't wait!

 

^ i thought you sold your 7s already....

 

^^ bump for this post. i would like to see the outcome of that idea.

i found maxxima's website. if you scroll down you will see the 4 inch LED light that LSX257 posted.

http://maxxima.com/tl-stoptailturnlighting.html

they also have other lights too.

and found this...
http://www.ledtrailerlights.com/stt/stt_M42320R.htm

 

I just do a crazy wet-sand and clear-coat process.

 

Those bastards... Someone just put a V8 in my old Rx7 too!



My first Turbo II has been ruined...

 

Erik, what do you charge to do this conversion? You seem to have done a few, I'd rather have someone who's done a few, convert mine, I don't want to f- mine up.

J

 

I've been doing them for $100.

If that sounds like a lot, consider the fact that materials cost over $20, and it takes me about 5 hours to get them taken apart, cleaned, dryed, put back together, sanded, cleaned, dryed, masked, painted, sanded, cleaned, dryed and clear-coated. I think it's a really fair cost.

If you want me to do it, just send me a PM. I'm more than willing to do anyone's taillights. I had a really good time doing adrock's, simply because I love seeing the before and after.

 

Okay guys, here it is. I had this idea for a tail light mod, and then after reading this thread, I thought it would be great to do in conjunction with eriksseven's mod.

Problem is, I don't have an FC anymore (yet), but I wanted to try it and so I tried it on my GSX today. Turned out AWESOME.

Before pics:

 

Oh yes, don't mind the horribly dirty car (it's been sitting for 3 years).

After:

 

Okay, and this is one crappy night-time pic I took with my laptop webcam at the track. It's horrible quality, I'll try to get some more night pics tomorrow.

 

Okay, now to explain a bit: I'm going to be painting the car flat black. I figured it might be cool to black out the lights, but I didn't want them shiny. I wanted them to appear almost flat black like the car (in fact, they really do look flat black, and if it was any closer I don't think the light would come through). So I came up with this idea of wrapping the lights with black pantyhose. So I bought a pair, and used one leg each on each light. It was very resilient and didn't tear at all, even though I was kind of rough with it. After the lights were wrapped (I just basically slid them into the leg), since they were still pretty red, I sprayed them with flat black paint.

In retrospect, a better idea would have been to use two legs on one light, but I didn't think about that til after I was done. The thing I like the most is that from the side, the lights look completely black. I tried to capture it in the pictures.

I think this would be awesome to do along with the other mod on a flat-black FC.

 

sorry, but did people look at you weird when they saw a dude buying a pair of panty hose?

Looks like its a better idea than spray tint since its removable. and when cops pull you over for tinting your taillights you can say "oh no, its just a pair of panty hose!" and start scratching it apart.

 

I wonder how weather resistant pantyhose are...lol

 

Not a *huge* fan of the panty-hose mod, but I'll give you credit for a pretty good idea, lol.

 

Actually, my wife bought it for me. But I've bought tampons before so some panty hose is no biggie.

It's been raining a bit lately. The panty hose still looks as it originally did. I don't know how easy it'll be to clean or how much of a dirt magnet it'll be, but I really like the effect of the lights. I still need to get some LED bulbs in there.

I was surprised at how much I like the look. I keep staring at my tail lights. It makes them look almost textured in a way.

 

my gf tried to con me into getting tampons once...all she got was a ride to the store

 

Have fun washing the car, dude...you now have a "cloth" exterior :\

 

Nah, just cloth tail lights. It's not apparent from the pics, but the car is gutted, so it only takes about 2 minutes to remove the lights.

Besides, as you can probably tell, I don't wash it much as it is.

 

i love having a gutted car

 

eriksseven, have you thought of polishing a set of S4 tails?

 

Those BASTARDS!

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