I spent exactly $500 for a pair (just the two ends) of authentic 99' tails back in 2004. I think I'd be content just converting them now, though.

 

I bought my AUTHENTIC used ones like 4 years ago off ebay for like 300 bucks.

Im happy.

 

No, I am still obsessive. lol.

 

about to do this conversion for a friend...

 

Uhhhhh ok

 

I thought I posted pictures of my conversion?....

anyways, did it on mine and a friends, both turned out great.

 

You Can Even Get the Mid Section Converted.

 

^^^that mid section looks hideous IMO. what's up with all the tiny circles!?

i've done about 20+ sets now for members of the community. no complaints yet.

i also wrote a guide that i posted on Rotary Addicts (see sig)...

I finally made a guide for the circle placement. If you plan on doing this yourself, make sure to use this guide. I measured the placement of the circles on a real set of '99-tails and made the placement diagram.

You can find the placement guide here in case anyone wants to use it.

 

Can You Tell the Difference if these are authentic or converted?

 

Yea. Look at the first page. Its easy to tell if you know what to look for.

Not to crazy about that center nadeem.

Efini lights fellas!

 

Actually the center piece looks a lot nicer in person.

Wanted to post another picture.

 

Lighting looks uneven in the center piece. Maybe you need something to diffuse the light.

 

Either way, the lights look great. Opening them up is a lot easier than the newer tail lights on newer model cars.

 

truthfully, i would take a set of real lights if someone gave them to me, but i'm just fine having converted lights.

and actually, now mine are LED converted lights.

 

atleast the wing is gone...

 

No I think this is on his wingless fd.

 

mx3, you should consider getting some wax remover around your rear emblems. I also am not a fan of the gumball center light 'conversion'..... mazda never did them like that, probably for a reason

 

Okay, so every week or two I get a PM regarding 99 spec center tail light and if there is any difference between JDM and USDM spec. Well, I got in a set of 3 pc tail lights from a 2001 FD and took some pictures to clarify everything. NO difference exists between US and JDM 99 spec center tail lights, only the outer tails changed. Pictures to prove:
USDM

JDM


Bryan

 

hmm...


i think functionally they are the same, the lights look identical when they're on



but visually the 99 spec center piece looks different


notice on the right (the series 7/8 aka 99 spec jdm) the red light bar is flush with the black surrounding plastic, where as on the left, (the series 6/usdm one) the red light bar is recessed almost an inch and you can barely see it when its not on.




heres a closeup, the 99 spec is on top




does your 99 spec look like mine bryan?

 

lol...your late to this thread...BTW I don't see your pics.

 

they turn out fine for me, cant find anything wrong. if another person can't see them i'll re host them.

 

Cant see the pictures either. BTW, here is the center lit up on a spirit-r fd in the motherland:

 

URL links to google mail.

 

too late to edit it, so i'll repost it with the images re-hosted