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Old 01-30-15, 01:58 AM
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imo the tail lights should look like this (photoshopped):

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^^^^

Yeah, THAT'S much better, especially if you could do something similar with white on the front turn signals... though I still like the simple circles just fine.
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Unreal of those ever get made I'll take 2 ^^
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^^^ Yes, I will take 10. Take my Money!
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A setup like that would easily be $1200+.
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Storm Trooper with diffused LED tails ;D

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Ready to ship in stock
EVO-R Mazda RX-7 FD3S LED tail lights by DEPO

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Originally Posted by fd3s777
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EVO-R Mazda RX-7Â* FD3S LED tail lights by DEPO

[img]http://www.evo-r.net/product/RX-7/LED_Tail_Lamps/DSC_2282.jpg[mg]

You guys sell just the center piece?
Old 09-24-15, 08:27 AM
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I'd like to know who makes the duck-tail spoiler on that? I didn't see it on Evo-R's site.

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That flat one? That's part of the rocket bunny kit.
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Yes they do sell it by itself , I think it's attached like shines low pro with double sided tape
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All that Rocket Bunny stuff is sold direct by GReddy. Not even their dealers can buy it for resale.

Rocket Bunny V2 Aero - Mazda RX7 (FD3S)

$425 for the duckbill spoiler.
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Originally Posted by MattGold
All that Rocket Bunny stuff is sold direct by GReddy. Not even their dealers can buy it for resale.

Rocket Bunny V2 Aero - Mazda RX7 (FD3S)

$425 for the duckbill spoiler.
OMG finally. The spoiler is all I want.

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Yes they do sell it by itself , I think it's attached like shines low pro with double sided tape
They have provisions for bolts or rivnuts or whatever

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Oh ok, I haven't seen one in person and just went for what I've read elsewhere. Makes sense so it's more secured.
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Originally Posted by REVLUC
Storm Trooper with diffused LED tails ;D

If real life were as easy as photoshop everyone would be rocking crazy taillight designs.
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Originally Posted by unreal-icarus
imo the tail lights should look like this (photoshopped):

If someone makes this happen, I want to be notified.
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^^

Part of what makes that great is all if the subtly tapered shapes, as far as the thickness of the led, and the way it sort of tapers off and disappears at the outside. All if the takes I've seen on it thus far have looked really blocky and inelegant.
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Originally Posted by Halfbridge
If someone makes this happen, I want to be notified.
I can make it except LEDs are not that soft around the edges and the color will be more homogenous.
Old 09-25-15, 03:04 PM
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Originally Posted by turboIIrotary
If real life were as easy as photoshop everyone would be rocking crazy taillight designs.
yep total photoshop. And a bad one at that
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Originally Posted by turboIIrotary
I can make it except LEDs are not that soft around the edges and the color will be more homogenous.
I'm still very interested if you can. Love the shape
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Originally Posted by turboIIrotary
I can make it except LEDs are not that soft around the edges and the color will be more homogenous.
You'd need to use a diffuser film like what Luminit sells:

Light Shaping Diffusers (LSDs) | Luminit, LLC

You could laser cut the film and then apply it to the inside of a lens and LED backlight the area. By doing this, you'd come very close to the crazy concept design. Or course, the Luminit film is not cheap.

Check out my build thread for my recently completed center brake section LED conversion. Much more simple than the crazy concept but it gives you an idea of the result with using the film.
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Originally Posted by David Hayes
You'd need to use a diffuser film like what Luminit sells:

Light Shaping Diffusers (LSDs) | Luminit, LLC

You could laser cut the film and then apply it to the inside of a lens and LED backlight the area. By doing this, you'd come very close to the crazy concept design. Or course, the Luminit film is not cheap.

Check out my build thread for my recently completed center brake section LED conversion. Much more simple than the crazy concept but it gives you an idea of the result with using the film.

The problem is there is zero space at the edge of the lens so I can't backlight it. The only thing possible it to use edge lighting technology which is still expensive but solves the space problem.
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^ Not sure what you mean by there not being enough room at the edge of the lens. Do you mean on the left and right sides of the taillights or something else?
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Originally Posted by David Hayes
^ Not sure what you mean by there not being enough room at the edge of the lens. Do you mean on the left and right sides of the taillights or something else?
Kind of hard to explain but the red and amber lens sit on a ledge sort of speak. Without cutting the housing you only have maybe 1cm of space to work with.

I can get some pictures later today to explain easier. This is why I was having trouble making a diffused setup because most of my ideas were having the leds behind a diffuser but space was at a minimum.
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K. All the work I have done is with backlit LEDS and diffusers but I may be confused as to what you mean.

I know the OEM lens is really close to the outer clear (and blacked out) lens but I would envision removing the stock lens and replacing it with a new lens that has the luminit film on it with everything else blacked out. You'd end up with a lens in the pattern shown by the poster that you would then rework behind it with backlit LEDs. So, you'd have a bunch of area with witch to work.

Again, not easy but doable for someone that wanted the crazy diffused look. Would have to figure out what to do with the center section as the one I modified only had a clear lens in one part of the center section.

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