Snook

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I'm looking for pics or info on what options there are out there for reverse lights?

I'm repainting my car and hate to put stock lights back in there because they look outdated a bit.

Are there 99 spec or euro spec or aftermarket lights that look better?

Thanks

Monkman33

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Google is your friend.

99 spec. There are some custom setups out there. None that I personally like or think look good. But opinions are like....

Snook

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It may be your friend more than mine. I'm only seeing one completely clear set in images. Do you mind posting a picture or a link of the 99 spec reverse lights?

Maybe I'm calling it the wrong thing, the red and white light at the bottom of the bumper under the main tail lights.

rlee429

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I believe Monkman33 is getting confused with your question; he may be referring to the 99 taillights.

Have you though of tinting you original reverse lights instead?

Montego

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THere not much you can do with our reverse lights. From what I can see the options are:

- Mostly red with a little bit of white/clear (stock)


- All white/clear


- Mostly white/clear with a little bit of red



Simple search:
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...reverse+lights

Snook

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Thanks that is what I am looking for other options.

I dont like the stock ones unless on a red car, the second all clear are terrible, the third are on the car now and I dont love them.

Surprised depo or other another company doesnt make something good looking and that other members havent had this same thoughts. Found very few threads on the topic w bad links and broken pic links

Narfle

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Stock or GTFO

VTECthis

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Please do not rice a rix.

SA3R

My car being black, I opted for a set of dark smoked reverse lights.

They are very hard to find online now, but I think they are the best, as they don't stick out like the other brightly colored ones in the above pictures.

Sgtblue

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Unless you're driving it to high school in East L. A., in this order....

- Yes

- EWWWW

- Eww

Spalato

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I agree. The only non OEM reverse lights that I would even try would be smoked ones.

Spalato

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here is a pic

Narfle

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Tolerable, but still incorrect.

SA3R

Yep, CT Auto Parts is where I got my smoked set from. I see that white car also has an Australian license plate on it, so its in Australia like me

waz_05

These are too nice

HWL FD- LED Reverse Lights / HotWater Labs

Snook

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See I'm glad I asked.

I've never seen something like this in my life! It's really cool, think it would look awesome on a black or montego blue car. Not to sure about White but you could always paint the carbon fiber.

Wow very nice thank you!!!

Narfle

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HWL has some installed pics on their site if you dig around.
Keep in mind ditching the reflective properties of the stock reverse lights does have some sort of negative safety implication.

Spalato

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Interesting! Would love to see how they actually look installed.

EDIt: just read the above post

gio64

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You're losing the reflective part of it, so less visibility, especially if you're parked and your car is turned off.

I also wanted to add that in some places (US states or Canada provinces) you might become illegal when you change those lights.

Here in Ontario the rear lights have to be orange/red and white reverse or red/white, IIRC, so since the actual main RX7 tail lights are smoked from the factory, the stock reverse lights make you squeeze past the "legal limit". Once you change them and they don't follow the colour restrictions anymore, you're in ticket zone.

Nakd n Fearless

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I cannot believe HWL wants us to fork out $170 for those and then cut the plug off our old ones to splice on to theirs. Even the Ebay DEPOs come with a connector already spliced on.

Snook

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gio64 I dont think in the US these would be a problem guess we are not as strict as canada. Youde have to get a real ******** cop or live in california to have an issue. I would laugh if a cop pulled me over for that, it's like getting a dark tint ticket, it happens but its rare.

I agree they are expensive and should come with the right connector but how hard is it to solder 2 wires?

gio64

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I hear you and you're likely right. I'll give you a couple of stories, one of them I actually read here in the Canadian section, IIRC.

1) somebody got pulled over due to FD smoked rear lights (his rear was all stock) and ticketed. He had to go to court and fight it to get it dismissed. He did, but he had to go through the process.

2) In Ontario (where I live) there is no factual regulation regarding tint. So, this guy goes to Quebec with his car and has tinted windows. In Quebec you can't have any tint in the front of the car. The cop offered them 2 options: turn around and go home, or peel off the tint on the spot.

In regards to this second story, I purchased a new 2013 Mazdaspeed 3 last year as my DD (around February 10th), I was going to buy a new DD and I found out they had a 6K bucks discount on new "left over" MS3 2013. So I got one. But the dealership had to go all the way to Quebec to find one as they had already become difficult to find. It gets down here and guess what? the dealer had put tint on it, but only hatch glass and rear windows. The front windows have nothing and the rest is pitch black, due to Quebec's regulations. So my hot hatch looks like a panel van. I am going to tint the fronts too, but with one kid in university (she actually was down in your country on a soccer scholarship, although decided to come back after first semester -coach is a dick), the RX7 in need of quite a bit of money to get fixed and wife watching over me, I have had to postpone. Hopefully at the end of March I'll go in and get that done.
Giovanni

Snook

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That is pretty wild stuff! Sounds like a huge pain.

There is a town in FL they give tickets for 1mph over the limit. on the other hand the state doesn't have emissions testing.

gio64

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Interesting. In Ontario there is a "Drive Clean" program which is a pain in the ***. Getting tired of it with the FD.

BUT: I'm almost certain that you can't be ticketed for going up to 9 kms/hr (5.5 miles/hr) faster than the posted limit.

The funny thing is, people drive at all sorts of speeds over the limit. In the cities it is posted 50 kms/hr mostly, with some 40s nearby schools and things of the sort. Occasionally there is a 60. Let's just say people drive at 70 where it says 50.

On the highway the posted limit is 100 and people drive at 120 or faster. Cops won't extremely likely bother with you doing 120, unless you're the only SOB on the road.
Then if you drive on the 407 (which is a private and pay highway, so there really should be no cops) you'll likely be tolerated up to 130 or so (again, depending on traffic and luck as well.

7krayziboi

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I think you're wrong about Quebec Laws
Got this from SAAQ website...

Before you decide to tint the windows of your vehicle,
ensure that you are aware of the restrictions that apply.
No material substance that darkens the glass may be applied or sprayed on the windshield. A strip no more than 15 cm wide may however be placed along the upper edge of the windshield;
Windows on either side of the driver must let in at least 70% of light when measured with a photometer.
Remember, the inside of a vehicle and its occupants must be able to be identified. Deeply tinted windows:
reduce a driver's field of vision;
make it difficult to see contrasts;
affect a driver's night vision.
The above tinting restrictions do not apply to the rear side windows or the rear window itself.
Finesą
If the front side windows of your vehicle let in less than 70% of light, you are liable to a fine.

Here are two examples:


Example 1
A police officer pulls over your vehicle and takes a photometric reading of the front side windows. The windows let in less than 70% of light. The officer issues a statement of offence to you. The fine may vary as follows:
The driver and owner of a passenger vehicle: $154 to $274
Driver of a heavy vehicle: $125 to $344
Owner of a heavy vehicle: $249 to $663


Example 2
A police officer pulls over your vehicle and issues a notice for inspection of the front side windows of your vehicle, which requires you to go to a road vehicle inspection agent approved by the SAAQ. Failure to undergo an inspection exposes you to a $438 to $865 fine. If the inspection agent certifies that the windows fail to comply with the law, a notice is issued requiring the owner or driver to make the necessary changes within 48 hours. After the 48-hour time limit, the inspection agent is again required to verify if the windows meet standards. If corrections are not made within the specified deadline, the vehicle must be removed from the road. If you continue to drive the vehicle, you may:
be issued a violation notice and be liable to a $154 to $274 fine for each failure to comply;
be required to have your vehicle removed from the road at your expense until photometric testing certifies that the vehicle windows meet standards.