Does anyone every convert their stock tailights to 99spec? I mean with like a cover on the inside of the light.
I havent looked into it, but i was thinking of making them just like 99 specs with a piece of cut and molded fiberglass painted black.

Has anyone ever tried it??

 

I took mine apart and just painted them. It looks ok. Allthough I seen some where a guy used CF

 

yea, i saw that and got the idea. I was thinking of using fiberglass and resin, letting it harden and painting it black and fitting it in place.

If it lookes good i would definatley think about selling them, but for really cheap, just over the cost (which wouldnt be much)

 

http://www.jsott.com/rx-7/lights/index.html

this is the link I used to paint mine

 

I'm kinda lucky in that I have the later change, ie circles, already raised. I just need to disassemble the lights and paint around the circles to get the circles to stand out! I guess Mazda changed their molds and rather than making 2 different runs they just opted for the newer, better looking, design! Of course my car didn't come like that--they were broken at some point in its life and were replaced!

 

sweet i will definatley be doing that, tuesday,
but im not painting, they will be made of fiberglass and the fiberglass will be painted black

heck i might even experiment a little with grey, gunmetel, dark red, maybe even get some carbon fiber picture and glue it on
lol

 

most people just mask and paint bro

 

I used to convert them.. with CF vinyl

 

quicksilver 7 does them too he does a dam good job pm him.

 

I was looking at the tailights thinking this could be done, that's a cool link. You think they could be heated in the oven instead of the heat gun? Would save some bucks and also allow you to heat them to the desired temp so they don't melt. Someone with a sticker machine should sell precut masks for this-peel and stick, spray your paint and ur done.

 

I wouldnt recomend putting them in the oven, not a good idea.
I have converted many sets over here in NZ, do a damn good job too but would never stick them in an oven!!!

You should try doing rotor ones or late model Mazda "wings"............ they look really cool!

this is my old 7 with rotor tail lights, sorry about the crappy pic