Well I' am going to try and do the 99 tail light conversion today following this guide http://www.rotaryaddicts.com/?page_id=446
If anyone has done this and has some extra tips that be awesome also if you guys wanna see pics of the project let me know its probably going to be funny seeing me destroy my tail lights LOL.

 

Its very easy, Ive been doing them for years. Heres a quick tip to save you some time, the brake lights are 80mm and the turn signals are 75mm.

 

dang i should have ask to have someone do it on here first then lol I'm about to start the heat gun up to separate them i really don't wanna melt the plastic here that's what I'm worrying about

 

1 off 1 more to go

 

Done And Done Wasn't too too bad for never doing anything like that before i think it took me way longer then the guide said but ehhh

 

my friend did it, didnt take him too long, and it looks really good.

 

Did you just heated up the original glue back to seal them again?

 

yep just reheated both pieces there was a lot of glue so it reseals pretty nice

 

Nice, ill probably do mine tomorrow.

 

what about using an oven? 200 deg for 10 mins pops open the headlights. Would it be ok to do the tails in this fashion?

 

ugh, where can i get a compass that locks? the damn thing keeps spreading or collapsing when I'm cutting circles.

 

Ok got the circles down, just had to stab the knife and the point into the table and that worked. But it looks like I've bought bum paint. It keeps shrinking and cracking no matter how light the coat and I used prep spray.

 

I used vaspar satin black spray paint and it took about two coats but it came out really nice smooth and thick " that's what she said" but I got every thing from lowes

 

Yeah I got my first paint from Kragen.. O'Reilly whatever. It was bad paint. It dried within a minute too.
I just got some paint from Lowes, I think i got the Vaspar. I had to sand out the problem areas that came from the old paint, but after all said and done the new paint laid down like a champ. From now on I'm going to Lowes for my paint. I just hate tracking someone down to unlock the paint cage. Stupid ******* law. Not sure if it is federal or just California. Is the paint locked up in Virginia?

 

nope not here in VA but in DC i think they do

 

Is anyone in the NOVA area willing to do a conversion for a fee? I could probably tackle the project myself but when it comes to aesthetic mods I have a bad track record. I'd rather pay someone experienced who will get it right the first time.

 

Finally got a pic:

 

nice came out clean man

 

does anyone have the spacing specs on the tailights. Both rottaryaddicts and jscott site are down.

 

I had the 99 Specs on my FD for a while - But decided do something different.

Went All LEDs. And they are super bright.