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Old May 2, 2004 | 07:55 PM
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Did the diy tailight mod. (7 style)

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Old May 2, 2004 | 08:01 PM
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looks pretty good... Though maybe too red for yellow? Looks kinda soupy.
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Old May 2, 2004 | 09:38 PM
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look pretty good imo
nice job!
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Old May 2, 2004 | 09:48 PM
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what's with the stickers??? And too much paint. Did u paint the lense or the chrome part of the reflectors??
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Old May 2, 2004 | 09:52 PM
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Looks good....

There are a lot of people on here with different opinions on what looks good on cars, paint stickers etc....

To each his own.........
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Old May 2, 2004 | 10:01 PM
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Originally Posted by TRDHarrier
Did u paint the lense or the chrome part of the reflectors??
i painted the clear plastic.
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Old May 2, 2004 | 10:55 PM
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sticker placement suck they look a little cloudy.i have to see them in person
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Old May 2, 2004 | 11:07 PM
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yeah, ill take off all of the stickers sooner or later, except the one that our car club is getting, but that will only be on the rear winshield.
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Old May 2, 2004 | 11:08 PM
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I did the same thing a couple weeks ago. The lenses turned out on the dark side, so I removed the inner red lenses. Did you?
I also noticed, after the fact, that my right lenses wasn't as clear as the left, had some "orange peel". Not too noticeable unless you compare the side by side.
I'm currently doing another set with red lenses and amber turn signals.
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Old May 2, 2004 | 11:21 PM
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Originally Posted by bishiboy
I did the same thing a couple weeks ago. The lenses turned out on the dark side, so I removed the inner red lenses. Did you?
I also noticed, after the fact, that my right lenses wasn't as clear as the left, had some "orange peel". Not too noticeable unless you compare the side by side.
I'm currently doing another set with red lenses and amber turn signals.
inner red lens is still there. but i might open it back up and do the amder turns. i dont know.
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Old May 3, 2004 | 07:23 AM
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I think it looks really good.
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Old May 3, 2004 | 08:02 PM
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Looks good, but a little on the drak side. Keep the signals, they look good as well.
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Old May 19, 2004 | 03:08 PM
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it looks better than the stock tails but it does look a little cloudy... Did you put a bunch of thin layers or did you just put a couple of thick layers on... Believe it or not...sometimes its better to put on a thick layer and let the excess drip off ( gives it a better shine for some reason)
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Old May 19, 2004 | 05:51 PM
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I also think that it looks good. What paint did you use? I have another set of tails that i was thinking about changing. Right now I have the blacked out chrome lights now. Any changes to these lights helps.
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Old May 19, 2004 | 05:54 PM
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How hard was it to take apart the housing ? Its looks good BTW I wanna do the same but am not sure on how to attack it. Hairdryer or Oven ? Also what did you use to reseal it back up?
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