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Old Jun 23, 2004 | 02:01 AM
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great noel
can you maybe pm me your number and address??
i'll probably go to you next weekend... cos i'm in west LA
or maybe you are coming to LA anytime soon?? hehe
thanks

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Old Jun 23, 2004 | 05:42 AM
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Just finish mine not perfect... but in overall they are good , a good home made.
I'm happy to have MR style without spending too much $$

http://membres.lycos.fr/hxllxman/EVO...0taillight.JPG

Next step the head light .
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Old Jun 23, 2004 | 06:16 AM
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How does the color look over time? Any fade or anything? The only thing I worry about is the turn-around time from New Jersey to California...lol. If anything I think I'd pay for overnight shipping to and from. Besides, I'm sure I could always just rent a car for a couple of days. Thanks.
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Old Jun 23, 2004 | 08:54 AM
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looks pretty hot. next mod possibly.

sorta OT question here: has anyone painted the inside of the light red. not the reflector part but the actual clear plastic?
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Old Jun 23, 2004 | 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Failed_Senses
How does the color look over time? Any fade or anything? The only thing I worry about is the turn-around time from New Jersey to California...lol. If anything I think I'd pay for overnight shipping to and from. Besides, I'm sure I could always just rent a car for a couple of days. Thanks.
Normally it should'nt if you use paint that can resist high heat...

Originally Posted by 19.5PSI
looks pretty hot. next mod possibly.

sorta OT question here: has anyone painted the inside of the light red. not the reflector part but the actual clear plastic?
I know most of the people paint from outside, esaier because no need to open it and it wont look "fade". From inside the red won't be red as it have to be like the real EVo VII tail light. When the sun will reflect on it you will see the clear plastic...

But I never saw someone paiting in red from inside

Here is mine on the car: http://membres.lycos.fr/hxllxman/EVO...0the%20car.JPG

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Old Jun 23, 2004 | 03:11 PM
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just finished blacking out my tail lamps last night, took me a good 5 hrs to do the job. now i m a happy man with the not too bad home made MR tail light.

ready to do the head lights today, will let u guys know the progress.

ps: solareclipse $75 is a very very reasonable price to charge, i def will charge more than that. Rite HxllxMan ? vbmenu_register("postmenu_1021784", true);
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Old Jun 23, 2004 | 04:57 PM
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Yep, only to open the tail light took me a while...
But very very happy with it, no need to pay $$ for MR :P

I have a question for the head light, the bumber? Is there any screw to remove under the bumper? Couldn't figure out how to remove it.
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Old Jun 23, 2004 | 06:18 PM
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Originally Posted by HxllxMan
Yep, only to open the tail light took me a while...
But very very happy with it, no need to pay $$ for MR :P

I have a question for the head light, the bumber? Is there any screw to remove under the bumper? Couldn't figure out how to remove it.
Youre car looks way better now from the rear. No more altezza's


There are 10 plastic bolts under the bumper. You need to use a small screwdriver to take them out.

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Old Jun 23, 2004 | 06:36 PM
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Yeah true!! love that yellow with black light .
..... Need to lift the front of the car?? As you can see I don't have my own garage, so if I remove the front bumper, I have no idea where to store it LOL. That mean I will have to remove and put it back! crap! oh well more work to do for the head light I suppose....

Anyway thx to you also, you are the first guy I heard using a heat gun to open it. When people we're saying to put in the oven... I was like , a little bit scary to put inside and look the light melting ... lol.

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Old Jun 23, 2004 | 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by HxllxMan
Anyway thx to you also, you are the first guy I heard using a heat gun to open it. When people we're saying to put in the oven... I was like , a little bit scary to put inside and look the light melting ... lol. [/size]
Yeah anytime, bro. Never trusted the oven with a $1000 worth of headlight. Just keep it up and good luck with your headlight.
Noel

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Old Jun 26, 2004 | 03:55 PM
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This might help.....https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...ad.php?t=78174
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Old Jun 27, 2004 | 07:21 PM
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solarxclipse i am in kansas if i send my tails and my headlights to you with me paying for the shipping how much will that cost...
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Old Jun 27, 2004 | 09:14 PM
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I made my own version 7 tails
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Old Jun 27, 2004 | 09:36 PM
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IMO, EVOVII Tailights look better than EVOMR tailights on a silver EVO.

Nice job, did you paint from inside or outside?
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Old Jun 28, 2004 | 07:07 AM
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Originally Posted by HxllxMan
IMO, EVOVII Tailights look better than EVOMR tailights on a silver EVO.

Nice job, did you paint from inside or outside?
They are painted from the inside with tamaya clear red.
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