Did the red taillight mod
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Did the red taillight mod
I felt ambitious today, so I went and picked up some 1605 Testors translucent Candy apple red paint and painted the amber parts on my lights. They took a good 4-5 coats until they looked dark enough. I think this was an awesome little appearance mod, I gotta touch up a few spots but other than that it came out great. Here's some pics
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great little mod, i bet many people wont notice it ,you know what i dont think id even notice it , but it does look better when you show the b4 and after pic. In the first pic though where you painted it, it looks a little dull. Is it possible to polish it up just a little bit so it matches all of them . But it looks really good, what about doing all of them red, has anyone done that?
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Originally posted by nolanr0413
great little mod, i bet many people wont notice it ,you know what i dont think id even notice it , but it does look better when you show the b4 and after pic. In the first pic though where you painted it, it looks a little dull. Is it possible to polish it up just a little bit so it matches all of them . But it looks really good, what about doing all of them red, has anyone done that?
great little mod, i bet many people wont notice it ,you know what i dont think id even notice it , but it does look better when you show the b4 and after pic. In the first pic though where you painted it, it looks a little dull. Is it possible to polish it up just a little bit so it matches all of them . But it looks really good, what about doing all of them red, has anyone done that?
91RSowner- I didnt remove the lense, I just removed the whole taillight from the car and masked it off.
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is that a zr1 sharing the garage?:hail:
is that a zr1 sharing the garage?:hail:
Its my fathers, 94 LT1 with the Z07 suspension package, 1 of 887 that year.
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Originally posted by Dante93GTZ
I'm not keen on the red. I like the orange, alhough I do wish it was a little darker, not so bright and cheezy.
Does Testors make a dark orange?
I'm not keen on the red. I like the orange, alhough I do wish it was a little darker, not so bright and cheezy.
Does Testors make a dark orange?
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Originally posted by TunedPort 335
I wish
Its my fathers, 94 LT1 with the Z07 suspension package, 1 of 887 that year.
I wish
Its my fathers, 94 LT1 with the Z07 suspension package, 1 of 887 that year.
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hey billsfirebird that was cool what you did with his pic what about have the red on top and red on bottom and clear in the middle? just an idea.
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That looks awesome! I think that's a must-do mod for 3rd gen camaros. I'll have to see your car in person when i'm up in your area sometime
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The only thing about that is you can't really polish them all shiny now can you? You can't really polish the paint right?
Perhaps if you could paint the inside some how, 'cause I really really dig the super polished lenses (ala the sticky)
Perhaps if you could paint the inside some how, 'cause I really really dig the super polished lenses (ala the sticky)
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Originally posted by KBeez
The only thing about that is you can't really polish them all shiny now can you? You can't really polish the paint right?
Perhaps if you could paint the inside some how, 'cause I really really dig the super polished lenses (ala the sticky)
The only thing about that is you can't really polish them all shiny now can you? You can't really polish the paint right?
Perhaps if you could paint the inside some how, 'cause I really really dig the super polished lenses (ala the sticky)
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Just my local hobby store called Hobby Time. Anyplace that carries alot of stuff for model cars should have it.
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You got that BB gun dent fixed quick! Did you have to get it painted?
You got that BB gun dent fixed quick! Did you have to get it painted?
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Originally posted by TunedPort 335
Just my local hobby store called Hobby Time. Anyplace that carries alot of stuff for model cars should have it.
Just my local hobby store called Hobby Time. Anyplace that carries alot of stuff for model cars should have it.
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nice job tunedport! I think it looks 10x times better! But hey whats wrong with the orginal len?! I have em on my car, whatt ya saying my car is ugly? Lol im just playing
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Ive really wanted to change the orange to clear... but that would be alot more difficult and messy. Can you get some pics of them lit up.. i assume it will be a little difficult to catch but thats whats kinda teetering me on the mod. Maybee I'll hit it up next weekend!
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Originally posted by billsfirebird
paint the reverse lights like this....that would be cool too.
paint the reverse lights like this....that would be cool too.
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Yup, I did one of my taillight sets just like the pic billsfirebird posted expect I left the top reverse light clear instead of the bottom. I also blocked off the two bottom squares from the inside so they dont light up when I put it in reverse (only that single top clear square). I'm gonna put em on my 91 as soon as I get my rear bumper re-painted, I'll be sure to post some pics.
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Originally posted by 91rsowner4life
hey billsfirebird that was cool what you did with his pic what about have the red on top and red on bottom and clear in the middle? just an idea.
hey billsfirebird that was cool what you did with his pic what about have the red on top and red on bottom and clear in the middle? just an idea.
If I had a camaro I'd do the same thing. Ive never really liked the orange turn signal look. If my bro still had his camaro I'd make him do it.
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That is SWEET!!! I must do it, well, post pics of your's polished and if they turn out nice I'm gonna do it
Anyone have the painted lights with pics of them polished to a very shiny shine? (if it's really possible hehe)
Anyone have the painted lights with pics of them polished to a very shiny shine? (if it's really possible hehe)
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Originally posted by KBeez
That is SWEET!!! I must do it, well, post pics of your's polished and if they turn out nice I'm gonna do it
Anyone have the painted lights with pics of them polished to a very shiny shine? (if it's really possible hehe)
That is SWEET!!! I must do it, well, post pics of your's polished and if they turn out nice I'm gonna do it
Anyone have the painted lights with pics of them polished to a very shiny shine? (if it's really possible hehe)
Although I dont have the camera with me
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I do beleive each lense can come off? it looks like there is clips or something that hold each lense on, I've never tried so I might be wrong. but if you had a set of euro taillights, (with the red and orange switched) you could take off the red turn signal part and put it on the US config taillights. Just a thought
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I suppose it's illegal to go without white backup lights, but i wonder if any cops would notice if the whole thing was red.
Looks good IMO
Looks good IMO
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all red would be a bad idea, you kinda need the white to let people know your backing up, but leaving one white looks good
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looks good. If I was to do it I'd paint the parts that were already red, too, tho. That way it would all match. Looks better than the orange tho. Oh, and I'd paint 2/3 of the back-up part of the lens, too- that'd be sweet.
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Have you polished the lenses yet? I painted my amber last ight but it looked like crap so out came the scotchbrite. I think I need a darker red first off but the pattern didn't show through at all. It just made it look cheap.
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im probly the only one here... but i like my amber lights. i think the whole tri-colored light assembly looks good.
one of my fav parts of the car.
one of my fav parts of the car.