i saw a post a while back about somebody making them but couldnt find it. what are people doing about these? it looks tacky as hell to have one clear and one red... need some help.0

 

black em both out

 

i would if i were goin with a black 4th gen style paint job and black wheels. but with silver or polished wheels and a totally gunmetal car, clear looks better IMO.

 

then you might be able to get away with clear lense and red bulb

 

The point was, they don't make them.

 

you can diy. I know there's threads that explain how to do that somewhere, and if the red doesn't come off you could replace it with plexiglass

 

Did you read the first post at all?

That's what this thread is ABOUT. He wants to know how.

 

sorry my mind is wandering on me tonight. I totally misread what he said. All apologies.

I believe you have to take the assembly apart. Scrape off the color on the inside or replace the lense with plexiglass. Then glue it back together. I might suggest a thin coat of clear silicone across the inside if the lens so that it lights up the whole thing instead of just where the bulb is.

I hope that helps.
Again I'm sorry about my earlier posts I have a horrible head cold that makes it next to impossible to think.

 

i made mine. and im running a red bulb works fine.

 

Well at least you're trying to help.

The lens itself is red so it would probably need to be cut/unglued off the backing assembly and a new clear/diffused piece of plex/lex siliconed on.

Didn't redraif do this? Or did she cut out the sheetmetal from the front of some thirdgen fenders and graft them onto the rear? Or from some other car?

 

here's her page http://www.cardomain.com/ride/746031/4

 

ya know i completely forgot she had some. ill PM her to give us some details and ill give it a shot and maybe make a good write up for future reference.

 

in the process of ironing out the details on a write up of how I did it for my site. Was just about done when cardoamin changed the format on thier pics adn all mine disappeared and the layout changed. I have to get the pics back up...

Long story short I got the rears out of another bird to not kill mine if it did not work...

I had to break the red lens out of the white housing...

I then had to cut and fit a clear lens out of another car... I had a heck of a time filing it down to fit flush...

Will see what i can do tomorrow to get the pics and semi build up on cardomain

 

I believe the front and rear housings are the same. You should be able to purchase clear lens for the front and back. You will need to get colored lights, both amber or amber front red in the back to stay legal.

 

No rears are diff... i checked when I did mine.

I will have to fix the site and get back to you... bigger mess then I thought!

 

i think no markers loooks nice

 

how do you black em out?> im looking to do this mod pm me or just post it up

 

they sell clear side marker lights on e-bay for like 10 dollars!!!

 

check this out I believe he used VHT nightshade spray tint.

 

thanks is night shade hard to put on and wich is better for blacking out night sahde or that plastic stuff for i think gts?

 

+$15-20 for shipping

 

Show me the link, please. These would sell like hotcakes in the U.K.

 

no thats just for the fronts. i do not need the fronts as i already have them, i need the back now.

 

Two questions, what color does the UK use? What do the Japanese use? The reason I ask is because they don't use the same dot colors that we do and there might be a company that sells them.

 

No one makes the rears... I had to make them myself

 

Good to know.

 

hmmm it looks like i dont have rear side markers....thought i did? so now my question is for the front what color does it have to be and if i move to clear witch bulb? and how does night shade work?

 

hmmm it looks like i dont have rear side markers....thought i did? so now my question is for the front what color does it have to be and if i move to clear witch bulb? and how does night shade work?

 

Camaro's have them integrated into the tailights. That's why they wrap around onto the fender and birds don't.

You'd need amber or off-white (standard incandescent bulb). White is illegal on the side of your vehicle.

 

thanks....feels stupid so no white but off white its good? whats the differecne?

 

It's a matter of semantics really. The laws around here state that the lights on the front have to be from white to amber and the frontal portion of the side have to be from offwhite (incandscent bulb) to amber. (no blue tinted bulbs to get a "white" appearance). Rear marker lights have to be red and rear signals have to be amber or red.

 

just got mine put on today!

i used amber bulbs to keep it legal

 

Nice!

good shot of those custom centers on your wheels also

 

The nightshade stuff is a spray I believe and i don't know if gts sells blackouts for the side markers

 

I remember someone saying that procarparts.com sold side markers, but I cant find any listed under the 3rd generations of the fbodies, but only the 4th generations. Is it that the 4th generation side markers will fit? Or am I just missing them on the site.

/edit: I see that they sell them on ebay, but dont offer them on their site? weird.

 

Anyone tried adapting 4th gen rears onto our cars? Is the size similar, or would some trimming be needed?