Hello All,

Im asking you guys/girls input on some taillights. I currently am unsatisfied with the choices for aftermarket taillights and black cover ups are a little unprofessinal. I currently mold and cast plastic parts, my question is if i were to start making light to dark black smoked clear lenses for my camaro would anyone else be interested in these as well? The lights will not be a stick-on or painted over deal they will be casted in liquid plastic in a mold of the stock OEM lenses all that would be required would be to remove the stock lenses from the tail light housing and silaconing the smoked lenses to the housing. With you guys/girls opinion i would be making these to sell (of coure if they look good and turn out the way i envision. If you guys/girls think its a good idea then i'll go forward and cast a set and post some pictures for you final thought. take the poll and post away!!!!! sorry about any spelling errors!

 

There has been interest in tail lights like that...

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/cama...ls-theyre.html

 

I would be very interested

 

I think they would sell, especially if they were clear. Clear meaning not reflective but any color aka transparent, like modern taillights on modern cars. Then add a tinted look or whatever.

There is really nothing out there on the aftermarket which is sad because even fox-body mustangs have aftermarket headlights/taillights available.

Maybe you could make some firebird parts...

 

Thanks Stephen for the link. Thats exactly what im trying to create but $250 for a taillight is a little absurd. im making the lenses only so the cost im looking at is about $75 for mold resin and liquid plastic.
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After the possible camaro taillights ill look in to firebird taillights!!!

 

I like the ones that CrazyHawaiian designed. I would pay a lot of money to have a set like those

They would have to be smooth all across it and not bumpy like the stockers. No dividing lines appearing on the outside of the different light up sections. But still have the sections work like normal (except the reverse lights of course). Now, if they were LEDs......

 

the horazontal divided lights is a good idea. that would be made possible by modifying the housing then casting it in plastic. ill look in to that thanks!

 

I want ones that look like factory 92 camaro tailights, yet are blacked out, without having to buy those covers

 

NP. let me know how it works out or if you need any help. I think it would be awesome to have the reverse lights in the middle. They would have to be pretty bright tho.

 

the lights would just be a led light array simple solution. it wouldnt be a direct fit to the stock bulbs but would look much better than the pitdly stock bulbs.

 

Are you refering to these or the same style w/o the black stripe across the middle?

 

Those are the mid to late 80's ones.

Here's the ones he was referring to...

 

OK cool he should have said the iroc-z or grid style

 

hmm....

 

mcwood... you say you mold and majke plastics? If you would like to make a small fortune, make the header panels for convertibles(where the visor bolts on) almost everybody on this site with a vert would buy em.

 

im not recalling the panel your refering to a picture would help. if its not to complex then ill look in to it.

 

this is what hes referring to

 

gottcha thanks doesnt look to complex. ill have to hunt me down one of those.

 

90% are cracked pretty bad. i covered mine and made a shitty fiberglass one that didnt go over too well so i trashed it. I havnt put mine back on yet tho. i think theres a broken one at the wrecking yard here i can see about snaging if you want to go ahead with the project.

 

i can repair the cracks with glue and some 2500 grit. as long as its not in to bad of shape. im not mold making just yet. still got money isues to hammer out, to free up some diy project cash. thank for the heads up. ill keep you in mind when im at that stage. im thinking ill be mold making then casting in 2-3 weeks.

 

if you can mold those, there are tons of little stock plastic pieces that nobody makes for convertibles, let alone custom pieces you could fab. I bug ecklers everytime they are at the local car shows about making third gen pieces. (fiberglass trunk lid, more agressive spoiler) But for the most part, that trim piece is at the top of everyones list. Ive seen them go for 300 on ebay.

 

im real interested in a pair of taillights; the pair that crazy hawaiian has up there would look great you should really try to mock up a set like that. they would sell like crazy

 

i agree...crazyhawaiin's idea would be great...simple and different...and i think that if you did a dark smoked color instead of read it would set it off even more...so that it was smoked, white, and smoked
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oops...typo...i meant to say make the RED portions smoked out instead lol...my bad

 

yea i think thats a good idea.

 

this is the general idea ive got. sorry about the quality im at work and only have the paint program.

 

No wrap around? I could see that still being good if the lights sat flush with the bumper and didnt have that damn lip. Even if you didnt have the wrap around light up, I still think it would be good. What are your thoughts on the smoked red or plain bright red? I have a Medium Maui Blue (light blue for you non-painters) Camaro and I dont know if smoked would look good or just keep the bright red. They would greatly compliment my shaved door handles though!

 

i would go with bright red. your car by itself pops so should you tails.

 

Mike,

Please let me know how I can contact your about your process/project.

Thanks.

 

So how are the lights going? Any progress?

 

STILL tring to find a set of taillights w/o cracks to modify for making the molds.