What Year Suburban? Like The 88-98?

 

YEP '96 !!!!

 

I Think I Could Make Those The Bends Arent Too Complex, And Id Make It So The Back Up Light Is Part Of The Whole Lens Too, No Separation Other Than The Light Bulb Color Themselves, And Either Chrome Or Black For The Inside Housing With That Reflective Paint Those Would Be Really Nice! My Dad Has A 96 Silverado 5.7 With The Same Tail Lights, And My Dad Is Impressed By What I Am Doing With My Camaro Lights

 

Cool, let me know ...

btw, i am opening a costum truck car shop here soon..so maybe i need more stuff LOL

Merry X-MAS !!

 

Sounds Nice, Eventually I Want To Build A Shop; For Cars And Trucks, Anything You Want Done Ill Get It Done Or Find Someone To Help Me, And It Will Double As A Tattoo And Bike Shop Since My Fiancee Is An Artist And A Harley Fanatic.

How About Them Gifts?? Merry Christmas DareDevil ^^

 

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interesting to say the least, i dont really understand whats going on with two different types of plastic though

 

Diffuse the light pattern for better light coverage. Theyre used in ceilings everywhere. The guys on musclecar tv did a set of custom tails with a similar idea. It's not strong and easily cracks so it's topped with smoked gray plexiglass. I have red led bulbs for the 1157s and a white led bulb for the 1156. I'm having trouble finding a red 194 bulb here locally like Oreilys and autozone for the side lightbulb.

 

ah i see instead of it being a direct bulb loooking glow, and i thing theres an online led bulb place website

 

Sweet Idea For Defusing The Light, Im Gonna Keep My Crystal Clear Look But I Have To Haze A Square Above My Black Splitter Line Or Else People Behind Me Would Be Blinded By 5 Super Bright LEDs loL Im Still Working On Getting Supplies To Finish Mine But Im In No Rush.. Especially Now That My Headlights Blew Up And I Cant Find A Bad Wire Anywhere! Soo... That Gives Me An Excuse To Re Wire My Headlights And Hard Wire In Some Relays So That I Have Lights On At Key Turn, And A Switch Off Over-ride. My Parking Lights Still Work Fine. And I Got Over 20 Blue LED 194 Style Lights Just For My Dash Console And Climate Control As Well As My Shift Indicator. So Far Just My Shifter And Climate Have The Lights In And They Look So Much Better Than Yellowish White loL
If You Get The 1157 Bulbs Its Better That They're Tower Style So They Shoot Back And All Around Onto The Reflective Part Of The Housing, The Cheap Auto Zone LEDs Were Only Back Firing And They Werent Close To As Bright As The Tower Style 1157 LEDs

 

BTW Matthufham I Dont Think Yours Would Fly For Normal Use, As Far As I Know They Gotta Have The Reflector In It Unless You Add On Separate Reflectors Under The Bumper Or Something, Im Shooting To Get Mine DOT Approved (: And Ill Try To Make A Mold And Produce More Lights To Sell On Ebay Haha

 

Not legal but should be brighter than the blacked out grid lights I got now. I.need a reflector on rear and side but not planning on it

 

I'm confused. Doesn't the rear half where the bulbs reflect off of also double as the reflector? I didn't see where he changed that.
Or are you saying that the the light won't reflect through the added (diffuser) layer?

 

No I Didnt See That He Left The Stock Reflector In The Corner, The Light Will Defenatly Reflect Thru His Defuser, But Its White. It Looks Red On Stock Lenses Because The Lens Is Red. On Mine IDK If White Will Fly Or If Ill Have To Tint Them Red loL

 

hey mathufham where did you get the plastic that you used to diffuse the light.

 

Looks like home depot or lowes !!!!!

 

Putting Clear Coat On The Acrylic Will Give It A Rough Semi Transparent Look On The Inside And Could Also Work As A Diffuser. Im Gonna Put 1.5 Inch Squares Where The Bulbs Are, Shouldnt Be Able To See Them Until I Hit The Brakes Or Blinkers

 

I don't like my lights right now until I find better bulbs. The autozone LEDs are crap.

 

Yea They Are, I Tried Them Before I Even Had The Idea Of Making My Own Lenses. Go To Ebay Or Some Site That Sells "Tower" LED 1157s And Make Sure The Quality Is Good And The Base Is The Right Length. Some Of The Cheaper Tower Styles Dont Go In All The Way Due To The LED Circuit Board :/
These Are Like The Ones I Wanna Get Later On:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2xCar...Q5fAccessories

 

Ahh, I didn't think about the color and yeah you might have to tint the lens or something. Good point.

 

Ill Do A Partial Tint, Most Cars And Trucks Have Just A Tiny Strip Of Red Reflector, Our Camaros Have A Pretty Big One loL I Love The Look Of The White Reflector Behind That Gray Smoked Acrylic So Some Red, Not All Of It

 

heres a link http://www.google.com/products/catal...ed=0CGsQ8wIwBA#

I work at oreilly the part number is 194rbp line code eik, I ordered some the other day and the main warehouse had like twenty packs.

oh nevermind you want led.

 

I Landed A Pretty Epic Job A Few Days Ago, And Perfect Timing Too. Im Making $9 An Hour To Start And I Get 9 Hour Days As An Equipment Painter. Pretty Soon I Think Ill Get A Raise Cus Ive Already Impressed My Bosses With My Speed And Skill. Now To Get My Camaro In The Booth And Really Show What Im Capable Of loL... I Wish. With That, Ill Have One Tail Light Done And Ill Order More Acrylic To Do My Other Side, And Install Them (:

 

C,mon already, lets see it! Ha!

 

^ what he said

 

loL Im on pause while I swap in a 350, Im still looking for the best 2 part adhesive I can get to bond the acrylic to the abs plastic. And I need a hot knife :/

 

did you guys ever finish your tail lights if so do you have any pics of them on your car, how they work do they leak?

 

I am interested in seeing the final pics as well.

 

Ah damn actually I just **** canned the project. I was tied up on the reflector having to be red... um actually, now I dont care, but I dont have those tail lights anymore, next time I get a pair I'll cut them or separate them better and roll the acrylic better, also without doing the black stripe in them like I did, cus now my tastes have changed lol. What I did do, was swap in a 350 out of a 1990 van. Its a very stout motor, but it burnt up my transmission.. Im trying to raise $400 to get a Camaro with 2.8 V6 but it has a 5-spd transmission. Yea.. 350 and a 5 speed, I'll be a very happy person lol.

 

you do know that the v6 t5 is different than the v8 t5?

 

Yea, I remembered that the V6 is a 60 degree engine compared to the V8s which are 90 degree engines, I would need another bell housing, plus I dont think a T5 from the V6 will handle the power of a 350. Just taking a guess on that. Now, I do know a guy that has alot of random Camaro IROC parts, one being a T5 straight from a 350 IROC. He's gonna sell that to me, along with the fly wheel, clutch, the pedals and everything. So Im waiting for that.