Tail light mods II: new pics.

Nothing fancy, just worked on something someone said about that candy apple transparent enamel paint from Testors. Got those really cheap and shiny chrome altezzas, did 2 coats of the can. Turned out very nice...they look like stock lamps. but crystalline... you can see the 3 circles inside the red. I thought that maybe the paint would have an adverse affect on lighting, turned out light intensity wasnt affected at all.

Next up soon: stuffing 4" hyper red truck LEDs into those circles :smokin: .

Unlit:
http://img48.exs.cx/img48/9599/Taillightcloseup1.jpg
http://img48.exs.cx/img48/8596/misc12.jpg

Lit:
http://img48.exs.cx/img48/1862/tailson3.jpg
http://img48.exs.cx/img48/2097/tailson1.jpg

Sweet job on those. If you can't go all out with the huge LED's you want, you can still do the LED bulb replacements and get a good effect.

thanks joe. the best part is, they look almost stock...usually only DSMers would notice the difference when inlit (lit, everyone knows :) )

about those LEDs, do you mean something like these:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7918417233&category=33713

Yep, you can usually type something like "LED 194" and find tons of stuff. I would be willing to bet autozone or schucks/kragen carries most types in the ricer section.

wait...194? So its 194 for our cars? I mailed the seller some time ago and he said; "Hi; You Mitsubishi uses 1157 which is cross to the 2057 that came in it, Thanks, John." .. whats all that about?

yeah thats pretty sweet dude.. i like the semi stock apparence.... will definatly fool the untrained eye.. i got some spinning led tail bulbs out back my car... but i got those altezzas that have the lenses kinda angled and they dont show up that well... maybe i should try something like that on those to tone em down a bit...

oh and the leds are for 1157... but there really for like a civic or some bs.. our cars are the 2057 i think.. only thing i noticed is the spinners i got are a lil dimmer than the other two regular bulbs in it but they twisted right in so..

haha good job man! I was the one that told some dude to get the candy apple paint. Nice work! If someone had a blue car then they can prolly get a blue transparent color and still have the red showing brake lights haha

Pretty damn sweet man. Good job!!

haha thanks everyone :ylsuper:

very nice job, almost stock but with a touch of customize!!!!!!

Did you seal the altezzas, if not you might want to do that so they don't get fucked up. Just take some silicone or caulk and seal the altezzas up

damn good job on those. damn i think imma bite off you. those look good. i want to be the only one with those over here.

ashah000: "Did you seal the altezzas, if not you might want to do that so they don't get fucked up. Just take some silicone or caulk and seal the altezzas up"

Seal? I never opened them..i just painted them with transparent candy red enamel spray. I'll keep that in mind though, for next time, when I work on installing the truck LEDs into them.

hmm yeah i like em more now that iv seen mine again since then lol.. i call dibs on those tails in ky haha

Seal? I never opened them..i just painted them with transparent candy red enamel spray. I'll keep that in mind though, for next time, when I work on installing the truck LEDs into them.

You should still seal them. The cheapo ebay altezzas will trap moisture in them. Even some good ones do.

He didn't un-seal them...

I know.. but the seal from the factory on the altezzas blow ass. Wait until it rains, you will have water in the altezzas. Take some caulk or silicone and put it on the seam of the altezzas. Believe me on this one or you can find out the hard way :)

I had em for 2 years they were fine...painted the same ones, so... maybe I got the better ones...fluke? haha.

Well in that case, your fine :)

Do NOT use silicone. Yes, it is by far the best thing you can use for sealing but you will NEVER be able to get it off once it's on. Seriously, no matter what you do it will not come off, ever. Scrape it, pour acid on it, blow torch it, its not leaving. I personaly dont know exatly what to use yet but I would agree that you should seal any tail lights just to make sure. Lights fogging isn't just for the cheap ones either btw. New $50,000 car's lights sometimes fog, its just really hard to completely seal the lights. A tiny microscopic crack can allow moisture inside. For sealing the lights though, I would use some kind of good sealing glue that would become soft when heated to a certain temp.

Btw, Nice lookin tail lights Shpyder.

Sick!!!

Looks like Supra Tail lights when lit in the dark.

Looks good!!!

Do NOT use silicone. Yes, it is by far the best thing you can use for sealing but you will NEVER be able to get it off once it's on. Seriously, no matter what you do it will not come off, ever. Scrape it, pour acid on it, blow torch it, its not leaving. I personaly dont know exatly what to use yet but I would agree that you should seal any tail lights just to make sure. Lights fogging isn't just for the cheap ones either btw. New $50,000 car's lights sometimes fog, its just really hard to completely seal the lights. A tiny microscopic crack can allow moisture inside. For sealing the lights though, I would use some kind of good sealing glue that would become soft when heated to a certain temp.

Btw, Nice lookin tail lights Shpyder.

Hmm.. Never thought of that. Good point. Well in that case I would say use caulking.

Those look great!!! My kind of mod, very subtle yet very sophisticated!!!! Excellent job!