Gonna attempt red/clear tails

[Melt]

Anyways, we will see how it goes, cause some guy I talked to last night took the orage out of the tails of his 3g accord, so we will see how it goes. I will post pics and the entire process once I complete this.

[amy@af]

are you planning on doing this to a spare set....or the ones on your car? you really should get a spare set. if anything goes wrong you won't be able to drive without tails. cops love the fix it tickets

[mdnnccivicrcr]

I'm gonna go all-red

[york2600]

Just don't let it end up like the time you black out your tails. Blehh! Nasty shit.

[Melt]

Didnt work, the lens itself is Orange, this is probably the reason all the clear sedan tails I see are usually from 88-89's.

Right now the right taillight is just chillin waiting for the new silicone to dry, if I got nothing else out of this at least my tail wont leak anymore.

I will post pics of the process later, and hopefully I dont get pulled over when I go to lunch later.

[Melt]

Pics as promised.

All my tools and shit all ready, also got clear silicone, and orange bulbs to finish the job. Total cost so far $6.23


Pic of the car before taking the tails out


Tails out




Took off this little bracket that goes around it for better access.


And into the oven at 225 degrees for about 6 minutes it goes


Well thats what the tail looks like without the lens on it


But the lens itsself is colored


I dunno, it doesent look that bad




All right, nuff playing around, siliconed it back together, and let it chill to dry


I wonder if I will get pulled over driving like this


Or this, (bumper lenses were stolen)


And my tail is back on


Silicone job isnt the greatest though


You look closely here and you can actually see some inside the lens, it will turn clear once it dries and wont be as noticeable though.


I ended up returning the orange bulbs, even though I maybe should have kept em for when my new bumper lenses come, I like the bumpers being white anyways.

[MyFirst4G]

Originally posted by Melt

Is that a banana????

[slammed89civic]

haha...what were you using the banana for melt...? or do we wanna know? lol, j/k

[Melt]

hahahaa, no its a utility knife, part of a set of 3 I got my dad for christmas



Might as well throw up some pics of my hiperwhite reverse bulbs while we are talking about tails, pics dont do these justice, they are bright as FUCK!!

[MyFirst4G]

lol, cool knife!!

[Melt]

Originally posted by MyFirst4G
lol, cool knife!!

only the best for my dad (got the set at costco) :hehe:

[Skeme1]

was there any other way to possibly fabricate a clear tail lense. maybe some sort of transparent plastic and then paint them half red?

a friend of mine made clear bumper corners with ceiling light covers from home depot.

i dunno. it might not look good but it was just a thought

[Melt]

so I posted this on another 4th gen civic site ... and ive been branded a ricer cause of the yellow h emblems and the sir ...

http://www.civic4g.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=151

[Dx18704]

haahaha you ricer j/p

[1PhatCX]

i guess i better not put any pics of my car on there when its done or else i'll be accused of being a ricer prolly, stock rims painted, half-assed anodized blue drums, lol, anodized blue valve cover, aluminum coloured header. yup i can see it now, he'd call me a ricer for sure haha