Gonna attempt red/clear tails

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.

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 :(

I'm gonna go all-red :D

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

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.

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
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid48/pddc86d4b9f3034325415b409a81b05d0/fcbaf6da.jpg

Pic of the car before taking the tails out
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid48/pc42d9d578d739a1624b03318d120ab01/fcbaf6be.jpg

Tails out
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid48/p66eed3066697aed25f13f7232e0f43cb/fcbaf6a4.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid48/p7b7e5928252a519fb68982886aca6608/fcbaf697.jpg

Took off this little bracket that goes around it for better access.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid48/p89aca0cd71ecaf8e82b5ea5d310feb91/fcbaf684.jpg

And into the oven at 225 degrees for about 6 minutes it goes
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid48/pe364e4231c261b37e15dfa84fb98f148/fcbaf671.jpg

Well thats what the tail looks like without the lens on it
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid48/p6633b0978a7e8cbaa44d4624edf949de/fcbaf662.jpg

But the lens itsself is colored :mad:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid48/p7a79879149b2644f9b2c0fcd221b5267/fcbaf64e.jpg

I dunno, it doesent look that bad :p
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid48/p5df456eef2221cc619d635e6730c0bf9/fcbaf63a.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid48/p62e925f1472a27c1ffccb18c3632c8ba/fcbaf61d.jpg

All right, nuff playing around, siliconed it back together, and let it chill to dry
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid48/p142f55ed85c62b6ee2d732862caf337b/fcbaf5fa.jpg

I wonder if I will get pulled over driving like this
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid48/p282aa5dca0b6cd7928321549a8228c5f/fcbaf5d2.jpg

Or this, (bumper lenses were stolen)
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid48/p3bb9a2144dfb5ccffd471525721d8f1d/fcbaf5b2.jpg

And my tail is back on
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid48/p804201276742c70d651ec9646ac2a20d/fcbaf59e.jpg

Silicone job isnt the greatest though :bloated:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid48/p4df177c985f2fcaa4f9e5b72e9499657/fcbaf594.jpg

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.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid48/p8fbf7ce8a1d0b44d2393995ae3a154cd/fcbaf583.jpg

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.

Originally posted by Melt
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid48/pddc86d4b9f3034325415b409a81b05d0/fcbaf6da.jpg

Is that a banana????

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

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

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid48/p330cf9577ea2bf331d2c352eb0f89359/fcbacd9c.jpg

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!!
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid48/p33759f39a235dc2c72910cd52b934e62/fcbacd8e.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid48/p3928ef1779c497281efff0e8fcc07353/fcbacd77.jpg

lol, cool knife!!

Originally posted by MyFirst4G
lol, cool knife!!

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

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

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

haahaha you ricer j/p:D

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

I made a set of clear tails, for my Accord wagon.(cause you can't buy them for wagons just sedans). I thoug that they turned out pretty good. I will post a pic soon. And you tell me what you think.

here is a pic of them after I put some red transparent tape on the bottom.(had too the cops were after me)

And I found one pic of before

i like that white and red thing you got goin on

yea It took me like 2 days just to make the taillights. And then I put the tape on them to get the cops off my back

Originally posted by Civic Rush
yea It took me like 2 days just to make the taillights. And then I put the tape on them to get the cops off my back

what did you go through to make them? Did you just paint thinner the existing lens or what .. I am still interested in doing mine.

no, It really was not all that fun. First what you have to do is when you take off you existing tail lights go and get some plexy glass then take off the outer housing of the taillights. You will need a heat gun or something along those lines.
Take the plexy and match it up to the outer shell of the stock taillight. mark where the corners are so you can cut the plexy to fit the housing. Then you will want to heat up the plexy so that you can bend it. Bend it around the stock so it looks almost identical. You must do this slow, do not over heat the plexy or it will look weird and wavy. then when you get the desired form goto like checker or some place that sells the tape that you use to like fix taillights. you will need the clear stuff and the red stuff if you want the half and half look. put that on the inside of the plexy.
after that get some silicone and electrical tape. silicone the plexy onto the housing and put some tape around the edges so that you can't see the silicone. and just like that you are done

Melt... there ya go!

didnt i suggest making diy clear tails in this post?


must have been ignored...

Civic Rush , Do you have any close up pics of the them?

Lush number plate (licence plate) on that green car, what is it?

over in the UK you have to have at least one letter and one number in you plate, which sucks, i found C1VCS (civics) for £1000 though which i am thinkin' of gettin' once i've saved up some cash!

check this out http://www.paseopimp.com/guides/cleartails.htm