I was just wondering if the plastic is made red or if it's just a tinting on the inside. I want to make my rear tail lights clear too and put red bulbs in. I have clear corners on the front (my car is white) and i think clear tail lights would looks pretty cool. Anyone done this or know if it can be done?

 

yes, the red plastic piece comes out. once youve got your tail lights off the car, take a box cutter and start cutting the seal around the back. once you get the outside case off, pull the red lens out. then just seal them back up and your good to go. i put the red LED's in mine. that way when they are not lit up they are clear. looks pretty cool. looks better than red bulbs anyways, IMO.

 

Do you have any pics? That sounds awsome. Did you just glue yours back together? Did you get the lights from Ebay? I think i'll do this next weekend lol.

 

PLEASE post on the correct forum. This is becoming a problem. This is "LT1 Engine Tech". Moving to "Appearance". A "search" would have found you related posts on that forum.

 

ill take some for you. send me an email address and ill get them to you this afternoon.

i got the led's from ebay. i used an rtv sealer to seal them back up.

 

Alright awsome! ShawnMacananny@earthlink.net I saw the pics in yoru sig but they looked almost like black outs.

 

I think that's a pretty cool idea, be sure to post some pics when you get it done, im very interested in this.

thanks,
Steve

 

can i get some pics of this too? sounds pretty cool.. mpirone@gmail.com thanks

 

There are pictures of the ones I ran for 3 years on my Cardomain page (it's listed on my profile here)...

Not that hard to do, but I never found a set of bulbs that I liked that I felt safe driving around with; I was ALWAYS worried about getting rear-ended.

But hey, I did it for a while, thought they were cool, and still think they look good on some cars. But... I've moved on to LSX tails now...

 

sending you guys mail. ill try to make a quick page so that everyone can view the pics.

 

threw a page together real quick. dont mind the dirty car!

in the daytime, you can see the lights fairly decent. at night time, they are way cool. in the night time pics, notice that the lower reflectors are reflecting the flash of the camera (so that wouldnt normally be there ).

heres the page: http://www.geocities.com/banzai_68/TAwithLED.html?

EDIT: i believe there is a writeup also on how to convert that third bulb in the taillight to a brake light. ill see if i can dig it up later. hope this helps.

 

They look awsome man, thanks for the pics. You just got the LEDs from ebay and they fit right in and lined up?

 

yeah. they fit right up. i got the brake/tail lights and the reverse lights as well.

i'm listing a link to a cool LED tail light bulb that i saw. ill probably get these next. they look pretty cool.

http://www.ledtronics.com/ds/AUT1157/

 

Hey thats cool, they even have a formula in the pics! So what's special about them? What does it mean when it says "You will need an electronic flasher available from any automotive store". We cant just use the stock setup we have?

These were the ones i was thinking of getting

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=33713

 

those will work and are a lot cheaper. and you will have to go to advance auto or whatever and get your electronic flasher. it plugs in where your old mechanical one goes under the dash. the stock one is set up to keep your blinker on steady if a bulb goes out. if you use the stock flasher, it wont allow your blinkers to flash. get an electronic one and they will work fine. i think they are like $5.