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frankie89
08-09-2005, 04:43 PM
yeah the ones mase made aint fit so i custom made mine using his techniqe so here it is..(ya might wanna sticky this)
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b92/frankie89/PICT0345.jpg
first is you take off the tailights (this is coupe style older model dont have the extra bottom) break off the lens using a pair of plyers, make sure ya dont cut ya selfs (i did) take off all colored plastic, but be careful not to break inner clear plastic..
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b92/frankie89/PICT0347.jpg
it should look like this..
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b92/frankie89/PICT0346.jpg
mask off surrounding area and paint inner plastic with refective paint..
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b92/frankie89/PICT0348.jpg
then carefully slide back in clear plastic.. after that you should get some thin plexiglass and heat up where da bends go, and forn to the light ok..add some silicone and seal that light up tight.(oh yeah get the right colored bulbs for legal reasons..
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b92/frankie89/untitled.jpg
and this is the final result hope ya like.. it aint so hard..
superaccord
08-09-2005, 04:58 PM
hmm...did you heat up the thin plexy glass up with a heat gun? how thin is it,1/8th inch? What did you use to cut the plexy? Just some extra helpful hints.
frankie89
08-09-2005, 05:16 PM
well i used the plexi from the ones i had, but it seems easy just to but a this piece and heat it up enough just to form around the corners.. and to cut a simple dremel should do the trick..
superaccord
08-09-2005, 05:28 PM
oh, so you didnt make the glass on those? who did? How thick is it?
frankie89
08-09-2005, 06:31 PM
the ones i have before these military mase made them, i bought them off of him but they aint match up. he got a 87 accord 4 door, i got a 89 2 door so he made the plexi bends and i just used them on my 89. i still have th 87 clears without plexi, im gonna make a set of bends and add them to the 87 clears and see who wants them.
Busted_Blue
08-09-2005, 07:02 PM
welcome to 1995. :)
halxi
08-09-2005, 08:07 PM
doesnt look bad, but i hope youre going to do the center ones too? lol looks :rice: in its current state of being.

Looks good, fairly simple. Might be something i expirement with, on another set of lights of course.
superaccord
08-09-2005, 08:26 PM
I was thinking half red half clear...
halxi
08-09-2005, 08:27 PM
really?

ditto... lol
gfrg88
08-09-2005, 08:37 PM
damn your muffler is HUGE lol the tails look good by the way, makes me want to finish mine but im too lazy....
88accordalltheway
08-09-2005, 08:40 PM
welcome to 1995. :)
:werd:
mr eff
08-09-2005, 10:27 PM
how do you plan to do the trunk lid lenses? i think it would be easy for you to take what you've done for the outer corners and make them half red/clear.
gr3k0sLaV
08-10-2005, 05:21 AM
well i used the plexi from the ones i had, but it seems easy just to but a this piece and heat it up enough just to form around the corners.. and to cut a simple dremel should do the trick..

Very nice, basically what i'm doing with my lights. Althought I might tint the lenses a smidge, and also what are you doing about globes? LEDS or Incandescent?

I tried LED replacements but didn't like 'em.

Also that chick in your avatar, any more pics :)
frankie89
08-10-2005, 06:57 AM
yeah i was thimking half red and half clear also, but what paint should i use. the red bulbs in there now make the red part look pink..The center one are gonna be removed and filled in some way, ill figure it out. it will look like the pic below.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b92/frankie89/fb229879.jpg
Cheeseburger
08-10-2005, 08:29 AM
looks good
Deadhead
08-10-2005, 12:03 PM
why does that picture remind me of the lights off of my old VW FOX?

lol

But i like the clear idea though... wonder what it would look like on my Hatch? Photoshop anyone?
jigga225
08-10-2005, 07:28 PM
tight man, people have been wanting clears. Could u have used some reflector clear instead of see thru?