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Old May 8, 2006 | 05:13 PM
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A couple months ago I redded out the amber in my tails, I decided to black out the housings of my reverse lights. The pics are just to give people an idea of what this setup looks like.


Old May 8, 2006 | 05:32 PM
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Very nice whip! Nice mod...
Old May 8, 2006 | 05:34 PM
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NIcely done, give it a differnt look..

oooh, soo shiny your car...
Old May 8, 2006 | 05:42 PM
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Closer shot



That white streak is my neighbor's gutter....+ finger prints from fitting them.
Old May 8, 2006 | 05:47 PM
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you painted on the inside?
Old May 8, 2006 | 05:57 PM
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For the DTM part, yes.
Old May 8, 2006 | 06:31 PM
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Looks good. How many layers did you use?
Old May 8, 2006 | 06:53 PM
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looks awesome, good work
Old May 8, 2006 | 07:15 PM
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Looks good! How did you red out the amber part?
Old May 8, 2006 | 07:19 PM
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Looks nice on your black maxima. Keep it looking nice!!
Old May 9, 2006 | 04:30 AM
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Nice unique look Fr33way. Still nice and bright when you put it in reverse.
Old May 9, 2006 | 05:30 AM
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nice, looks pretty good.. unique thats for sure.
Old May 9, 2006 | 11:10 AM
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Nice unique look Fr33way. Still nice and bright when you put it in reverse.
It's actually a good bit brighter since there is only the clear plastic lense. Another thing is that the reverse housing has a real crystal look to it at night (similar to a newer car) but I'm sure this is true with all DTMs.

For the people asking about the outers: I just did it the old fasion 95/96r way and used testor's transparent candy apple red. I did about 4 coats on the amber section ONLY and it happens to match.

For the DTM reverse lights I used 2 coats of a glossy black paint meant for plastic. Thanks for all the comments, hopefully I will have a new idea for the headlights (modified AE?) whenever I decide to do them.
Old May 9, 2006 | 11:37 AM
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whats up with your wheels? Did they get a few new coats of gunmetal on them?
Old May 9, 2006 | 02:35 PM
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while you had the oven (or heat gun) on you should have pulled the outers, separated them and painted the orange piece red. the crap on the outside looks bad and fades over time.
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Unique Justin - I like it!



gota get a lip now!
Old May 9, 2006 | 03:04 PM
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Nice! You have one of the most unique taillight setups that's for sure.
Old May 9, 2006 | 03:23 PM
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Unique Justin - I like it!



gota get a lip now!
somebody has a kit on . . . what color is the front lip? (drum roll)
Old May 9, 2006 | 03:38 PM
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members rides ftw
Old May 9, 2006 | 04:52 PM
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Different... I like it.
Old May 9, 2006 | 06:18 PM
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Originally Posted by JSutter
while you had the oven (or heat gun) on you should have pulled the outers, separated them and painted the orange piece red. the crap on the outside looks bad and fades over time.
I was going to but they have not started to fade at all, I'm not sure how the pic looks but it matched exactly to the 97-99 red tail.
Old May 13, 2006 | 02:54 PM
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Decided to match the outers. For whatever reason I didn't really like the Red/Smoked combo. If I ever did go back to red outers I would just paint the amber piece and put it behind the clear lense and put the stock reverse light setup back in. I like the look for now however.
Old May 13, 2006 | 03:36 PM
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Old May 13, 2006 | 03:46 PM
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That looks much better.... copy cat
Old May 13, 2006 | 07:37 PM
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Old May 14, 2006 | 07:43 AM
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What The Crap is that?!
Old May 14, 2006 | 08:39 AM
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Damn Sexy.
Old May 14, 2006 | 08:45 AM
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i like mine better
Old May 14, 2006 | 08:47 AM
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Originally Posted by diymaximakid
i like mine better
need pics . . .
Old May 14, 2006 | 08:52 AM
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Looks better the 2nd way, nice mod.

If you are thinking of doing a nice headlight mod, you might consider my cefiro clone mod. http://digital.ic3donline.com/ae-cefiro
Old May 14, 2006 | 10:17 AM
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HECTOR TAILLIGHT MOD [HTM] FTW!!!

Old May 14, 2006 | 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted by ATL (gxe)
Unique Justin - I like it!



gota get a lip now!
Damn Bijan! Car's lookin good.

I always loved the way the DTM looked. Good job.
Old May 14, 2006 | 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Biggs_02
HECTOR TAILLIGHT MOD [HTM] FTW!!!


Those look similar to mine.
Old May 14, 2006 | 01:36 PM
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looking good.
Old May 14, 2006 | 02:00 PM
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A friend of mine asked me if we could do that (black housing clear reflector), it looks pretty cool but I like the way the clear section looks with DTM. The HTM still looks a tad cloudy to me. Props on the setups guys.
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I'm not big on the DTM. I dont like how the bulb is visible. Seems a little cheesy to me but to each his own.
Old May 14, 2006 | 02:07 PM
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Looks better the 2nd way, nice mod.

If you are thinking of doing a nice headlight mod, you might consider my cefiro clone mod. http://digital.ic3donline.com/ae-cefiro
Very nice write up man, I really like the way they look on a white car.

You totally have me figured out though I have been tossing around headlight ideas all week. We will see, thanks for the link.
Old May 14, 2006 | 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by JNCoRacer
I'm not big on the DTM. I dont like how the bulb is visible. Seems a little cheesy to me but to each his own.
I could see how you would think that, they are a tad dim in the day, but NICE and bright at night. They just have more of a crystal look to me.

Who knows how long this will last but for now I am happy with her ass

That super-black looks great BTW.
Old May 14, 2006 | 02:15 PM
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need pics . . .


yeah maybe later today,but you've seen mine along witha black cloud of smoke.
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Originally Posted by diymaximakid
yeah maybe later today,but you've seen mine along witha black cloud of smoke.

It was hard to see at the tails were pulling away from me to so fast



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