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With or Without Red Corner Piece on Clear Tails

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Old Jul 11, 2002 | 12:18 PM
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With or Without Red Corner Piece on Clear Tails

Just clearing my tails right now, and can't decide.
Old Jul 11, 2002 | 12:28 PM
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i Just cleared mine out yesterday and it looka a lot better without it there. don't put the red lights in just leave it all white.
Old Jul 11, 2002 | 12:43 PM
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I agree looks a lot smoother without the red piece. It makes it a little harder to make a good template though
Old Jul 12, 2002 | 05:21 AM
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Actaully. by DOT regulation, that little red piece is supposed to be there. nm

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Old Jul 12, 2002 | 05:23 AM
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It looks more like OEM if you have the little red piece. Plus, you'll stay legal.
Old Jul 12, 2002 | 06:20 AM
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Too late guys. I did some lookin' for pics of with and without, and I actually like the with more than the without. It's something about a LARGE expanse of white, as opposed to having that red piece in the corner not making the white look overdone. I like the all white WAY more than stock, but I like the red more than all white. I'll take some pics some time soon. But then again, it took me like 2 weeks to develop my disposables from my Bonnaroo. Granted I had three photos left to use one of them which I had to waste somehow.
Old Jul 13, 2002 | 11:23 AM
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yea

I think it looks sharper with the red there
I dono I think it looks like u get too carried away if its all clear with that little spec of red
Old Jul 13, 2002 | 11:30 AM
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Easy Job

I did this a couple days ago, and all I can say is, it was WAY easier than many said it was. At no time was I worried about cracking anything.

All I did was remove the assembly from the car, remove the bulbs, boil some water, pour it over the lights into a sink and let them sit for a couple minutes. After that, the glue was just like really thick syrup. I pulled them apart, removed the yellow reflector, made a template from the yellow reflector, and starting cutting my flourescent light fixture from Home Depot with my rotary tool using a shatter proof cutting disc. The first one turned out really well. On the second one, I decided to cut closer to the line to save on sanding time. That didn't work all that well, and I made two more that I just wasn't happy with (yes I am a perfectionist). Than, I said SCREW THIS, stop wasting time by trying to speed things up. Just do it right like I did the first time, and made two more, so I now had two good ones for one side, and one good one for one side.

When I got them right, I heated the lenses over a portable butane stove to shape the curve. I then used a little adhesive to hold them inplace to the outter reflector, heated up the glue slightly using the same stove, and resealed. It was actually a really easy job. The hardest part by far was cutting the reflectors, and that wasn't all that hard either. You just have to be patient, and not try to rush it.
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