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 Post subject: tail lights
Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 12:05 am 
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hey all just a quick question, has anyone tried making ther own custom tail lights i was thinkin about doing it rather than just tintin the lights or gettin a set of clear light

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 Post subject: Re: tail lights
Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 12:10 am 
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if you can find a build thread by a mamber called "fiend" he put VR commodore wagon tail lights in his EF wagon tail lights.... didnt look that flash :lol:

data_mine (or MRE-50L...cant remember ?) has also made a set of custom tail lights for his EF a few years ago.

 

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 Post subject: Re: tail lights
Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 12:14 am 
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cool thanks for that i will have a search, just wanted to see in to how they have done it or any ideas on how it could be done :D

 

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 Post subject: Re: tail lights
Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 9:52 pm 
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MRE 50L did ages ago.. polarised opinions a bit but definatly different!.. Ef sedan tail lights.
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 Post subject: Re: tail lights
Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 10:09 pm 
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fordfreak ef wrote:
MRE 50L did ages ago.. polarised opinions a bit but definatly different!.. Ef sedan tail lights.



ah thats right, i remember now. data_mine did the LED tail lights.

 

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 Post subject: Re: tail lights
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 12:27 pm 
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i have made my own au wagon led taillights as well as au and ba projector hid headlights
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 Post subject: Re: tail lights
Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 7:21 pm 
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have you got many pictures of the process and is it much of a challenge? also anyone know the legalities of making lights. I know some rules but yeah if anyone knows of other less known ones i could use some tips please

cheers 61xkwagon 8-)

 

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 Post subject: Re: tail lights
Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 7:22 pm 
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as long as you don't affect vision and brightness of it and all reflectors are kept, you should be fine

 

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 Post subject: Re: tail lights
Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 7:24 pm 
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awesome, nothin like makin somethin then finding out its illegal lol

 

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Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 7:33 pm 
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well it is also handy if you download the pdf files so that you can just refer to it whenever needed

 

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 Post subject: Re: tail lights
Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 11:06 pm 
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61xkwagon wrote:
awesome, nothin like makin somethin then finding out its illegal lol


Well you could meet all the requirements, but they'd still be illegal until you pass testing - which requires 10 finished sets be sent to the testing authority.

 

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 Post subject: Re: tail lights
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 2:16 pm 
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heres my tail lights . I moulded a clear lens off the original first . Then found some leds that would fit in . The 2 little lights are my brake lights and are red luxeon led lights ( the same as you get in DRL's but red) then i moulded up the surround for the lights and painted it. come to think of it , it would have been a much easier job if i had have put a clear lens on the standard light instead of the clear frosted lenses and just used coloured globes

 

 

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