I don't think this has been done before and it was a nice pain in the a$$ to do. Dremeled the back of the tails out by the edges, and took them apart. Painted the inside black along with a few clear pieces. Btw, our turning signal lens are orange inside (wtf). Then to put them back together, I used long strips of rubber sealant in the cracks so there will be no condensation, and then epoxy to hold it all together. I'm guessing a total of 8+ hours of work.

Btw, I like 03/04 tail lights, so please don't tell me I should have gotten the 05/06. I prefer the lines over the circles


BEFORE




AFTER





I went from stock -> film tint -> paint tint -> stock -> painted inside, and I like it like this the most.

 

yeah thats been done, looks great

 

Thats been done? Show me... never seen that before.

 

looks very nice

 

looks very nice and subtle

 

I don’t think its ever been done because no one has wanted to cut the lenses open... I'm interested to see how they hold up - because the next "want" mod I am thinking of is having sequential LEDs blink.

As for the paint - looks good, takes the overly bright red out... but I prefer darker look (more smoked).

 

i don't think the smoke from the inside has been done before but someone has done some sort of black lining on the inside of the reverse lights. I don't remember if they did the tail lights as well.

Very subtle, I like it

 

That looks really good. I've been hesitant to get the overlays since they look a little tacked on. But that looks subtle enough to pass for OEM.

What kind of paint did you use?

 

looks real clean

 

They look very nice. If you sealed them good then I doubt you will have any problems. Congratulations on a very unique and subtle mod.

I never looked into it seriously but I have thought about opening mine up and installing a 2nd set of LEDs so that I could have a blinking brake light for a blinker, FX style. I know this is done or in progress, I just thought a 2nd set of LEDs would be more reliable and easier for someone like myself with limited electrical skills. But alas I was too afraid to crack them open and I could not figure out how to add the 2nd set of LEDs. I am very envious of your skills.

BTW your coupe front end conversion with flared rear fenders is just unbelievable, in a good way. Keep up the good work and nice posts with pics for us to envy.

 

sveeet!

 

looks good, but i still like the stock look on the lights with no paint, overlays, etc...

 

very nice ride

 

mine is smoked on the inside....and its darker i have one pic and its a side shot but you can see part of the tail lights
but i do like yours. is that a custom paint or stock?

 

Another great mod! I have not seen this done before.