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Old Feb 23, 2008 | 05:39 PM
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taillight help

heyy, i just got pulled over by a cop in Irvine for having a full smoked taillight, even though he let me go, he threatened to give me a moving violation if he sees me around with the smoked taillight. I figured I might as well give it a little change and stick to the legal side since our G's capture too much attention lol. i have a couple questions

1) What's the difference between 06 taillight and the JDM taillight that ppl keep talking about? aren't they the same?

2) will the 06 taillight work on my car? ( i drive an 03 coupe)

3) people say that this is Legal --> http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42...ys/tgtr065.jpg

What about this? --> http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42...s/tgtr06b2.jpg
pretty much the same except the second one has the center surrounds, are those legal?

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Old Feb 23, 2008 | 05:55 PM
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06+ jdm tails have amber turn signals and no side markers.

yes, the 06+ (usdm & jdm) will work with your 03. however, the trunk button isn't readily setup on pre-06's.

so long as you can see the tails light up from ~1000 ft (i think), it's legal. even those gtr overlays cover the led array. it's unlikely that you will get pulled over for those, but don't be surpised if you do.

the second set of overlays doesn't cover any more light than the first set that you posted. the addition of those center circular overlays does not block any light.









food for thought: both pictures you posted are k67p67's car. the pics i posted are also his car, just more recent. imo, the paint looks MUCH cleaner.
 

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Old Feb 23, 2008 | 06:31 PM
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thx man, so if i do get USDM 06 tail lights, what do i have to do the trunk button?
 
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Old Feb 23, 2008 | 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted by phatice
thx man, so if i do get USDM 06 tail lights, what do i have to do the trunk button?
as far as i know, no one has taken the time to make the trunk release button functional. in theory, it shouldn't be too difficult. but then again, why hasn't anyone done it already? everyone that i know just leave the button alone.
 
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Old Feb 23, 2008 | 07:13 PM
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wait i dun understand, i thought it's pretty common that people swap to 06 taillights? am i wrong? then how do people open their trunks?
 
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Old Feb 24, 2008 | 12:18 PM
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yes, it is common and it's a plug and play swap.

the trunk release button inside your car and on your keyfob will work fine, but not the one on the driver side tail.
 
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Old Feb 24, 2008 | 12:21 PM
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^^^ alot do.. they just use the button in the car or on the remote
 
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Old Feb 24, 2008 | 12:22 PM
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Damn you Cal
 
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Old Feb 24, 2008 | 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Beebo
Damn you Cal
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Old Feb 24, 2008 | 04:13 PM
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hey Cal, if you were to translate the shade of darkness of the tints on the car you posted above (the painted tails) to Bat's overlays, would they be Bat's opaque black or 6/10?
 
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Old Feb 24, 2008 | 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by phatice
hey Cal, if you were to translate the shade of darkness of the tints on the car you posted above (the painted tails) to Bat's overlays, would they be Bat's opaque black or 6/10?
they are painted black. they are not "tinted." they similar to bat's opaque black, except they match the OB paint perfectly. bat's opaque black overlays are not a glossy, almost dull compared to paint.



^^^opaque overlays
 
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Old Feb 24, 2008 | 06:24 PM
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damn that does look kinda dull, but i wanna get overlays since i can easily take them off if i get pulled over.

however, those painted tails does look hell of a lot better than the overlays. i wonder if Bat has a glossy version of those haha
 
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Old Mar 19, 2008 | 07:53 PM
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Can anyone help me here please. I have a 2004 Skyline 350GT. I live in Ireland but I imported it from Japan. The problem is some ******* broke my left tail light and I can't get a replacement. It needs to be JDM because they have the amber signal light instead of the red light used in the Infiniti

Can you help me please. Also I would be interested in the set that is on the car pics posted by "O RLY" above. I have the carribean blue colour skyline.

Any ideas would be amazing.

Thanks,
Seanie
 
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Old Mar 20, 2008 | 02:48 AM
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Originally Posted by SpinItG
Can anyone help me here please. I have a 2004 Skyline 350GT. I live in Ireland but I imported it from Japan. The problem is some ******* broke my left tail light and I can't get a replacement. It needs to be JDM because they have the amber signal light instead of the red light used in the Infiniti

Can you help me please. Also I would be interested in the set that is on the car pics posted by "O RLY" above. I have the carribean blue colour skyline.

Any ideas would be amazing.

Thanks,
Seanie
try www.riversideinfiniti.com

PM Mike@RiversideInfiniti or Tony@RiversideInfiniti to see if they can ship out to Ireland

as for the pics are you talking about the first pics he posted or the second pic?
 
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Old Apr 6, 2008 | 08:27 PM
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ok so the 06-07s come with the more 3d contoured tails (raised around the rings) right? i want those for my 05... where can i get them...??
 
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