VIC - Clear Tail Lights Day

First Of all I'd like to thank Ray for hosting, and Russ for organising the event. And of course every1 that turned up.

Thought I'd start the ball rolling with a couple of pics.



And finally the finished product*


*Those that stayed til the end might have seen putting back together my lights wasn't as easy as taking them apart. Basically I needed a combination of clamps and glue... and there were no clamps at Rays, and when I got home to attempt to finish it off, I had no glue

Borrowed some glue from work, and got some clamps on it right now. That last picture was taken this morning, and it looks nice from that angle however, it had busted apart during the night.


Anyways I'm buggered. I'd like to write more but I gotta put the car back together now.

 

Nice pics! The double clear does look good on the black!

 

woahhh, dude take it all apart again, clean every single little bit of glue offf....then get some nice new glue, put it all back together and some cloths to cover it and cardboard on top with clamps holding it all together....leave it over night for the glue to really set nicely....


here is my final product...very happy with it, very sexual, exactly what i was wanting.










p.s thanx to every1 that was there especially to those who organised...

 

firstly thanks to ray for hosting and supplying drinks, and thanks to everyone who lent a hand, nice meeting everyone again.. so now..
i know a couple of you were interested to see what my end result would be.. its alot redder than i thought it would be.. or even wanted..
also big thanks to patrick (DBcar) for comming through with the pin stripes, thanks mate

what you guys think?
left or right? which looks better..

im liking the left better

on the left is clear defuser in the brakes, and on the right is the normal OEM red defuser



incase your wondering how did i get clear defuser to look red?

 

Left, so they match up better!

 

interesting....i know pictures dont do it justice, but it looks interesting to see in person...

maybe try to get a lighter reddish/pinkish paint, and see how it comes out???

 

looks mint bro. i will have to see it in person soon

 

Yeah I took the clamps off too early just b4, and it popped out again.

So I've cleaned out the garage and parked the car in there. And am going to leave the glue to set overnight.

The weather's just been a little crazy today. Mostly fine, but with big dark clouds, and occasional light shower. My nice black car is brown now.


Mafi-Zed, It's hard to tell from the pics. But It looks like you have the diagonal pattern on the indicator, so what Krause is saying about the matching... doesn't neccessarily apply.

You could try & spray a light coat of white over the red, and see how much lighter you can get it.

 

the diffuser in mafi-zeds are just used for templates to see what he should do with the lights....he will be changing the diffuser so hes not asking about the diffused pattern rather the colour of the break light...

 

Thanks to.....

Ray for hosting and all the hard work he done cutting the lenses out for everyone,Russ for arranging everything it was a good day thanks guys.Got home about 9;30pm F**cked.

 

I think we all ened up the same way TOTALED!!! yet it was a great day/night, all lights got finished without any major hick ups.

A big thanks to Ray(expenzive) for letting us use and redecorate his house in black goo.. oh and cutting all that diffuser all day long thanks mate. Russ(ZeDHeD) thanks for your research and organising the event.

Also to those zedders that make this forum a great place to meet great ppl these guys came to lend a hand Tim(Baroo), James(zealous), Jay(HyPeDz) thanks you guys for that help and support when things got sticky hope I got you all and didnt mix up your user names.

heres some pics of the days events..
man cooking these taillights was fun we all got burnt, it was a team effort pulling these things apart..
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some of us choose for the double clear look, so spray painting the inside white for a brighter apperance was needed, heres Roy and James hard at it
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here are some of the boys having a great time, enjoying the moment of clearing these lights...they loved it!!!!!!!!!!
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look at the sheer delight on chads face he was loving it and Trav with his back to us...no pictures please till the hearing
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Tim was having such a time that he nearly lost control or maybe a bit of conztapation set in, either way Ray was looking on to lend a hand like a good digger that he is ..
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Russes ride without her endz..
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...and the finished job
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and here is mine, I'am over the moon with the new look it says thing to me that I cant say on this forum you figurezlove: :zlove: :zlove: aswell I installed leds, they are awesome but the pictures didnt do them justice so I won''t put them up..
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thanks to everyone again for a great day it was great to see some of you again
Regards Jorge...:zlove:

 

They look soo sweet, very nice work guys!

 

Any1 missing tools?

Yeah I checked my bag, and I have a funky spanner, a metal ruler, and a flathead screwdriver.

I'm missing my locktite glue

 

hi mate yeah I'm missing the screwdriver... the ruler is Russes and I have your locktite... spanner I wil check my stuff but none of my stuff is funky

 

Was a good fun day! i was stuffed by the end.

Everyones lights looked great in the end.

Cant wait for our next get together (the put together FATZED tech day will be on the cards! :zlove.

An Xmas/New year BBQ would be good idea!

Cheers Guys.

James

 

holy ****! russ's look mint. they look absolutely perfect.. exactly like the 00 spec ones. good job

 

Keep the original lense!!!

Hey Trav....they look so close to each other I'd keep the original red lense.....purely because they are designed for the globe positions with the added circular changes in the diffuser pattern etc etc......or try & sand the red back & have another go at trying to get the colour you were after!!!

 

James I owe ya big time!!!

Thanks again mate! you are a champ!!
I had to leave early with my car still literally in pieces!!!!! as I had to rush off to see U2 at Telstra Dome.....man those guys still know how to put on a rock concert!!!.....AWESOME!!!!......wasn't expecting a 9.30pm finish with a 9.30am start time!!!! ......but James was good enough to put my baby back together!!......she was in very capable hands!!! :zlove: :zlove: .......I TOTALLY agree with fradda.......where else but this forum would you meet others prepared to do something like that!!!

James when it comes time to put your baby together!!! :zlove: :zlove: ....call me anytime you need a hand!!!! CheerZ mate!!!

 

Yeah metal ruler is mine!!

thanks mate! PM me your contact number & I'll arrange to get it back somehow??

Sorry to hear thing didn't get finished for ya on the night!!.....nice to meet ya though!!.....why no stripes??? didn't like the look or???....did you get some just in case you want to add them later??? Trav left them in my boot so if ya want some let me know???

 

That's a nice ass Chad!!!!

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