Finally Figured Out What to Do With My Tails
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Very nice. I've been thinking about a set of these as well. Look forward to the DIY man, cuz I'm going to do the same thing!
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Well I got the lights sealed and on the car, but the driver side one keeps blowing a fuse. so I am diagnosing that. I will get more pictures after it is fixed. They look ****ing awesome though.
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That looks sweet bro!
If the left one keeps blowing a fuse, that means that there's moisture in there and it shorted out the leds. Is it the fuse under the hood labeled small light in the fuse box. My dash lights and parking lights would not come on because this fuse kept on blowing due to that one particular side tailight. I had the same problem with my drivers side tailight...I'm on my second set already.
If the left one keeps blowing a fuse, that means that there's moisture in there and it shorted out the leds. Is it the fuse under the hood labeled small light in the fuse box. My dash lights and parking lights would not come on because this fuse kept on blowing due to that one particular side tailight. I had the same problem with my drivers side tailight...I'm on my second set already.
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omg man...those look amazing...I love how the red even look like they are tinted...very very nice man. And there is no way a cop should say anything about them either! +10
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So I have finally finished them. There wasnt any moisture in the LED housing. It ended up being the plug that attaches to where the light bulb plug into. So I cut it off and hard wired them to the factory wiring.
DIAGNOSING THE SHORT
THE PROBLEM LIES WITHIN
You may notice that the lenses look a little warped. I think I had the oven too hot. It really isnt all that noticable unless you are looking for it.
MY TAILS HAVE GONE FROM THIS
TO THIS
TO THIS
TO NOW
DIAGNOSING THE SHORT
THE PROBLEM LIES WITHIN
You may notice that the lenses look a little warped. I think I had the oven too hot. It really isnt all that noticable unless you are looking for it.
MY TAILS HAVE GONE FROM THIS
TO THIS
TO THIS
TO NOW
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are u kidding me!? seriously man why cant there be manufacturers out there making these kinds of tails. i wonder how theyd look with the factory lens on. those look soooooo NICE!!....
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Re: Finally Figured Out What to Do With My Tails Sick! You would definately put APC and TYC out of business lol
Imagine how they would look on a white or silver coupe! Nice!!
Blacking out/tinting/or painting the tails from the outside is dangerous, and not Bright. You have everything: Bright Led's, Amber/clear turn signals, and black housing which looks Sick on black 7th gens!
Imagine how they would look on a white or silver coupe! Nice!!
Blacking out/tinting/or painting the tails from the outside is dangerous, and not Bright. You have everything: Bright Led's, Amber/clear turn signals, and black housing which looks Sick on black 7th gens!
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Rep Power: 254 Re: Finally Figured Out What to Do With My Tails If you had replaced those lens with the 04/05 OEM lens then it would also would have looked good. But you wouldn't have the choice of having Amber or Clear turn signals, the only difference is that you would have black-housing OEM Tails with LED's. The way you did it Looks Better!
Nice! Your car looks like a BMW or something alot more expensive now. Great job!
Nice! Your car looks like a BMW or something alot more expensive now. Great job!
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baking means you put the whole light housing into an oven to melt the glue that holds the lens to the main body of the light.
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Rep Power: 254 Re: Finally Figured Out What to Do With My Tails It would also look good if instead of painting it black you could paint it in candy apple red or a dark red. It would look Good on red 7th gens. Similar to the 04/05 oem tails, but with LED's & cleared turn signals
Or painting the housing gunmetal or dark grey for those people with Magnessium metallic vics like me Nice!
Or painting the housing gunmetal or dark grey for those people with Magnessium metallic vics like me
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do you have the 7440 turn bulb? if so, you should get the philips silvervision amber bulb, they are chrome coated yet still brighter than stock orange.
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^ Hey don't forget your parents are coming in Sept lol. But yah that looks really good wow I can't believe you found a good use for altezzas. They're cheap as hell on eBay I might buy a set if I get bored and experiement.
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hey bro i like them but i still think they looked good vinyl tinted... that or when you had them just right during the day they blended with your car....
