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very nice... so no need to pay $220 eh.

might be an idea to put in a flat clear panel where the red plastic used to be.

now to red bulbs, any ideas?

- lightly paint the bulbs red

- a red plastic between the bulb and the tailights

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oh yeh forgot about that part, i just went to repco, gave them my old bulbs and asked for red ones, grabbed two pairs of them at 4 bux a pair and all is good,

i only sprayed a very light coat of vht night shade, so light you could see straight through it, however as soon as i put it back in the light assembly they appeared black because the inside of the light assembly is black, this means that light shows through nicely so i dont have to worry about the cops :thumbsup:

putting a clear thing of plastic would be a very good idea and as soon as i have time to do it i will,

all in the cost to do this was

vht night shade $20

red bulbs $8

$28 for r33 tail lights that are rare is pretty good i reckon lol

lol was gonna do this ages ago to match my front foggies but was gonna look shit due to my red brake wing light but i prefer the red on the silver cars

but for some reason they look awesome being clear on other cars

just my 2 cents

good point about it not retaining the red reflector :P

but oh well, just about every other mod iv done to my car is illegal, i mean if the lights didnt light up red i wouldnt have done it but people can still clearly see the red light up so i dont mind lol

good point about it not retaining the red reflector :P

but oh well, just about every other mod iv done to my car is illegal, i mean if the lights didnt light up red i wouldnt have done it but people can still clearly see the red light up so i dont mind lol

lol wanna make another set? lol

Ill pay ya!

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That used to be my brothers car. Was making 466RWHP on 20psi. Was a very very tough car - running 10's :geek:

As for the lights, they were custom made. Take out the tail light and well "break" out the red covers. As long as there is a red globe in there (so when u brake its red), then that's fine.

The drop tank was fake, just a drop tank cover. Still looked awesome though!

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i pulled out the old red lens and took it a plastic extruder to get matched with a clear one. silicon back onto the housing when done. i also tinted the inside of the lens too..

anyone have an idea on who can do this in perth? I emailed a couple places for a cost but noones responded to me

i dont have them anymore, but post 8 on here gives you more info/pics. it's all been covered already, just thought i'd share.

i found replacing the globe with a red one or even the led globes still wasn't enough, so i installed led's into the clear taillights too.

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Le...33-t207206.html

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