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  • 4 weeks later...
ive tried pulling the thing apart too on my r33, spent hours trying to do it.

eventually i snapped a bit off and had to glue it back on. havent tried since, its a bitch to get aprt, wanted to stick a neon in it

if any1 figures out a way to get it aprt that wont damage it, let us know

thx

yes ive tried my r33 one too and found that it is sealed with mastic so you would have to be carefull or as said before,cut out a slot to slip in leds and seal the hole up.

  • 3 weeks later...

Mine blew also, I put some of that flexi EL wire in it...2 runs top and bottom...clear silicon to put it all back together then hooked it up to the rear tail lights so it turns on when ya put the lights on

As promised the picture is attached!!!!

Mine blew also, I put some of that flexi EL wire in it...2 runs top and bottom...clear silicon to put it all back together then hooked it up to the rear tail lights so it turns on when ya put the lights on

As promised the picture is attached!!!!

ah thats exactly wat i want...except for an r33 hehe. u cannot do that flex wire thing with the r33's as the panel where the skyline letters are is clearish and not filled. but that looks really good hehe

  • 3 weeks later...

Cut the back out and drop in a tube. I stuck two thicknesses of red translucent vinyl inside to get the colour I was after. Sealed the back up with duct tape and tagged the transformer into the side light circuit. Masked the raised letters and sprayed white to match my car, Job done.

  • 1 year later...

I brought a clear rear garnish for the r33 from ebay and it doesnt have a light behind it at all. Its not just removed or anything, it actualy never had anything behind the clear plastic ..

So whats the go with them, did they make some that light up and some that didnt ..

Also has anyone modified one that doesnt light up so that it does ??

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I brought a clear rear garnish for the r33 from ebay and it doesnt have a light behind it at all. Its not just removed or anything, it actualy never had anything behind the clear plastic ..

So whats the go with them, did they make some that light up and some that didnt ..

Also has anyone modified one that doesnt light up so that it does ??

Its a rare factory option, not many have them so if u bought one of ebay of course chances are it wont light up...

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I drilled out a tiny hole in the R33 plastic, fed a 30cm cold cathode tube in, ran the wires through convenient holes in the back of the plastic and re-joined and powered them from the power to the tail lights.

Piece of piss*

*This may, in fact, be a lie as it is was a proper bastard of a job...

guys i think thats enough this thread should be closed, if u want one buy one from nissan

ps. i like standing out.

also on a serious note, i have found the light up panel makes highway patrols job that much easier when spotting a skyline from a distance :teehee:

i have heard to get the mastic apart, chuck the piece in the oven on about 80 degrees and keep testing it untill it comes apart, this works on headlights as well. so if you need to clean the inside of your headlights. cook em (got this from mate with supra (and works)) :unsure:

thanks for that people, i just didnt know, i thought all had lights in them.

SiksII that looks very very nice, nice job painting it and only havin the letters illuminated. Do you have a problem with this thread, im just not sure why u think it should be closed. If a thread has usefull information to members and people are still posting messages on it then why should it be closed?

Would you have likes it more is i made a new post about it rather that posting a new message on an old thread?

Hey i wonder what they normaly look like when the whole panel is light up standard, has anyone got a picture

Thanks everyone

thanks for that people, i just didnt know, i thought all had lights in them.

SiksII that looks very very nice, nice job painting it and only havin the letters illuminated. Do you have a problem with this thread, im just not sure why u think it should be closed. If a thread has usefull information to members and people are still posting messages on it then why should it be closed?

Would you have likes it more is i made a new post about it rather that posting a new message on an old thread?

Hey i wonder what they normaly look like when the whole panel is light up standard, has anyone got a picture

Thanks everyone

Hey Mick, i was joking, i was being a smartass saying that people shouldnt do it so my own car which has a light up panel stands out :(

The pics i have posted are of my car which has the standard nissan light up panel, i did not do that, so that is how it looks from factory which answers you last question :(

guys i think thats enough this thread should be closed, if u want one buy one from nissan

ps. i like standing out.

also on a serious note, i have found the light up panel makes highway patrols job that much easier when spotting a skyline from a distance :)

its not like you cant define a skyline from the circle tail lights or anything

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