Finally got round to buying a set of 92 rear lights and went about modding them over the weekend, what do people think:
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Please excuse the upside down rotors, this was due to me trying out a few different set ups, they don\'t show when the lenses are covering them.
Have you just sprayed over the lenses then?
Should look good :D
Adam
Yep, took the lights apart, sprayed the lenses with a satin black and thats it, took about 2hr including getting the lights apart, finding a rotor image and tracing it with a sheet of plain paper on the laptop screen (shhh tho, dont tell the wife).
I\'ll get some pics of them fitted once the cars back from the garage
Let me know how you get on with the garage mate,
Lights look cool mate deffo look different all lit up
looking good, im sure a while bk i seen someone on rx7club do something similar :)
Cheers guys, i\'m quite chuffed TBH. First mod in a long time that was plain sailing, no probs what so ever.
Will let you know about the garage Neil, fingers crossed all will be well, then I can get her MOT\'d and back on the road, it\'s killing me driving the wife\'s civic everywhere. We drove to Scotland at the weekend and it would have been an awsome drive in the rex.
can i have the others now >:) ps rob you havent done the tips f**kin terrible job you have no compression now ???? lol
LOL, i know Alex, it always happens when you do a rush job.
When the car\'s back from the garage and i\'ve swapped them over my old ones these will be available bud. Should be early next week if you can wait till then? £40 posted is what i paid for these so i\'ll do mine for the same price if you like?
call it 30 cost me loads to send those speakers >:P
looks good bud.
Quote from: batman;598905call it 30 cost me loads to send those speakers >:P
Cheecky sod, lol ;). I\'ll check postage for them buddy and let you know. Plus i\'ll want a ride in your current project if I get a chance! :cheers
Thanks Karl, cant wait to get them fitted and see what the look like fitted and lit up.
sounds good mate and yes your welcome too have a ride
looks good mate, you got any pic with the lights working?
definatley unique
Kris
Get some pics up when you can mate. I really want to see how these look
Well got the car back this morning, finishing work at 4.30 so I\'m going straight home to fit these! I can\'t wait to see what they look like, i\'ve not sealed the lights yet incase it looks pap and I decide to change them. But around 5.30 I should have some pics up. I\'m quite excited to see what they look like. Got one more light mod in mind but will have to see what these look like 1st
lol they look cool mate!
Finally, here are the pics:
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lol thats mad mate! looks good!
where is the diffuser :|
took it off when I had the sills welded, it was too low for the ramp lol.
Afraid to say I don\'t like that, too fussy for me.
If you like it though :)
im with the above....bit too many angles and a bit fussy... i think at the bare minimum you should havent have masked the middle of each rotor shape
Good job, though, even if tastes vary on the topic...
How long did it take you to time the camera shutter with the indicators flashing on!? :rollin
Got it the 2nd time! In total i only took 5 pics, i had the trolly jack bar pressing the brakes on and hazards on. My neighbour watched me jamming the brake on and was really confused as to what i was doing.
Seems this mod is a bit marmite, i love it. Everyone seems to be doing led mods at the moment so i wanted to be a bit different as i really dont like the led look. Plus most people haven\'t a clue what the shape is a refference to so its a secret mod! lol
Some love it- some hate it, nice!!
Glad your happy with it mate and it looks like top workmanship. I agree i really dont like the whole l.e.d. light thing.
You know me Rob stock oem is my thing really.
Anyhoo Back to the important stuff!!! you back on the road yet?
Mini meet is the cry i\'m hearing:driving
should be back on the road tomorrow or wed bud, full of flu atm so not too keen on driving to the mot station until i can think straight
Well done, and also well done getting the lights apart as I remember someone putting these in the kitchen oven to help get the covers off and they melted ;)
i just soaked mine in a sink of real hot water came appart easy just kept topping up the hot water for about 20 mins
Same method as you Alex, bucket of hot water, kept topping it up with the kettle. Dog burnt his tonge trying to drink from the bucket, bless him.
Hmm they do look good and i bet they would grow on you! the only thing id do to be differant if i went down the rotor route would be to make the middle one upside down :Giggle
I tried that Leon, didn\'t do it for me in the end, the middle one just looked like a shield.
Funny that, Leon - that was my first thought as well :D
Bobbit - they look good - and definitely different from the usual \'99 spec or led ones ;)
looks good mate, was abit unsure till i saw them on the car
they look cool mate, good on ya for doing something different.
they look amazing mate really stand outany chance you could post the stencil they ou used?
Sorry fella, the stencil got eaten by the dog (seriously!), it was just a bit of paper and he decided to empty the bin and chew everything. But the original graphic I found by searching google images. I\'ll see if I can find the same one again.
found it: http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.aitcs.com.au/stickers/images/Rotor.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.aitcs.com.au/stickers/index.php%3Fmain_page%3Dproduct_info%26cPath%3D83_69%26products_id%3D183&usg=__MMxCnFgB7HnZ4JJtaZAERIWSUf4=&h=394&w=400&sz=12&hl=en&start=2&tbnid=FSCRL3ZqwH0zGM:&tbnh=122&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3Drotary%2Bengine%2Brotor%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff
I resized the image so it would fit on the lense (held the lense to the computer screen, the image easily showed through) then I traced the image from the laptop screen with some paper (don\'t tell the wife) then cut the image out. i covered the lense with parcel tape, drew round the stencil with a felt tip pen, cut the shape with a hobby knife, peeled off the excess and voila. Sprayed with a satin black from Halfrauds that i found in the garage and that was it.
lol so what you doing now mate, selling them?
Not on here bud, but if peeps are interested pm me on the other site.
lol yeah that is true, a sheild would not be very good. I\'ve got a set of lights spare and i\'ve been toying with LED\'s for the last year and a half but other things come up, maybe i need to do somthing unique now with leds or design :Hammer
oh and the humping dog gives me lulz
He makes me laugh bless him, i keep playing the benny hill music in my head if I watch him.
Quote from: Bobbit;601525He makes me laugh bless him, i keep playing the benny hill music in my head if I watch him.
Oh thank you for that :3Confused Now im going to be cursed with that ... its begun :Giggle
LOL, sorry fella.
Well im back on the road now Neil so when\'s this mini meet happening?
cheers for the pic mate i will definatley think about trying something very similar myself haha
Cheers Bobbit
us a quick question mate, did you reseal the lights? if so how dd u do it an what did you do? im doin the same thing to my lights...thats if you dont mind me using your idea?
Cheers
Kris
i reheated them to use the old glue and used some water proof silicon to ensure the seal.
Go for it bud, it\'s a nice compliment that other like my ideas.
holy sh*t dude! they lights look well gid!! Fancy doin mine! hahaha
I was going to do something similar but instead of spraying I am cutting on my vinyl machine but now am doing reventon style with leds.
Forgot to say they do look good though. Good job
We done looks a good job,
If i was to be super critical... I would say the indicators are a tad oversized appreciating the angle of the body work that the lights follow.
Having seen this im feeling more inspired to what can be acheived and also now have the foresight to plan on my sizes of images.
Bottom line is i plan to use vinyl so can always peel off until the right sizes are acheived.
Thanks again Bobbit!! :god