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Old 08-17-2007, 03:13 AM
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painted taillights/homemade rear fog light

I decided I wanted to make my taillights a little cleaner, but I didn't want to smoke them so i tinted them red. I sprayed on a few coats of Metalcast red paint. It sprays on transparent, and gave a nice red tint that blends in well with the car. I finished it off with a few coats of clear.



Also made myself a rear fog light, I used Lexan for the lens and painted it red with the same paint and mounted an 1156 red led bulb and socket in the rear bumper.
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looks pretty cool
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I really like the hyper black FN01R-Cs with the Copper Red. What size/offset are those by the way? Any rubbing?
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car is too over the top for me.
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Are those your reverse lights by the license plate?
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Originally Posted by NgoRX8
car is too over the top for me.
+1 When I saw the exhaust I thought it was a subbie...
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Exhaust looks Baddass +1.......
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Red tails on the red car, I like... homemade fog? Eh... never been one for the rear fogs...

Wing, exhaust and really bad gap on the trunk.....
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Originally Posted by Aipex8
I really like the hyper black FN01R-Cs with the Copper Red. What size/offset are those by the way? Any rubbing?
they are 18x8.5" 38 offset front tires 245/40-28 and rear 265/35-18. never had an issue with rubbing.
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Originally Posted by RA-Eight
Are those your reverse lights by the license plate?
no, they're blue and amber led flush mount lights, for the rescue squad i'm on.
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Originally Posted by 06carbon8
no, they're blue and amber led flush mount lights, for the rescue squad i'm on.
thats badass.
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https://www.rx8club.com/general-automotive-49/ricers-handbook-124887/

hrmm? I think you need some more stickers and yer in like flynn.
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Originally Posted by DeViLbOi
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hrmm? I think you need some more stickers and yer in like flynn.

there's no reason to be a piece of ****. you could simply say you don't like it. It's completely unnecessary to make fun of someone else's hard work.
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that fart can sticking out of the back looks rice... the stickers and spoiler only make it worse. To each his own.
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you have the tow hitch on all the time too?? i got my front one hooked up, cant use the backone, the ablfug rear, well the bumper is in the way now. but i was thinking about going single exit exhaust somewhat like that... thanks for showin me what it would look like. still might do it.
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yeah, i like the way the single exit exhaust looks better. I was thinking about getting the ABflug rear bumper, what's your overall impression of it? good quality, and where did you order it from?
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Originally Posted by architect
that fart can sticking out of the back looks rice... the stickers and spoiler only make it worse. To each his own.
What exactly makes an exhaust a fart can? I have stock pipe diamter mandrel bent from cat back, deleted resonator, and a 5zigen muffler welded and bent by myself and a friend. what exactly is so rice about that? if it was an autozone pos muff clamped on and held up with wire, i'd maybe understand a bit more.
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that exhaust is slightly larger than 3 inch.. a little excessive. Does it really need to stick out half a foot?
The park bench is a bit much in my opinion as well, but I do like the taillights.
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Originally Posted by 06carbon8
What exactly makes an exhaust a fart can? I have stock pipe diamter mandrel bent from cat back, deleted resonator, and a 5zigen muffler welded and bent by myself and a friend. what exactly is so rice about that? if it was an autozone pos muff clamped on and held up with wire, i'd maybe understand a bit more.
google fart can..

while you are there,, google park bench... that was a new one on me...

enjoy you car for you.. what we think does not matter...

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your exhaust looks retarded as hell. and don't even get me started on the wing.

it was hard to even notice your painted lights with all the other garbage.
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i like the look of it, i dont have the carbon splitter on it though... where i ordered my bumper from it didnt come with it. but other than that i like it, it flows good with the rear fenders and has a great aggressive look.. but it only comes in fiberglass.. i ordered my whole kit from a place called grounddynamics.com only cost me about 1200 for my whole kit.

how do you like the falken tries?? i have them.. not my best idea so far.. they seem to break loose to easy for me.

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Old 08-27-2007, 05:40 PM
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I like the tires, they grip well when hot but cold...forget it, they're useless. That's why i only have them on for the summer months. decent in rain too. i like the way they grip to a certain point, but when they start to slip it's pretty predictble, so it never really surprises me.
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Originally Posted by Mugatu
your exhaust looks retarded as hell. and don't even get me started on the wing.

it was hard to even notice your painted lights with all the other garbage.
hahha
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I have been considering doing the same thing with my tails. My idea was to make the "fog light" into a reverse light, and convert the reverse lights into running lights or extra blinker bulbs. any other pics of the "fog light" or the fabrication of it. I plan on just keepin mine clear. pm me if you can
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nice job on the tails

your more daring than I am, I couldnt imagine drilling holes into my carbon trunk. no going back so i sold the mintblue spoiler


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