DIY: 3rd brake light RX-8 logo mod
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Got it, did it, one easy beautiful mod. 
Thanks D MENAC 7, yu da man!
PS I still like the accelerator more than the brake, but now at least it's a close second knowing the light's back there! :D
Thanks D MENAC 7, yu da man!PS I still like the accelerator more than the brake, but now at least it's a close second knowing the light's back there! :D
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Re: Almost forgot to post my pic...
Originally posted by Red8
Thanks D MENAC 7,
Looks great! I found it to show up much better not in the "stealth" mode. Looks great though, either way!!
Thanks D MENAC 7,
Looks great! I found it to show up much better not in the "stealth" mode. Looks great though, either way!!
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And yet another pic of a 3rd brake light modded. This time this is from a friend on the UK RX8 owners club forum named tab. Here is his black 8 with the logo installed.
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Did my mod yesterday - stealth mode. Was skeptical that mine would actually look as good as some of the pics in this thread - but it does!! Nice instructions D Menac 7. Most of my time was actually spent cleaning out my printer after it ate one of the transparencies I was using. Only thing I did different was cutout a 3rd transparent piece (sandwiched three pieces together) as I was afraid if I had to pull off any of the clear tape - I might pull off some of the black with it. Probably didn't matter - looks great anyway.
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Originally posted by D MENAC 7
I am still developing one that will fit in the clear lens part of the third brake light and am thinking about doing it in the color of the car, that is still on the drawing board becasue it really has to be opaque from the back otherwise the masked area would be purple on a Winning Blue, orange on a Lightening Yellow, Black on a Black....that might just work on there....brown on a Nordic Green, dark red on a Silver and Gray and may not show up on the best of colors, Red on a Velocity Red.
There would have to be some printing method to print on clear film that would have a first layer of some dark opaque color and then a color on top of that to fully mask out all lighting where you wouldn't want it.
I am still developing one that will fit in the clear lens part of the third brake light and am thinking about doing it in the color of the car, that is still on the drawing board becasue it really has to be opaque from the back otherwise the masked area would be purple on a Winning Blue, orange on a Lightening Yellow, Black on a Black....that might just work on there....brown on a Nordic Green, dark red on a Silver and Gray and may not show up on the best of colors, Red on a Velocity Red.
There would have to be some printing method to print on clear film that would have a first layer of some dark opaque color and then a color on top of that to fully mask out all lighting where you wouldn't want it.
I like the stealth approach though. I downloaded your graphic but had a question -- Did you intend for the color to be dark purple? I was thinking black but wasn't sure.
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Yeah, I noticed a color shift when I posted it. It is intended to be black. If you have some jpeg editing capability, just select the dark purple area and dump black onto it.
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Originally posted by pauleta
Great work D MENAC 7. Very professional looking.
If you do the masking in the colour of the car, how well does it look? Are all the pics so far with a black masking?
Great work D MENAC 7. Very professional looking.
If you do the masking in the colour of the car, how well does it look? Are all the pics so far with a black masking?
Yes, every mask installed so far has been with black masking the film. I'm working on color, that will be Logo Masking stage 2.
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Another thanks - this was a great idea. I chose stealth mode. Looks like it belongs. Anyone who sees it is going to think it's stock. What will they think when they see an un-modded one?
"Mommy"!
"What is it dear"?
"There's something wrong with that car! It's missing the letters"!
"Mommy"!
"What is it dear"?
"There's something wrong with that car! It's missing the letters"!
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I was by the dealership that sold me the car yesterday. I showed them some of the mods I had done and they REALLY loved the brake light.
I like it so much I'm seriously considering taking off the RX8 badge on the back. I'm just worried it will look unbalanced with just the Mazda on the other side. I wish I could find a meaningful and small badge to replace the Mazda with that would use the stock holes.
Would it be ok to just place a badge of some sort over the holes?
I like it so much I'm seriously considering taking off the RX8 badge on the back. I'm just worried it will look unbalanced with just the Mazda on the other side. I wish I could find a meaningful and small badge to replace the Mazda with that would use the stock holes.
Would it be ok to just place a badge of some sort over the holes?
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Hey Nubo - can you post a pic of yours applied in stealth mode? Mine is in transit and I haven't decided which way to go. That'd be great man.
Originally posted by Nubo
Another thanks - this was a great idea. I chose stealth mode. Looks like it belongs. Anyone who sees it is going to think it's stock. What will they think when they see an un-modded one?
"Mommy"!
"What is it dear"?
"There's something wrong with that car! It's missing the letters"!
Another thanks - this was a great idea. I chose stealth mode. Looks like it belongs. Anyone who sees it is going to think it's stock. What will they think when they see an un-modded one?
"Mommy"!
"What is it dear"?
"There's something wrong with that car! It's missing the letters"!
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From: Cypress, Texas, USA, North America, Earth
Originally posted by God of Thunder
I was by the dealership that sold me the car yesterday. I showed them some of the mods I had done and they REALLY loved the brake light.
I like it so much I'm seriously considering taking off the RX8 badge on the back. I'm just worried it will look unbalanced with just the Mazda on the other side. I wish I could find a meaningful and small badge to replace the Mazda with that would use the stock holes.
Would it be ok to just place a badge of some sort over the holes?
I was by the dealership that sold me the car yesterday. I showed them some of the mods I had done and they REALLY loved the brake light.
I like it so much I'm seriously considering taking off the RX8 badge on the back. I'm just worried it will look unbalanced with just the Mazda on the other side. I wish I could find a meaningful and small badge to replace the Mazda with that would use the stock holes.
Would it be ok to just place a badge of some sort over the holes?
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Re: 3rd Brake light mod
Did the mod on my Sunlight Silver, took about 20 minutes. The directions were very clear. Only problem is that when I went to take the pictures to post here, I found out there was about a 1/4 cup of Iraqi sand in my stupid digital camera. As soon as I get a new one I will take some pictures and post them.
