Need new tail lights, any ideas?

[Fords4ME]

So the tail lights on my 95 Cobra are getting a little faded. There is some debate on how difficult it might be to repaint the housings.

Is there a company that sells new horizontal bar tail lights in factory colors? I'd pay anything to get a new set of Rio Red horizontals.

If not, what aftermarket tail lights look decent on a red car? I dont care for the clear altezza look. I think the red lenses blending into red paint is a clean look.

Any ideas with or without pics?

 

[BlackVert]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MUST...emQQcategoryZ38661QQihZ003QQitemZ130144172329

 

[inphiniti]

repaint the housings... its really not THAT hard... mask off the lenses first and spray away, couple of coats... u can even use the VHT night shades on the lenses...

 

[Fords4ME]

Thanks for the link Blackvert, hopefully he has Rio Red.

I got an estimate from my local body shop of $360. I'm not sure what the breakdown is of labor vs. materials. This might use 1 oz. of paint.

Painting still doesn't help the cloudy plastic lense material. I masked the lense and used PlastX with a Powerball. It helped a lot but its not as clear as it should be.

 

[inphiniti]

mine were cloudy... i just tinted them, and now u DEFINITELY cant tell... altho mine werent originally bad, they were just very faded as well as the green around the tail lights...

heres a before shot when i started to mask them off... what we did was masked off the entire trim, did the lenses first, then masked the lenses and sprayed the outside...

you get the idea...

 

[spacemonkey]

If the paint is still good and you don't want to do a repaint.Tape them up and wet sand them 800,1500, and then 2000.Polish them with a buffer and your choice of polish{I heard that a power ball will work also} and give them a good coat of wax.
Thats how I did mine.They looked new other then the paint.

 

[Killercanary]

There was a company making reproduction 94-95 tail lights. They came all red and you simply had to mask and paint them. I almost bought a set on ebay a few months ago, I haven't looked in a while but I'd imagine they are still around.

 

[The Green GT]

I sprayed the bezel on mine black, and tinted them.

 

[SublimeRT]

Get some 96-98 lights. That's what I want and plan to get.

 

[spacemonkey]

Get some 96-98 lights. That's what I want and plan to get.

Thats what I ended up doing.But my factorys are polished and packed away so I can switch back.

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here is a better one.

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[EPIK]

Thats what I ended up doing.But my factorys are polished and packed away so I can switch back.

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Since my last 2 SN95's were both 4.6, i always liked the 96-98 tails more. I never liked the 94-95's, but they grew on me since I bought my 95. Im unsure if i wanna convert to the 96-98's, or paint my verticals black or repaint them yellow???

 

[DDSTANG94]

Thats what I ended up doing.But my factorys are polished and packed away so I can switch back.

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HOW DO U TINT THE LENSES LIKE THAT!??? can u buy them tinted form anywhere

 

[Bosko5.0]

HOW DO U TINT THE LENSES LIKE THAT!??? can u buy them tinted form anywhere

Like said Above you have to mask off and use VHT night shade.

Heres myne

Heres after i wet sanded with 1000 grit sprayed with clear wet sanded with 1500 then 2000 grit. I only masked off the black trim.

 

[spacemonkey]

I did as described above with my factorys.My 97's I sanded then painted with VHT Niteshdes then I put 4 coats of clear down wet sanded the clear with 1500 and then 2000.Then buffed them with poorboys ssr 2.5 then 1. Then a good coat of sealer.

 

[MysteryMachine]

how about these

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[spacemonkey]

 

[DDSTANG94]

how about these

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I gota admit when i was 16 years old and had my 6 bangrer stang, i had those nasty taillights....

 

[inphiniti]

that wing is HOT!

 

[DDSTANG94]

that wing is HOT!

 

[Yobi1Kanobi]

DUDE THERE'S MY CAR

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