Time for new taillights - ideas?

[04sleeper]

What kind of tape did you use it looks really good?

Similar to this.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/FORD...tegoryZ38661QQihZ008QQitemZ180025315671QQrdZ1

I bought it on ebay but from another guy.

It's just a 3M type tinted film that doesn't have any glue. It can be applied on both sides.

Mine was already pre cut to fit the tail light shape already.

I just used some water and a spray bottle with a squeege to put it on.

It was pretty easy, and if you ever want to take it off it comes right off.

You could email somebody like this guy on ebay and see if they could cut some.

I know there is also a spray on tint that you can use on the inside of the lens but you can't take it off as easy.

Good luck.

 

[iwashmycar]

do cobras...

i have the cobras, LX's striped like the 96+, and the stock GTs...i just switch when i get bored with them lol. currently runnin cobras...my favorite. I like the orange to break it up a bit

 

[Mustang5L5]

Yup, that's why i like the Cobras too. The striping and the orange just look different and unique

 

[Henceforward]

I replaced the GT tails to LX... FORD OEM lenses are the only option.

I bought Repro KSR lenses through 50resto.com, they sent me three pairs and every pair had these bumps in the reflector lense.

STAY AWAY FROM KSR!

KSR Lenses=Crap, see...

I bought FORD OEM lenses after that ordeal.

KSR quality sucks...

Pull the GT lenses off from the housing, sand and paint the housing with chrome paint. Put the goo strip down, and stick the LX tails on there. Tie it with a rope, and make sure that they don't have gaps. Real easy.

Ford OEM LX tails look nice I think...

 

[onefstsnake]

I love the LX lights.

I really like the clear ones on some cars, but they arent DOT legal...

Where did you get the OEM LX tails?

 

[Henceforward]

Where did you get the OEM LX tails?

50resto.com used to sell them, they might still.

CJponyparts.com has them for sure.

 

[onefstsnake]

price? for the lenses and housing?

50resto wants $330 for the pair. doesnt say if they are OEM or not.

 

[Darkwriter77]

I think I might play around with some electrical tape and stuff tomorrow and experiment a bit on my stocker LX lenses, probably take a few pics for the heckuvit.

I went ahead n' ordered a set of LX lenses on Friday, but I'm wanting to do something different with 'em ... just not sure exactly what, quite yet. I got to playing with Microsoft Paint and pasting some different pics of lenses onto a couple of rear shots of my car, and nothing but LX and GT lenses really clicked for me. I couldn't find a cheap/easy source for a pair of GT lenses that were already black, so I settled for the basic LX's, but I'm thinking of tinting them, striping them, or something else before I throw 'em on. No matter what, I've gotta re-spray the inside of the lense housings with some of that fake chrome, as the reflective material has all but completely vanished in there.

Ideas so far:

1. Blacking out everything but the brake lights (using that 3M tape or VHT Nightshade) and using pinstriping to make a sort of retro three-bar light setup,
2. Spray-tinting/Tape-tinting them both completely,
3. Pinstriping them horizontally, sort of like a cross between the Cobra and GT lenses, or
4. Carefully drilling and gluing in a couple of those old-school blue dots in the middle ... just because.

 

[iwashmycar]

I think I might play around with some electrical tape and stuff tomorrow and experiment a bit on my stocker LX lenses, probably take a few pics for the heckuvit.

I went ahead n' ordered a set of LX lenses on Friday, but I'm wanting to do something different with 'em ... just not sure exactly what, quite yet. I got to playing with Microsoft Paint and pasting some different pics of lenses onto a couple of rear shots of my car, and nothing but LX and GT lenses really clicked for me. I couldn't find a cheap/easy source for a pair of GT lenses that were already black, so I settled for the basic LX's, but I'm thinking of tinting them, striping them, or something else before I throw 'em on. No matter what, I've gotta re-spray the inside of the lense housings with some of that fake chrome, as the reflective material has all but completely vanished in there.

Ideas so far:

1. Blacking out everything but the brake lights (using that 3M tape or VHT Nightshade) and using pinstriping to make a sort of retro three-bar light setup,
2. Spray-tinting/Tape-tinting them both completely,
3. Pinstriping them horizontally, sort of like a cross between the Cobra and GT lenses, or
4. Carefully drilling and gluing in a couple of those old-school blue dots in the middle ... just because.

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[04sleeper]

price? for the lenses and housing?

50resto wants $330 for the pair. doesnt say if they are OEM or not.

Try calling these guys.
http://www.buyfordracing.com/index.php?sessId=D72AB0A4D0E7697CC755AA811AFECDE7

They had a special running for a whils for $75 a pair for the OEM ones.

I don't show it on their website but give them a call.

 

[onefstsnake]

$75 for the housings and lenses? wow

 

[Darkwriter77]

Just realized, I probably bought the cheap-o ones when I ordered from 50resto.com. Oh well ... as long as the fitment isn't bad, I don't think I'll worry too much if the finish isn't spot-on perfect like OEM lenses. I think folks will tend to notice my crappy paintjob long before they nitpick on inconsistencies in the material of my taillight lenses when they look at the fine details. I'd just like to give this a bit more to look at from an average sitting-in-traffic or parking lot distance.

Those pics of the three-bar striping trick above are kinda what I was thinking of, although I was leaning more towards something a bit more straight up n' down like the old '65-'69 models or the new '05+'s. Weather and time constraints didn't allow me to play with my old lenses today, so it's on the to-do for tomorrow morning. In the meantime, I'll fart around with MS Paint and see if I can render anything worth posting up on this for an example...

 

[RsStanG1987]

I would of went with the cheese graters they look good on a noth and they would be a change from every other joe ****head out there with their cobra lights.

 

[Darkwriter77]

I dunno, I still may swap some GT lenses in later, if I get the urge and I can score a set of black ones for cheap.

I whipped out the electrical tape and scissors for a quickie mock-up while I had time this morning. The tape looks Über-ghetto, I know, but please try to ignore the fact that my car is horribly filthy and beat all to hell. This is simply for conceptual purposes, mind you - ideally, I'd be using pinstriping for the actual lines on the finished product.

Here's what it'd kinda look like without blacking out the rest of it. Just two vertical stripes, and one down the corner edge to separate it from the reflector portion on the side.

 

[Darkwriter77]

...and here's my terribly-done MS Paint rendition of vaguely what it'd look like with the inner portions tinted/blacked out.

My first reaction was, "Oldsmobile Achieva?"

 

[Darkwriter77]

Should I interpret the following silence as "That looks like poop," or "Gawd, you suck at MS Paint!"

 

[Anti_Rice]

you should just tint them with 3M or gloss them....gives them a more agressive look when they have the dark tinge to em!!

 

[GSP393]

I had SVO taillights on mine for years and finally changed to lx taillights.

 

[Darkwriter77]

Does this 3M tape come in small strips, or wide stuff? I mean, if I've gotta make several rows of strips to cover the brake light portion, there's a strong chance for ugly gaps and/or overlapping that would ruin the look. Unless, of course, I deliberately put some pinstriping between those lines ... hmmmm...

Also, does the tape apply on the inside or outside of the lens? They're due to show up on my doorstep today, so I'm wondering if I should go ahead and throw 'em on or wait to put the tint on the inside or whatever before I go for it.

Same question for the VHT Nightshade spray-on tint - apply inside or outside the lens?

 

[GSP393]

You could get pin striping tape.