Tail Light concepts 98-02 Firebird Trans Am
01-22-2012, 10:23 AM
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Tail Light concepts 98-02 Firebird Trans Am I was messing around this morning on Microsoft paint (horrible program for trying to edit pictures) and did some tail light concepts I thought could look neat. I just took a picture I found online cause I was too lazy to take a picture of my own car and this guys tail lights were blacked out which made this easier.
After doing them they looked a little more mustang than I would like. But I am not crazy about the stock ones and I have heard several people say they love the look of my car except for the way the rear end/tail lights are. So just throwing these out there. Maybe it will get someone thinking who has real artistic talent
and come up with something better.
After doing them they looked a little more mustang than I would like. But I am not crazy about the stock ones and I have heard several people say they love the look of my car except for the way the rear end/tail lights are. So just throwing these out there. Maybe it will get someone thinking who has real artistic talent
and come up with something better. 
01-22-2012, 10:43 AM
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Thanks! ... yeah i didnt think it would look as much like a mustang as it does before I did it. Maybe more sections could be added that are tighter together? Not sure if that would help or not
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01-22-2012, 11:42 AM
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I was in the process of making the clear honeycomb lenses but ran into two problems. My oven isn't big enough to fit a taillight in to get the lens off nor to heat the piece of lexan to form a new one and the local decal shop is giving me a run around about making the honeycomb pattern so I can paint the inside of the lens.
To the OP, our taillights only have 3 sections, not 4. You would need to make a whole new reflector/back piece and somehow chrome the inside to be reflective. Try a few 3 section designs if it's something you seriously want to try.
To the OP, our taillights only have 3 sections, not 4. You would need to make a whole new reflector/back piece and somehow chrome the inside to be reflective. Try a few 3 section designs if it's something you seriously want to try.
01-22-2012, 11:49 AM
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Don't waste your time on the clear honeycombs they would have to be completely remade. That pic was a photoshop, the 98-02 tails were fused together, meaning the red reflector and honeycomb is all one piece. You cant take them apart and remove it like in the 97 and earlier taillights. I have tried it myself with an old broken light to see if it was even possible... Nope.
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Don't waste your time on the clear honeycombs they would have to be completely remade. That pic was a photoshop, the 98-02 tails were fused together, meaning the red reflector and honeycomb is all one piece. You cant take them apart and remove it like in the 97 and earlier taillights. I have tried it myself with an old broken light to see if it was even possible... Nope.
or hell make a write up
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I was in the process of making the clear honeycomb lenses but ran into two problems. My oven isn't big enough to fit a taillight in to get the lens off nor to heat the piece of lexan to form a new one and the local decal shop is giving me a run around about making the honeycomb pattern so I can paint the inside of the lens.
To the OP, our taillights only have 3 sections, not 4. You would need to make a whole new reflector/back piece and somehow chrome the inside to be reflective. Try a few 3 section designs if it's something you seriously want to try.
To the OP, our taillights only have 3 sections, not 4. You would need to make a whole new reflector/back piece and somehow chrome the inside to be reflective. Try a few 3 section designs if it's something you seriously want to try.
