TA LED tails - idea
Ive been thinking about doing this for along time. Ive researched ways to make the lense. I just never did it yet. I also thought about buying the lt1 tails and sanding the black grid lines off the clear lense? I just dont know if its possible.
Thats is off of a LT1 TA if you remember the non lt1 V6 birds have a plain red tail and would probably be cheaper to find. I don't know how they work I'm just giving ideas so forgive me if this won't work. It sounds like a cool project though. Good luck.
That wouldn't help any as the OP wants the lens to not be red. Those lights have a solid red lens (minus the reverse portion) that would be impossible to make clear.
Here is an idea:
-Get LT1 TA tail lights
-Remove Red lens
-Take scissors/knife/something sharp, and remove the grid.
Voila! Clear tail lights with no grid.
(Optional step)
Get a honeycomb vinly custom made to cover the lense...and then you have clear LS1 Tail lights (excluding reverse lights). Similar to the one shown below, but for the whole lens.
-Get LT1 TA tail lights
-Remove Red lens
-Take scissors/knife/something sharp, and remove the grid.
Voila! Clear tail lights with no grid.
(Optional step)
Get a honeycomb vinly custom made to cover the lense...and then you have clear LS1 Tail lights (excluding reverse lights). Similar to the one shown below, but for the whole lens.
Last edited by Spd-Kilz; Nov 20, 2008 at 10:35 PM.
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Verdad Gallardo It's not possible, as you can see in this picture, the grid and the outer lens are 2 separate pieces. They are simply laminated together to form one piece. Trying to separate the 2 will most likely cause some form of damage to occur to either the outer lens, the grid, or both.
Last edited by blindxeyed; Nov 20, 2008 at 10:19 PM.
Let me reiterate this.. You can not just cut the grid portion out. Unless you want to break off the outer lens, there is no way to simply remove it. The grid and the outer lens and laminated together to form one piece. Unless you know how to and have the tools to de-laminate 2 plastic pieces, then there is no way to do it without something breaking.
From the picture, it doesn't appear as if they're laminated together.
That's really unfortunate.
Heating them up in an oven should do the trick. Im gonna try work some magic on em this weekend, ill let you guys know whats up. Im glad to see all of the responses, ill try to make a write up if I can work it out.
Definitely let us know how it turns out.
You have to use silicone and various clamps to hold it together while the silicone sets.
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Here is an idea:
-Get LT1 TA tail lights
-Remove Red lens
-Take scissors/knife/something sharp, and remove the grid.
Voila! Clear tail lights with no grid.
(Optional step)
Get a honeycomb vinly custom made to cover the lense...and then you have clear LS1 Tail lights (excluding reverse lights). Similar to the one shown below, but for the whole lens.
-Get LT1 TA tail lights
-Remove Red lens
-Take scissors/knife/something sharp, and remove the grid.
Voila! Clear tail lights with no grid.
(Optional step)
Get a honeycomb vinly custom made to cover the lense...and then you have clear LS1 Tail lights (excluding reverse lights). Similar to the one shown below, but for the whole lens.
then you have the grid out of the way and brand new clear lenses with honeycomb vinyl
Okay so I think what im gonna do is use some LT1 tails, cut out the grid and get rid of all the lense. Im gonna cut a peice of lexan and use a heat gun to mold it to the assembly, and then use that honeycomb vinyl, then finally get the lense to look opaque. I thought about just sanding it really rough and then finishing it with a higher grit, but if that doesnt work ill just spray it a really light grey.
