ok, so I VHT'd it, put it on and it looked really good.. went back out to take pics of it (hour later) and it had cracks all in it... not much different than the original bulbs either. It looks good from a distance but resembles a huge pile of dinosaur **** up close... I dont like it and will be ordering a smoke one from ebay...

 

Got mine just now from FedEx. It is the correct one for high rise, however I ordered the Black one, bc crazy me thought the top would be Black so u can't see the led board and wires, but it is Clear!!! Just on the indented portion directly on top. Rest is black. Makes no sense to me. But nothing a piece of vinyl can't fix. Will install later.

 

^ so you can see wires?

 

here are some pics of the BLACK LED ebay light for HIGH Rise

Top Side! center is hazey clear, with Black border


Under Side! Black Border around LED lights

 

just got mine in today and messed around with it .. I will be painting the top of mine black before my final install

is everyone putting the plugs in the housing or just stuffing the plugs into the spoiler? it seems like it would be a tight fit to screw them in the housing...

 

If you stuff the connections into the spoiler you leave the holes on the light wide open to water intrusion.

PS.... I'm waiting for the VHT to dry on mine

 

Looks good. ill deff be down to buy one if you make some more...

 

Got it, installed it, love it. Here we go...

Pictures. It's a quality item, seems just as well built as the original one. Looks almost like it was cast from the same molds. It's nearly identical to the original.


You can still see the casting break in this photo, about an inch below the white sticker. I sanded that out completely. I wet-sanded it with a small piece of 2000 grit sandpaper, then used Menzerna Micro Polish and a 3" orange pad with my Porter Cable 7424XP to buff it back to a high mirror shine. The casting bump totally disappeared.


The original... just before removal... (I didn't know I had a bulb out)


The new one, installed... (and the casting break is completely gone)


It's much brighter in person. I also noticed as I was editing the pictures that the new one was installed a bit crooked (and I was too lazy to take another picture). I went back out and straightened it... it's perfect now. You can barely see through the smoke plastic, so you can't really see the mounting tab or any of the guts of the spoiler. This is a very nice update to the look of the rear fascia. The smoke plastic is not nearly as offensive as the original red one IMO.

Ciao for now...

-R

 

^Thats smoked?

 

That's the smoked one.

 

Because how you preped it

 

I want the smoked one to match my side markers.

 

For anyone wondering how it would look on a silver TA...







...and an "artistic" effort!LOL!

 

Smoked looks good fellas

 

I forgot to add mine is the smoked version.

 

sanded, cleaned with alcohol, adhesion promoter then VHT... maybe I did too thick of a coat.. I took it out and sanded it down again. I think I can make it look good this time... I also used a heat gun between coats....

 

chaman- can you get a pic of the light on?
Seeing it on your car makes me REALLY want to get it...

 

Does it appear you could swap out the LEDs, and put it in the stock housing? I don't think smoked would look good on SOM.

 

Bluestreak or chaman, can you guys post your ebay link? I want to make sure I get the exact same one.

 

Search for item number 270806116090. That's the one I ordered.