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Old 01-30-2008, 03:09 AM
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i saw a picture of a ws6 with clear honeycomb tail lights. i thought it looked pretty sweet..any one now how to do this mod?
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I've been told noone make taillights like that, but if you want a pic with clear tails...Photoshop is the way! lol I've been thinking 'bout that myself too, tho. I think if you took the red lens off the taillight and heated a piece of Lexan, you could form your own clear lens. Then mask off a billion octigons on the inside side of the lens and spray black paint over to make the honeycomb. If I can get myself a old taillight for cheap I'll try it and let everyone know how it turned out, maybe make a write up...IF I can get one. Swat
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Here is a pic of one with cleared honeycombs, I think it would look good if the center piece was buffed out or the bird changed to a silver one.
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wow I would love to do that. Someone has to get this going.

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Originally Posted by ezekielta
Here is a pic of one with cleared honeycombs, I think it would look good if the center piece was buffed out or the bird changed to a silver one.
I think that is just a trick of light and not actually clear honeycombs.
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regardless I want them.
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Definitely a modded pic. Look at the background...But cool none the less. I would buy them. Someone make them...NOW
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Originally Posted by phantomzer0
I think that is just a trick of light and not actually clear honeycombs.
That seems to be a photoshopped pic with everything being a bluish gray or grayscale except the filler panel. When I first saw that pic I had to look twice.
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It's somebody's sig. That's why.
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I have never seen it done before, sounds like a creative idea......anyone want to photoshop it?
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The pic in question IS photoshop edited. I talked to the guy yesterday about his tails...that's Chromeplated500's sig pic. Swat
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here's what i photoshopped.

i found this pic somewhere on the net
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Originally Posted by phantomzer0
I think that is just a trick of light and not actually clear honeycombs.
that's my car on the left and no I didn't photoshop it like that lol. Someone took it and made it a sig! woot!

here is the original

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I have no affiliation but I found this link from a local board that will do custom lenses for any car.
http://www.klearz.com/index.html
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the photoshop of clears doesnt look half bad, just depends how they will light up when the brakes applied, dont want uneven lighting.....
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I sent them an email about it so we'll see!
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Originally Posted by Ls1CamaroGuy87
the photoshop of clears doesnt look half bad, just depends how they will light up when the brakes applied, dont want uneven lighting.....
spider light LEDs for the win on that.
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subscribing to know if these may be made
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It can't be done with the OEM lights, because of the lenses, the honeycomb taillights are a two piece design, which consists of the housing/reflector and the red lenses. The LT1 taillights were a three piece, housing/reflector, middle red part, and the clear outer lenses, which if you separate them and remove the middle red part leaves you with clear taillights.
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this is from brent franker's site...




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