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Old Mar 26, 2008 | 08:15 PM
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what did this person do to these tail lights to get them to look like that. they have no red in them.

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Old Mar 26, 2008 | 08:21 PM
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Photoshop, I believe.

As I remember thats a picture that someone posted of their car and another member played with it a bit and made it his own sig. I could be mistaken...but I think thats accurate.

Look at the wheels/tires too.
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Old Mar 26, 2008 | 08:21 PM
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o **** that looks badass
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Old Mar 26, 2008 | 08:22 PM
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they are not actually clear.
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Old Mar 26, 2008 | 08:41 PM
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Here we go again...
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Old Mar 26, 2008 | 08:59 PM
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^ lol
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Old Mar 26, 2008 | 09:17 PM
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Yea there was just a post on this, that guy had to pull the red off from his lt1 trans am because he needed amber turning signals in the back or something. Cant do it with honeycombs.....
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Old Mar 26, 2008 | 09:38 PM
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those are lights from a LT1 TA... what he did I believe if I remember correctly this was a long time ago... was the lense apparently is clear with the red on the inside... and he removed the red layer from the inside and bam... thats what I remember all the talk being...
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Originally Posted by SSquid
those are lights from a LT1 TA... what he did I believe if I remember correctly this was a long time ago... was the lense apparently is clear with the red on the inside... and he removed the red layer from the inside and bam... thats what I remember all the talk being...
LT1 tails aren't honeycombs....

That is a photochopped pic.
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Old Mar 26, 2008 | 10:09 PM
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well still takes your lights off and take a razor blade and scratch the inner wall up in a corner you wont see and see if there is a red layer or red lense...
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Old Mar 26, 2008 | 10:21 PM
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i know he is a member on here somewhere i just can't find him, but i hope its not photo shopped cause its bad ***. and it looks like there is a very small amt of nightshade on them. if anyone can find out how he did it, post it.
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Old Mar 26, 2008 | 10:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Deasel
i know he is a member on here somewhere i just can't find him, but i hope its not photo shopped cause its bad ***. and it looks like there is a very small amt of nightshade on them. if anyone can find out how he did it, post it.
this has been discussed over a few threads already and it is a photoshopped picture and no the tail lights are not clear.
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Old Mar 26, 2008 | 10:40 PM
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If it was real then there would be pics of it all over this site.


They are photochopped
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Old Mar 26, 2008 | 10:40 PM
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thanks for clearing it up guys!
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Old Mar 26, 2008 | 10:41 PM
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Its a photoshop, do a search, its been discussed.

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Old Mar 26, 2008 | 10:42 PM
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yep photo chopped. i cant find the thread where he posted up saying they was photochopped. he will probably post up.
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https://ls1tech.com/forums/pontiac-firebird-1967-2002/878526-tail-lights.html
Heres the most recent thread i found....
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Old Mar 27, 2008 | 02:07 AM
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Originally Posted by JSmee99T/A
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=878526
Heres the most recent thread i found....
oops..haha
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