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First off, congrats on being ball-sy  I don't think it looks rice at all and this is coming from someone very picky on aestics (spelling  ) and 34 years old! The one thing I'd do though is paint/tape the chrome strip that goes under the tailights black because it doesn't continue with the one thats under the center reflector and that disturbs the "flow" of the center reflector/tailights IMO. ***You MUST get a red LED bulb in that tailight*** The main reason the combo is illegal is because you don't have a red reflector back there, i.e. the center reflector is painted and theres NO red showing anywhere. I wonder what it would've looked like if you would've left some type of red shape in the center reflector  In closing it looks great on a white car and IMO, the only other color car this mod would look good on, is a silver Tour, good job once again and try and come on out to one of our meets sometime, we don't get any Mystiques out here.
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I agree, i smashed one of my tail lights in a parking lot , and there was no clear lens underneath. Originally posted by Chris Hightower:
Don't try this on a 98+ Contour tail light. I can assure you there is NO clear lens under the red part. At least for the Contour.
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Originally posted by The Striped SVT:
First off, congrats on being ball-sy I don't think it looks rice at all and this is coming from someone very picky on aestics (spelling ) and 34 years old! The one thing I'd do though is paint/tape the chrome strip that goes under the tailights black because it doesn't continue with the one thats under the center reflector and that disturbs the "flow" of the center reflector/tailights IMO. ***You MUST get a red LED bulb in that tailight*** The main reason the combo is illegal is because you don't have a red reflector back there, i.e. the center reflector is painted and theres NO red showing anywhere. I wonder what it would've looked like if you would've left some type of red shape in the center reflector In closing it looks great on a white car and IMO, the only other color car this mod would look good on, is a silver Tour, good job once again and try and come on out to one of our meets sometime, we don't get any Mystiques out here.
Thanks. 
As for the strip in the last set of pics i posted, it wasn't even on the lamps; i took it off to paint them...once i put it all together, it will be blacked out once again.
I also have ordered some red LED bulbs, and i just piced up a bunch of 10 watt resistors form radioshack in order to keep the correct blink-rate....so if the LED lamps are bright enough (and that's a big 'if') i should have the lighting taken care of.
And ya, i know, i gotta make it out to a meet one of these days...
I ended up painting the lamps black, and it looks like crap, they look way out of place.  They're not on the car right now...i guess i'll be painting them white in a few weeks.
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how did you get the taillight apart. i wanna try it but instead of removing everything just removing a oval piece from the side and putting in an amber signal.
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I removed the top lense using a dremel tool. I guess i'll go ahead and spill all the info since i'm such a friggin nice guy! The two lenses are quite close together, on the reflector side of the lamp, there is approx. a 5mm gap between the lenses, then on the tapered end it drops down to about a 2.5mm gap. What this means is that when cutting, you need to be VERY VERY careful, use a steady hand, and work with lots of light. I used a conical metal bit with my rotary tool. The clear lense is attached to the housing, however it is not sealed airtight. Silicone needs to be used along the perimeter, then fill with water to check for leaks. Also, this plastic melts easily, basically it liquifies. So take lots of breaks when demeling, let the bit cool off and remove melted plastic from the bit often! The temps can get very high, to the point where the clear lense can melt as well, then some of the red bonds to the clear, removal is a b!tch. I learned all this the hard way, if i had another chance, i bet i could do a MUCH better job, oh well. ***I take no responsibility for any harm done to anyone's car/parts/body, always follow suggested safety precautions!!!*** GL
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How about the center on the contours, is there a clear part on those? Also are there any ideas on how to do the spoiler light? 
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I know that there is no clear layer under the center reflector, or at least for me because i can look in one end and look out the other, its just one big red reflector.
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Amarv, I LED' the `00 lamps I am using. Instead of painting the circuit boards/OEM reflector black to smoke the lenses you could do white to further make them blend. Otherwise, nice work. They look sharp on a white car.  To give you an idea on what I am talking about, follow these links: Clicky, Clicky Unlike what this last link shows, they light up a very nice shade of red. Hit the brakes in the garage at night and you could read with the red glow they put off. ClickyOriginally posted by SVT Driver627:
I know that there is no clear layer under the center reflector, or at least for me because i can look in one end and look out the other, its just one big red reflector.
I had no clear layer under the `00 center reflector I got to keep me legal while mine was in for paint. There were no clear lenses inside my `00 tails either when I took them apart.
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ExDelayed, Actually, i don't think i'm gonna be opening the lights up completely....at least for the time being, so no circuit board LED's yet. And, ya, i remember that you did your LED tails, i actually searched for that post in pics and vids this morning. And i gotta say, i envy you and your one-hundred-and-however-many LEDs per lamp. I also looked at Josch's install, if i took the red lense off the Grote lamps, that might be an option as well. Last week, I ended up ordering some 24 LED replacements for 1157 bulbs, 18 face forward, and 6 are pointed sideways. Right after i bought them, i found this website which basically tears all those bulbs apart.  So, i dunno at this point, might have to further hack the lights apart in the future. I can imagine that with all those LEDs, your tails are probably bright as hell, nice work man. 
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amarv12, thanks for that link aboujt the LED car lights.. I am gonna use some of that with priviliages from the writer. thanks
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