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Re: Euro tails... now with daytime pics #145509 05/19/02 12:22 AM
Joined: May 2000 Posts: 3,636 Belleville, IL USA J javaContour Member
javaContour Member J Joined: May 2000 Posts: 3,636 Belleville, IL USA	I hope you have the Euro's with Amber Turns by the National Meet. I need to evaluate these as a "safety mod" TB Tony Boner Personal: 98cdw27@charter.net Work: tony.boner@sun.com Saving the computer world from WinBloze as Unix/Solaris/Java Guru http://www.sun.com 1998 Contour SVT Pre-E1 618/6535 Born On Date: 4/30/1997 Now with Aussie Bar induced mild oversteer.

Re: Euro tails... now with daytime pics #145510 05/19/02 12:39 AM
Joined: May 2000 Posts: 3,584 Roseville MI USA T The Striped Brick Member
The Striped Brick Member T Joined: May 2000 Posts: 3,584 Roseville MI USA	Quote: Originally posted by Chris Hightower: Here is a picture that Mike made of them on a red pre-98. Looks pretty cool with the pre98 trunk reflectors. And, yes, right now this first set is hand made. I will be making a mold of it soon. Mold is for mass production The only thing that has to be done here, IMO, is to paint the inner lights red to match the Euro lights and it would look OEM Roger R SVT/SHO Society SE MI rep 2000 CSVT #1253 of 2150 silver frost/midnight blue 2-8" dark blue racing stripes Mequiars...simply the best! "...and number 5, now this is the most important Rat, when it comes to making out, whenever possible, put on side one of Led Zeppelin 4" USMondeo@aol.com

Re: Euro tails... now with daytime pics #145511 05/19/02 03:23 AM
Joined: May 2000 Posts: 1,681 DeKalb IL M mikey boy Member
mikey boy Member M Joined: May 2000 Posts: 1,681 DeKalb IL	paint the inner lights red? i dont get it. the reverse lights? hmmmmmmm, could you elaborate. they look like they are from the factory married with a pre 98 trunk lid. 95 contour se, lots of mods. http://www.contour.org/carprofile/carprofile.cgi?a=display&uid=00000132

Re: Euro tails... now with daytime pics #145512 05/19/02 03:31 AM
Joined: May 2000 Posts: 2,657 S sqplus Member
sqplus Member S Joined: May 2000 Posts: 2,657	I think he means to paint the reflector part of the center lenses so that they match the body and the taillights. Not paint the actual reverse lens.

Re: Euro tails... now with daytime pics #145513 05/19/02 03:37 AM
Joined: May 2000 Posts: 1,681 DeKalb IL M mikey boy Member
mikey boy Member M Joined: May 2000 Posts: 1,681 DeKalb IL	oh ok, yeah that is a good idea. maybe. 95 contour se, lots of mods. http://www.contour.org/carprofile/carprofile.cgi?a=display&uid=00000132

Re: Euro tails... now with daytime pics #145514 05/19/02 04:47 AM
Joined: May 2000 Posts: 3,584 Roseville MI USA T The Striped Brick Member
The Striped Brick Member T Joined: May 2000 Posts: 3,584 Roseville MI USA	Yeah thats exactly what I meant and theres no question that if the reflector part was painted to match it "blend" oh so well Roger R SVT/SHO Society SE MI rep 2000 CSVT #1253 of 2150 silver frost/midnight blue 2-8" dark blue racing stripes Mequiars...simply the best! "...and number 5, now this is the most important Rat, when it comes to making out, whenever possible, put on side one of Led Zeppelin 4" USMondeo@aol.com

Re: Euro tails... now with daytime pics #145515 05/19/02 07:44 PM
Joined: May 2000 Posts: 1,770 Alexandria, VA V Viss1 Member
Viss1 Member V Joined: May 2000 Posts: 1,770 Alexandria, VA	Very cool. E0 #36 Interior Mods Mutts Rule! My Paintings

Re: Euro tails... now with daytime pics #145516 05/21/02 02:17 AM
Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 145 Columbia, MO L lynx0v Member
lynx0v Member L Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 145 Columbia, MO	is that with the break applied? what about when the lights are just on got pics of that? very sweet 99 SE Sport http://www.contour.org/carprofile/carprofile.cgi?a=display&uid=00007993

Re: Euro tails... now with daytime pics #145517 05/21/02 02:31 AM
Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 1,428 Montreal, Quebec, Canada P Pascal Member
Pascal Member P Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 1,428 Montreal, Quebec, Canada	No third brake light.. That looks like parking lights.. Maybe the brightness increses with the brakes applied?? 2000 GTI 1.8t 1998 Ford Contour SVT - FOR SALE!! PM me for details

Re: Euro tails... now with daytime pics #145518 05/21/02 03:09 AM
Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 5,037 The Land of Turbos C Chris Hightower OP Administrator
OP Chris Hightower Administrator C Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 5,037 The Land of Turbos	Quote: Originally posted by Pascal: No third brake light.. That looks like parking lights.. Maybe the brightness increses with the brakes applied?? Correct. That is just the running light. The brake light will cause a physical reaction unless you are blind. This means they are pretty damn bright. I took that picture because it shows the light pattern. Here's a picture of a comparison between the two. Left is regular bulb, right is new LED assembly: -Chris Hightower- -Hightower Performance Products, LLC (Oo.�xx�.oO) o xxxxxxxxx o

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