Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums Modifications Aesthetics How do I do THESE rear tails? (Amarv's)

Amar bhai, just tell me how to and where to do these please. Is it as easy as tape off and paint? eBay maybe? Stolen off another car? of them or what? Anyone else know where to buy those tails?

i would guess they were custom made one-offs. hopefully they stay that way. i just dont see the appeal at all, in any way shape or form. afaik, no one has mass produced any kind of aftermarket taillight

Nope, those are a certain year stockers where you sand off the red IIRC. skrilla187 has them too.

m4gician, you ask so many Aesthetic questions. Some of it is so basic, and takes only a min of searching.

First off, what are you asking about? Do you want to know how he got the tails clear? Or how the reflector is body color?

The tails are Pre-98 tails, which have a clear lense under the red. Break away the red and clean up all the edge for the clear tails. The reflector is painted.

here
and then here too

They are pre-98 Mystique tails I believe.. Have a clear flutted piece under the red outer. If you want the clear, you break away/remove the red.. want the red(smooth and clear red).. vise versa
You can see it better in the pictures where the outer edge isn't painted white yet.

Originally posted by CSVT1214:

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and takes only a min of searching.

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yep.

Based on info i've pieced together myself and from others, all years of mystique tails have the clear lenses underneath.

You don't sand the red lense off, it needs to be cut off. I suppose you could "chip" it away, but cutting it is more controllable.

Making them clear is fairly simple, although you still need to be careful.

Getting the lights to still put out red light is more involved. I chose to retrofit round LED truck tail light modules.

Some other links:

http://www.contour.org/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Board=aesthetics&Number=926886&page=&view=&sb=5&o=&vc=1
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/1003/amarv12/Clear%20tail%20project/

Like the other guys said searching for phrases like "clear tail" or "LED tails" will give more info.

I've already posted plenty of info about the distance between the two lenses!!! Be CAREFUL when cutting.

ANY TIME YOU MODIFY YOUR CAR THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT IT CAN GO WRONG!!!!! IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO BE CAREFUL AND USE YOUR BRAIN!!!

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There, that's the warning. Either use your brain, take it to someone who knows what they're doing, or live with what you've got! Reality is that you're modifying parts to be used in a way that they were never intended to be used... but with enough effort and intelligence it can work quite well...i've had my tail lamps for almost 2 years now with almost no issues.

I made all of the info available from the beginning, if YOU take on a project, it's YOUR job to reasearch it and gather all the pertinent information. I've been more than helpful to all the people who pm me about various mods, and i always give them all the info! Don't blame me if you [censored] it up!

This question may be stupid, I haven't had my tail lights out of the car for quite some time (since looking for leaks in my ex-leaky trunk) but I was wondering since you need to cut a hole in the back obviously to put the board with LED's inside, and also since the clear is inside and making them show red is much harder than breaking off the outside, could it be possible to bake/cut them similiar to the headlights and seperate the lenses from the housing, do the modifications to the lens and the insides, and seal them back up?