Thinmint Tail Light Mod
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Thinmint Tail Light Mod
Hey guys!
Just wanted to show you something I did to my s2000 which still isn't finished!
Basically I feel like the stock Ap1 tail lights are really ugly and are about as cool and interesting as a wet carrot. Since I blew all my funds on my electric conversion, I don't have enough money to justify purchasing some Ap2 tails. Therefore I decided to make my own!
I purchased a pair of tail lights for cheap since they didn't have clear lenses ( thanks Jordanksartell!)
Once I got them, I removed the plastic red / white lenses , and measured the pockets they had previously inhabited using some calipers. I don't remember what size they were, but if anyone is interested PM me and I will go find it.
Anyway, I then ordered some red angel eyes with an outer diameter equal to the diameter of the pockets. Im sure the sellers on Ebay were happy I bought them, because I doubt anyone would want to put these in their head lights -____- , way too red!
A couple of weeks later, POW at my door.
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I then cut out some plexiglass to the diameter of the rings, painted one side black, and glued the rings to the plexi. I did this because without a black piece plastic backing, you would be able to see the metallic silver paint in the pockets. Ill get some pictures of these tomorrow.
Wire them up really quick...
BEFORE
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AFTER
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As you can see, the tail light is no longer a wet carrot.
*applause*
"great job thinmint!"
thanks guys!!
There still are a couple of kinks to work out. For one, the way the tail lights work is by using a double filament bulb. So one filament is on at all times, the other illuminates when braking. I want both rings on at the same time.
Another problem is that I don't want to botch up the job by adding a white ring / yellow ring for reverse and turning. I don't know about reverse yet, but for turning the (red) lights will blink simultaneously, rather than yellow turn indicator. The good news is that I have ordered all the components necessary, so now I just wait for the chinese postal service to do its thing...
I'll update this thread tomorrow with some more details / links / pics
Yeee
Just wanted to show you something I did to my s2000 which still isn't finished!
Basically I feel like the stock Ap1 tail lights are really ugly and are about as cool and interesting as a wet carrot. Since I blew all my funds on my electric conversion, I don't have enough money to justify purchasing some Ap2 tails. Therefore I decided to make my own!
I purchased a pair of tail lights for cheap since they didn't have clear lenses ( thanks Jordanksartell!)
Once I got them, I removed the plastic red / white lenses , and measured the pockets they had previously inhabited using some calipers. I don't remember what size they were, but if anyone is interested PM me and I will go find it.
Anyway, I then ordered some red angel eyes with an outer diameter equal to the diameter of the pockets. Im sure the sellers on Ebay were happy I bought them, because I doubt anyone would want to put these in their head lights -____- , way too red!
A couple of weeks later, POW at my door.
[attachment=25659:IMG_2240.JPG]
[attachment=25660:IMG_2241.JPG]
I then cut out some plexiglass to the diameter of the rings, painted one side black, and glued the rings to the plexi. I did this because without a black piece plastic backing, you would be able to see the metallic silver paint in the pockets. Ill get some pictures of these tomorrow.
Wire them up really quick...
BEFORE
[attachment=25657:IMG_2132.JPG]
AFTER
[attachment=25658:IMG_2130.JPG]
As you can see, the tail light is no longer a wet carrot.
*applause*
"great job thinmint!"
thanks guys!!
There still are a couple of kinks to work out. For one, the way the tail lights work is by using a double filament bulb. So one filament is on at all times, the other illuminates when braking. I want both rings on at the same time.
Another problem is that I don't want to botch up the job by adding a white ring / yellow ring for reverse and turning. I don't know about reverse yet, but for turning the (red) lights will blink simultaneously, rather than yellow turn indicator. The good news is that I have ordered all the components necessary, so now I just wait for the chinese postal service to do its thing...
I'll update this thread tomorrow with some more details / links / pics
Yeee
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