Center piece lights up.

[Sotarts]

I was taking apart lights one day to see if I can install bulbs inside the center piece to make it light up uniformly with regular tail lights and discovered something interesting.

The center piece (90-91 Laser and 92+ Eclipse, don't know about other years and modesl, haven't taken other years apart.) is the same exact transparent plastic as tail lights, but painted "silver" on the inside, making them non-transparent.

I was thinking taking slow dremel to the inside surface and sanding the coating off, then wet, fine-polishing it. Spray inner piece with "chrome" to create a reflection, install bulbs, and voila, center lights up just like the tails.

Anyone done this or know who's done it? Did it turn out ok? Look good?

Anyone has contributing ideas? Tips? Want to take a bat at my face? ( :laugh: )

 

[Ðawg]

Actually, I kinda like the idea.


--Scott

 

[Defiant]

Originally posted by aovsi

The center piece is the same exact transparent plastic as tail lights, but painted "silver" on the inside, making them non-transparent.

I'd try either something like lacquer thinner or just plain wetsanding instead of trying to Dremel it off.

I've thought about putting a 12V fluorescent bulb in there to light it.

 

[dave99gst]

an ULTRA thin neon would work well also- a friend did it -- wired it up to his break lights. nice attention getter

 

[Aikouka]

I was just talking to someone about doing that and then either painting the outside or making a metal cover for it. But the outside has TALON (in the TALON lettering that's featured on the user manual) either cut out of the metal or unpainted. So when you hit your brakes, the TALON would illuminate.

Sounds a lot better than that huge Eagle symbol in the back to me.

 

[LTUSPE]

Originally posted by Ðawg
Actually, I kinda like the idea.


--Scott

....what, the beating his face part??? :laugh: j/k....I think it'd look pretty damn awesome.......it shoulda been done with from the start

 

[Sotarts]

Originally posted by LTUSPE



....what, the beating his face part??? :laugh: j/k....I think it'd look pretty damn awesome.......it shoulda been done with from the start

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Me, dumbass, went to junk yard and found 3 sets of Laser tails in excellent condition, but took too long and those Lasers are gone...

Now I can't find a fully-intact/not broken set in any yard.