I just got done completly clearing my 1990 acuras tailights! What a pain! First of all they are glued so damn good i used a heat gun and ended up meltin a little of the clear inner lense so i then took the clear and red stripped peice that used to be on the top and cut it down to fill the melted section on the bottom where it rounds to the side! I left it just the inner housing and painted my light bulbs red so its still legal. i suggest making some kind of cover for the lenses instead of just leaving it the way i did by using some plexi! Also the red outer lense has that little vent built in so there is a little hole there now on my car seeing as i dont have the outer peice!also how many sedans are out there with clear tails?? i have never seen any!(G2 of course) thank you Nate Hill
1990 Acura Integra ls sedan:
magna flow muffler,clear tails,clear front markers,intake,custom grilles,soon to be painted!(hopefully)
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Neil posted a thread on this a while ago… I wanna know if its possible to make them clearer…
nice job:up:
EDIT: Here’s the thread … do yours look like them?
No i made mine completly clear! they look like the top just all the way down and across! it is possible by taking the lense apart like he mentions then cutting all the red/clear plastic from the center section and leaving the outer ring of the red outer lense and glue/epoxy in a peice of lexan(like a little thicker then a soda bottle like a model cars clear plastic)and still have to use chrome spray paint or silver like the factory or chrome decal like the other post suggests and paint all the inside(with bulbs removed) and then to keep the tails looking clear use L.E.D. light bulbs(push and twist like stock!) they are clear until they are turned on then just like a normal bulb! They make them in blueish/white(reverse) yellow(amber turn) and red(running/brake) and they are 2 stage lights just as the factory but completly clear when off and brighter! Hope this helps! Nate Hill
hm interesting… i still would like the cherry red bottom and clear top tho.
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plz plz post pics
cool all the way around would be pretty cool. MY goal over the summer is to make LED tail lights…im gonna need alot of high power LED’s, alot of resistors…and alot of time.
Re: Completly cleared 90 sedan tails
Originally posted by flyinglowracing
I left it just the inner housing and painted my light bulbs red so its still legal.
fyi: just to let you know, your tail lights are still illegal regardless if you have red bulbs. its only legal if the lense itself is red, not the bulbs.
my lenses are now clear and all my stock clear bulbs would glow clear when i hit the brakes or my runnin lights! so i made red bulbs! i got some l.e.d. bulbs for them now so they look all clear in the day and BRIGHT at night!