MY G50 TAILLIGHTS.

[VIP_Q45T]

Been searching around for different taillights and headlights for my G50 without sucess, so i did a little inventing myself.Heres some pics to show the difference and to c what u guys think.Anybody can hook me up with clear headlights???Factory taillight:



Modified Taillight:



To me the whole taillight red looks way better, classyer.

[apossiblehybrid]

it looks good. good job.

[maxnix]

To me the whole taillight red looks way better, classyer.

Oh yeah, waaaaayyy "classyer", dooood.

Go fer it.
Modified by maxnix at 8:22 AM 8/13/2008

[AlabamaDan]

Nice. So how'd you do it?

[unknown007]

Nice. So how'd you do it?

Maybe a film?thats one way.

[VIP_Q45T]

At the house i have a heater gun so i went to the tinting shop bought a piece of red tint and tinted the orange part. even if you look close u really cant notice where the tint comes in cause i apllied transparent nailpolish where the line ended and on top or the taillight no so water sneaks in.

[unknown007]

At the house i have a heater gun so i went to the tinting shop bought a piece of red tint and tinted the orange part. even if you look close u really cant notice where the tint comes in cause i apllied transparent nailpolish where the line ended and on top or the taillight no so water sneaks in.

Nailpolish?how's that work?pics?email me [email protected] was thinking of smoking my tail lights.But i like that red.

[db_autotek]

Great job!! I had similar ideas too, including "redding out" the upper gray area for completely red tail. I was always concerned with film quality, I didn't think to use window film. There are several vendors of tail light film "red out" kits on the internet, which may be better or worse quality than window film.

Think about doing the gray area too, I'd love to see how it looks!

[VIP_Q45T]

those red taillights kits they sell in the internet are just window tint. If u get a good tint from a tinting shop it could last u upto 3 years without loosing color, belive me i use to tint before i came in the army.

[q45vh]

thats pretty nice, its clean and subtle look. good job

[db_autotek]

those red taillights kits they sell in the internet are just window tint. If u get a good tint from a tinting shop it could last u upto 3 years without loosing color, belive me i use to tint before i came in the army.

Haha yeah that's exactly what I figured, that the red internet kits were just window tint film. I wasn't too far off with my estimation of time either, I figured they would need replacement every 2 years with those kits. It's probably mid or low grade film.. I would definitely search out some good quality for the beloved Q.

Back when I was doing some eBay searching, I came across a legit website with high quality Videos that you can watch to see how to do it. I will try to track down the website with the vids. Youtube probably has plenty, but I wouldn't automatically consider them legit.

What I'm getting around to, is that the videos demonstrate almost the exact same method as window tinting. Heat Gun + Squeegees + application solution + Xacto knives.

I'm just dying to see how the Q would look with the gray section "redded out" also. I'll do it darnint! Just need to score another good Q.

[Peterofdevon]

Maybe I'm blind.

They look the same to me???They're..urrr... both red and shaped the same... right?

Peter

[VIP_Q45T]

If u look at the first picture the original taillight is orange top red bottom, i made it all red in the next picture.

[naladude911]

eww, I did the same to my J30, except with paint, 10x easier. Get clear candy red transparent enamel paint from a hobby shop, by a brand name testors. I did three coatshttp://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread/349398

[q454uall]

awesome job!

[jltibbs]

Nice job bro.

[Haitian_King]

Pretty f-ing cool!

The tint was applied to the inside of the light housing right? I've always been unclear as to how it's done.

Now, if only we could get some flipping LED tails like the M45.

[VIP_Q45T]

the tint was applied in the outside of the taillight not the inside.

[kzoosho]

Pretty f-ing cool!

The tint was applied to the inside of the light housing right? I've always been unclear as to how it's done.

Now, if only we could get some flipping LED tails like the M45.

Well to let you know. If you can get a spare set of tails i can put leds in them. I have been doing led retros for a while. I am very fair on price and get them done very quick also.

[Haitian_King]

Well to let you know. If you can get a spare set of tails i can put leds in them. I have been doing led retros for a while. I am very fair on price and get them done very quick also.

WOW! Do you have pictures of some of the work you've done? Getting spare tails is easy.

[TBrack]

Well to let you know. If you can get a spare set of tails i can put leds in them. I have been doing led retros for a while. I am very fair on price and get them done very quick also.

I have worked on wes's old project led tails and the problem you run into with these cars is the car is looking for the current draw of a normal tail light bulb. If it doesn't see that current it will not allow the light to function as a fail safe and display that the tail lamp is inop. I tried disabling the sensor that reads current draw without success. Same thing with the stop lamp on the spoiler/rear window. I don't have enough experience with car electronics to figure out a solution but I have had Q45 tails working and looking awesome on a 12v source.

[kzoosho]

WOW! Do you have pictures of some of the work you've done? Getting spare tails is easy.

Yes i have pics of tails i have done. I can post them here or you can email me at [email protected].

On the Q it can be fooled many ways. I would have to look at the circiut itself but trust me i can get it done.

[jltibbs]

I have worked on wes's old project led tails and the problem you run into with these cars is the car is looking for the current draw of a normal tail light bulb. If it doesn't see that current it will not allow the light to function as a fail safe and display that the tail lamp is inop. I tried disabling the sensor that reads current draw without success. Same thing with the stop lamp on the spoiler/rear window. I don't have enough experience with car electronics to figure out a solution but I have had Q45 tails working and looking awesome on a 12v source.

A load equalizer could solve this?

[TBrack]

I tried disabling the sensor and load limit resistors with no luck

[kzoosho]

Like i said i can make it work man.