Tail lights for the mk2

[Davis]

Yeah I was thinking the same thing Midnight, I bet some of us all were haha. But yeah making it look good would be the hard part..I have a couple ideas, but I need lots of center panels!

[Midnight_Raven]

No man seriously I think it can be done with LEDs and a circuit board. Since I'm looking at the 94+ tail lights I bought, it seems those red reflectors can actually be popped out. If you could make a circuit board with like 50 or maybe 100 tiny white LEDs that could fit in a clear lens of that size it could be possible to make it fit without having to do any major cutting of the tail light lens.

I would be willing to try to make a mock one during spring break since I won't be doing anything else if people seem interested enough on doing something like it themselves.

Pic below show the clips that hold the red reflector in the 94 tail lights.

[Davis]

Interesting..didn't know they had clips. Oh and when I said "making them look good", I was talking about where to place the back up lights (of course, right on the 94 tails would look the best).

[TRD_MR2_DRGN]

I've had that idea for years, putting the reverse lights in the middle of the 2 round ones. I didn't even know there was a clip that holds it in. I was thinking about cutting the reflector out.

The easy way instead of making a circuit and LED's would be to take the reflector out and just put a clear light housing in there, cutting the back panel behind the reflector out.

[Davis]

Yep same here DRGN, I always wanted to cut them out and cut out a place to put the reverse lights in heh.

[91_mr2_boi]

anyone think the black euro lights would look good on red??

[Mark_Dorman]

For anyone who's thinking about trying to put the reverse lights in place of the red reflector on the 94+ lights...it's not that easy. I took mine apart yesterday and tried to get that reflector out. It's embedded with glue over a cm deep in the housing. The only thing I could think that might work would be braking the reflector and then trying to find something clear to put in its place. The reverse light lenses on the center panel won't fit. I'm guessing most people couldn't get a custom piece made for a decent price so I call that project a bust. If anyone wants pictures just PM me...

OH...and that clip that is mentioned above is for the whole light fixture. It secures the plastic to the housing.

[JJay]

Originally Posted by 91_mr2_boi

anyone think the black euro lights would look good on red??

It might give you a different look. I would try it but put L.E.D #1157 bulbs in place of the old halogen bulbs. I will make the car look newer.....more modern in appearance.