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Old Oct 30, 2006 | 07:57 PM
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Well we finally got the back of my car done , sio it was time to Mock up the Tail lights Well the image would post. Back to the drawing board
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Old Oct 30, 2006 | 08:00 PM
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http://makovette.net/new10_28.html
Ooh...I'm signing up for this one.
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Well I figured Id just put a link to the last page of my site to show the lights http://makovette.net/new10_28.html
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Old Oct 30, 2006 | 08:09 PM
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Wow those look really cool. It's a shame they won't fit a stock setup...you could market those.
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Old Oct 30, 2006 | 09:25 PM
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AWESOME JOB! i'll take some too
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Old Oct 31, 2006 | 09:45 AM
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AWESOME JOB! i'll take some too

You know we can make our own. You can buy all that stuff, and it's just a matter of soldering everything up, making proper vessels, and integrating them into our stock locations.
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Old Oct 31, 2006 | 11:33 AM
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Wow those look really cool. It's a shame they won't fit a stock setup...you could market those.
I did make them the exact size of the 68 lights just in case they didnt work and I had to go back to original.
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Old Oct 31, 2006 | 11:36 AM
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I did make them the exact size of the 68 lights just in case they didnt work and I had to go back to original.

They look like offset sizes...or is it just how they are positioned?
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Old Oct 31, 2006 | 12:35 PM
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i'd love too except i dont have 5 spare seconds a day to make a cup of coffee none the less tail light this semester...maybe after i start a steady job at the end of the year...i'll make some, then post a step by step thread.
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Old Oct 31, 2006 | 01:11 PM
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Originally Posted by mod81
i'd love too except i dont have 5 spare seconds a day to make a cup of coffee none the less tail light this semester...maybe after i start a steady job at the end of the year...i'll make some, then post a step by step thread.

Well...I'm still kind of unhappy with the tail light options I have, so I was gonna think about making my own LED style tail lights. We'll see how it goes.
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Originally Posted by Durango_boy
They look like offset sizes...or is it just how they are positioned?
It is the way there positioned, it gives an illusion that there different. We've put in about two months just measureing those lights to make them right.
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Old Oct 31, 2006 | 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by MakoVette
It is the way there positioned, it gives an illusion that there different. We've put in about two months just measureing those lights to make them right.

Wow. I'm sure with all that time in R&D they will look amzing with a finished car body. Good job.
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WOW, thats a tripped out looking car!!
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WOW, thats a tripped out looking car!!

I know...I spent a long time looking through all those photos. Love the custom work on that car.
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