Cookin' Wagon Tails

G-reg · Post by **G-reg** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 1:10 am

I had a case of tinker-itis a few days ago and decided that changing a turn signal bulb wasn’t fun enough. Looking at my wagons tails it looked like there was just a little yellow lens for the turn signal….long story short I baked my tail lights and popped out the little lens with little drama. There are plenty of threads on head/tail baking so I’ll leave that alone, mine came apart fairly easily.

91White-T · Post by **91White-T** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 8:33 pm

RICER.... just kidding I did the same to mine. You can pull it out without baking(at least on sedans)

Yukonart · Post by **Yukonart** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 12:05 am

Whoah. . . that turned out really clean!

I approve. . . . whatever THAT'S worth.

vrg3 · Post by **vrg3** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 12:30 am

Nice.

Clear lenses and amber bulbs are better than clear bulbs with amber lenses. This way, the turn signals flash clear/amber/clear/amber instead of bright-amber/dim-amber/bright-amber/dim-amber.

LaureltheQueen · Post by **LaureltheQueen** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 12:37 am

looks clean. still like mine better. :p

eastbaysubaru · Post by **eastbaysubaru** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 12:42 am

The up close pic looks much nicer than the further away pic. Maybe it's just that in the further away pic, you can see the orange bulb inside. Either way, it looks good and still flashes orange

-Brian

vrg3 · Post by **vrg3** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 1:03 am

To make it look really slick, get a pair of Philips SilverVision bulbs:

http://www.powerbulbs.com/products/prod ... v&type=IND

They look chrome when they're not powered.

eastbaysubaru · Post by **eastbaysubaru** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 1:19 am

Yes. Do what vrg said. I was going to suggest the same, but I couldn't remember the name of the bulbs for the life of me.

-Brian

BAC5.2 · Post by **BAC5.2** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 4:16 am

I've never seen SilverVision's, just SilverStar's.

Either way, I plan on doing this pretty soon. Clear Sedan tails would = teh hotness.

Post by **Legacy777** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 2:41 pm

Yeah I saw an ad for the silverstar ones in motortrend yesterday.

91White-T, how do you take the amber out of the tails on the sedan without baking?

91White-T · Post by **91White-T** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 3:19 pm

Take the inside cover off then go at it with pliers. It'll take a lot of pulling, but they'll come out. There's these little tabs in there that if you can cut, make the orange come out easier.

91White-T · Post by **91White-T** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 3:22 pm

Shitty picture, but you get the idea...

Post by **Legacy777** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 11:18 pm

That doesn't look bad.

yeah I've replaced the right rear lense after someone ran into it....so yeah I remember those plastic tabs.....the amber piece didn't look it would want to come out too easily....but I don't know.....

IronMonkeyL255 · Post by **IronMonkeyL255** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 1:36 am

I may try that later.

Can it be done with the lights on the car, or do they have to be removed to get at them?

G-reg · Post by **G-reg** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 4:22 am

I looked into the silvervisions, but they were $20.00+ for two…I don’t need 40.00 of turn signal bulbs. I was going to do your “rattle-can-special” Laurel, but I wanted to try this first. If I F-ed something up they would be probably be all red at the moment. IronMonkey, you’ve got to take them off the car, remove the bulbs and wiring, and cook at 225 for a few minutes and pull the lens off. If you do a search on one of those silly Impreza sights for baked turn signals you’ll find a bunch of stuff.

nzKAOSnz · Post by **nzKAOSnz** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 4:51 am

Thread reviver - buuuuuut can that be done to the red part as well?

vrg3 · Post by **vrg3** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 5:14 am

No.

Taillights need red lenses and retroreflectors for important safety reasons. Furthermore, there is no standards-compliant bulb that throws red light. This is true in almost every jurisdiction on the planet.

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