CoastChief Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Want to buy a rear tail light from someone to take apart, and possibly reproduce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
500 MJ Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Does it matter which side? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torq_Shep Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 If you want a busted one just to see if you think you can reproduce it I will send you the one I pulled off my truck for cost of shipping. Otherwise I will be swapping mine out fairly soon and will have a set of 2 complete ones in fair condition for fairly cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheJeepNut Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 You mean like this? These are crummy but that's why I took them apart. MY idea was to try and sort out how to put vertical rows of LED's in the top 2 sections so I could make #24 have sequential taillights that run across and then wrap around the corner with 2 or 3 bars of LED's. These I've noted have the bosses broken out where the screws mount. (blue arrows) And the lens on 1 of them is really "'crazed" if you look at it in the light just right there are thousands of microcracks as the plastic is breaking down from age and exposure. (green circled) The other lens looks like it got too close to some heat source. My other idea was to somehow produce a "blank bucket", maybe 3D printed, that fits perfectly into the spot but leave the interior of it blank so to put customized LED lighting in there and then make new translucent red lens' to cover Of course it would all be totally illegal. But then....what of that? The DOT has OK'd all KINDs of crap headlights that blind us stupid at night. All so we can have swoopy design that flows nicely in a wind tunnel. I dunno about you but after 45 years driving I've never ever had to drive in a wind tunnel. So it kinda doesn't matter too much to me about the DOT. Some of us live in places tightly controlled, others... not so much. It would truly cost more to ship these to SoCal than they are worth. But if you would like them, let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastChief Posted October 25, 2020 Author Share Posted October 25, 2020 I apologize I just saw this. Thats extremely generous of you! currently I'm working out reproduction on some smaller parts! I have an idea of how to cast them properly outside of the clear lens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghetdjc320 Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 I believe key parts has already started molding them. @Pete M posted about it a couple weeks ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 they are working on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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