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Brisbane
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October 2004
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RA28 Clear Tail Lights
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Sat, 18 June 2005 11:39
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Hey guys, just wondering if anyone has ever seen clear tail lighst for the ol' gal? 1977 RA28? any ideas? if not i might look at getting new ones made up... might have an option for them as is... thinking i might just use the same body, and replace the lense,
anyone interested? let me know, would help to know what sort of demand to work out costs, etc...
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Location:
Perth, WA
Registered:
December 2004
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Re: RA28 Clear Tail Lights
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Sat, 18 June 2005 12:25
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would look like ass.
Eldar.O.
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Brisbane
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March 2005
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Re: RA28 Clear Tail Lights
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Sat, 18 June 2005 12:51
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| EldarO wrote on Sat, 18 June 2005 22:25 |
would look like ass.
Eldar.O.
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agree.. dont f**k with old school. besides its rice an old "muscle" (if ra28's classify) dont want that. come on think aboutr it....
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Location:
Brisbane
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October 2004
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Re: RA28 Clear Tail Lights
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Sat, 18 June 2005 12:55
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true all that... but i'm aiming to turn it into a much newer car... i love the shape, but there's so much more work... want a smooth clean car... retro the whole thing... i'm not just talking clear lenses over the existing bulbs.. that's just the part i can't easliy figure out in my head... i wanna make LED tail lights... *shrugs* it's something to think about... sure it's not everyones cup of tea... but it'd be different...
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Location:
Perth, WA
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December 2004
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Re: RA28 Clear Tail Lights
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Sat, 18 June 2005 12:57
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i dont beleive youve seen the MISFIT Celica?
thats a show car, and it is absoloutely IMMACULATE.
its the best looking car i have ever seen.
Eldar.O.
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Location:
Brisbane
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October 2004
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Re: RA28 Clear Tail Lights
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Sat, 18 June 2005 13:10
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nah, your right there... haven't seen it... any idea where'd i'd find pics?
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Location:
Brisbane
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February 2003
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Re: RA28 Clear Tail Lights
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Sat, 18 June 2005 13:13
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| hickoz_bro wrote on Sat, 18 June 2005 22:55 |
... want a smooth clean car... retro the whole thing... i'm not just talking clear lenses over the existing bulbs.. that's just the part i can't easliy figure out in my head... i wanna make LED tail lights...
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urrghh ... BCC buses have LED tail lights (admitedly they're square, ugly, box-like things)
am also having difficulty reconciling 'retro' with 'LED tail lights
you can replace your bulbs with LED things from jaycar?
a 70/80's US-style thing might be tinted/smoked lenses - but with colour?
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Location:
Brisbane
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October 2004
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Re: RA28 Clear Tail Lights
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Sat, 18 June 2005 13:23
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lol... and do BCC busses look HOT OR WHAAAT???
haha... okay so it's "what" but meh, those tail lights are off the shelf narva items i think...
if you look at the tail lights, you've got a fairly large (and in my opinion ungainly) gap between the profile of the body, and the lights... ie, they're not flush... i'd like to make the whole car smooth, so the lenses are flush with the body work, no large gaps at all... i guess it's probably one of those things that looks good in my mind, but unless you can see it, there's now way to describe it..
so does anyone know someone who could do injection moulding one offs?
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Location:
Adelaide, South Oz
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May 2002
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Location:
Perth, WA
Registered:
December 2004
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Re: RA28 Clear Tail Lights
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Sun, 19 June 2005 04:26
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the arse end.
ooooh purdy 
Eldar.O.
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Location:
melbourne
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February 2005
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Re: RA28 Clear Tail Lights
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Sun, 19 June 2005 05:11
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ur not talkin altezzas on an ra28 r u?
if u r u should b shot!!!
but if it just clear lense with red globe would b different rather than clear lense with red plastic n then globe like altezza!
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Location:
Sydney, Australia
Registered:
December 2003
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Location:
Brisbane
Registered:
October 2004
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Re: RA28 Clear Tail Lights
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Sun, 19 June 2005 10:31
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what i wanna do, is to make them perfectly clear lenses, not smoked or anything, chrome (looking) body, with LED lights, no bulbs or anything...
btw... altezza is a type of car (IS200 lexus)... there's SOOOOOO many lights named altezza, i never noticed any similaritites between them... except they looked heaps diff to stock...
P.S. misfit look HAAAWWWTTTT
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Location:
adelaide
Registered:
November 2004
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Re: RA28 Clear Tail Lights
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Fri, 24 June 2005 08:27
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id be interested. are you thinking origional lenses but just clear instead of coloured?
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Location:
Brisbane
Registered:
October 2004
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Re: RA28 Clear Tail Lights
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Fri, 24 June 2005 11:46
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pretty much... but either chroming the stock housing and/or making coloured LED inserts...
just an idea atm..
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Location:
adelaide
Registered:
November 2004
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Re: RA28 Clear Tail Lights
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Sat, 25 June 2005 01:30
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yeah, i had the same kinda idea a whie ago but had no idea how to make it happen. would be cool if it could be done though
jesse
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Location:
perth
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January 2004
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Re: RA28 Clear Tail Lights
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Mon, 11 July 2005 22:15
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id be interested in the clear tail lights idea aswell, tell me if any progress and costs
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