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Any stock looking LED taillights with amber?

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Old 05-20-08, 11:31 PM
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Default Any stock looking LED taillights with amber?

Does anyone know if there are any companies who make LED taillights for the second gen GS that look stock and have the amber/orange turnsignals? All I have found are the red/clear, no red/amber.
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get one that's red with thin clear, then swap the OEM plastic with the LED.
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Originally Posted by Solo_D33A
get one that's red with thin clear, then swap the OEM plastic with the LED.
Thats a good idea...so I take it the amber part just comes out?
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Be careful with that, the materials might be kind of flimsy on the aftermarket ones, I had some red/clear tails for my LS400, and when we went to take them apart, they started melting WAY too soon.
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I'd like to have a thin clear bottom than amber...
And no, I don't think you could take out only the amber... but rather, I think the trick is to leave it in a bucket of hot/warm water instead of a heat gun like the headlights, after the tail is warmed up, pry it apart carefully...
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Why not just buy the red/clear ones and either:

a) use an amber film, like a headlight/foglight protectant film
b) use a clear with a yellow candy (translucent yellow) and paint
the clear portion.

I fix problems.
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Oh yeah, never thought about films...
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Originally Posted by SoCalSC4
Why not just buy the red/clear ones and either:

a) use an amber film, like a headlight/foglight protectant film
b) use a clear with a yellow candy (translucent yellow) and paint
the clear portion.

I fix problems.
The painting idea sounds good, but where would one find amber translucent film? Ill have to google that one. Thanks for the advice guys!
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