Just bought these aftermarket tail lights

[Dispect]

Originally Posted by tbwoodlee

Okay, here are two pics on an Asphalt FRS. I will post more tomorrow so you can see how they look in the light. I will make a video if any one wants it.

Fixing the wiring issue is very simple, I cut the blue and white wires and used bullet terminals to reconnect them.

(Try to ignore the filthy garage, It needs some cleaning but I always end up playing with the car instead )

thats beautiful! more pics pls! daytime and night and all of that good stuff

[Khánh]

great lights!! $600 shipped for those lights?

[jshadeck]

Originally Posted by Khánh

great lights!! $600 shipped for those lights?

I think mine came to 400ish shipped

[tbwoodlee]

Originally Posted by jshadeck

I think mine came to 400ish shipped

Yes, after shipping they were right around $400. I ordered from japanparts.com

I will get a video of them tomorrow in the daylight and again at night time. Big props to @BuBlake for biting the bullet and purchasing these and then posting the images and videos. I wanted these for a while but I was skeptical until I saw his pics and videos.

[mr. slim]

nice man!
im thinking of ordering these in red too!
would any one in the socal, Los Angeles area be down to buy with me and save on shipping?
or if any of the vendors would be down to do a bulk order?

[wdninja]

I received and installed these as well. Have you had any wet trunk issues after rain or a car wash? The new tails aren't really sealed against the bodywork at all.

[mashal]

Originally Posted by wdninja

I received and installed these as well. Have you had any wet trunk issues after rain or a car wash? The new tails aren't really sealed against the bodywork at all.

Attachment 24534

Moar pictures

[wdninja]

Originally Posted by mashal

Moar pictures

You can see more pics and a vid of mine here:

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23364

[jshadeck]

Originally Posted by wdninja

You can see more pics and a vid of mine here:

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23364

Thanks!

[jshadeck]

Tracking shows my red lenses will be delivered wednesday, i, however, am in conneticut for the week for work so install/pics will have to wait till friday night or saturday. So anyone interested ill have red lens on whiteout frs pics and can do a video if wanted.

[Taylor13]

Originally Posted by BuBlake

I failed to make my stock tail lights look nice... In fact, I destroyed them by accident

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=390492704226

How did you destroy them? Trying to vinyl them?

[Phaedrus29]

I received my red ones today and I can confirm that mine are wired incorrectly...pretty annoying. More info and pics to follow.

----

OK, success! Rewiring isn't difficult at all and doesn't involve any wire cutting/soldering/etc. Here are some pics and info:

My lights shipped 1/25, with an amazingly fast ETA of 1/30. Somehow, they actually arrived a day early on the 29th. Nice looking box:



And inside:



I excitedly hooked up the first light and was pretty pissed when it was clearly wired incorrectly (at least for our US cars). The yellow center light stayed solid and the red outer bar would hyperblink as a turn signal. Many many thanks to BuBlake for doing the experimenting and discovering that we need to swap the blue and white wires to achieve proper functionality. And thanks to Gixxer for explaining that you can actually just slide the wires out. I used a very small screwdriver and it was pretty easy once I figured it out. You stick the screwdriver in the side of the harness opposite the wires, and decompress the tiny white tab, by pushing it in the direction AWAY from the wire you are trying to remove...while pulling the wire. Here's what the wires look like once released:



You just swap them and slide them back in and they click into place. No big deal!

One light installed, big improvement IMO:



Both in:



Hazards:



Overall, I think the lights look great. They look very bright in general, although the turn signals may be quite a bit dimmer than stock. I'll take some daylight pics soon so you can see how the red housings look.

I just reused the stock gaskets...I suppose it would be nice to install fresh gaskets along with the new lights. We'll have to see how these hold up, but of course I'm a bit worried about condensation issues. I did use a torque wrench and torqued the nuts down to 39 in. lb., and in the proper order, as noted in the service bulletin.

Let me know if you have any questions.

[scioneric]

Just received my red one today as well. I am thinking to DIY a gasket before install mine.

[JEFFSTYLE]

Originally Posted by Phaedrus29

I received my red ones today and I can confirm that mine are wired incorrectly...pretty annoying. More info and pics to follow.

----

OK, success! Rewiring isn't difficult at all and doesn't involve any wire cutting/soldering/etc. Here are some pics and info:

My lights shipped 1/25, with an amazingly fast ETA of 1/30. Somehow, they actually arrived a day early on the 29th. Nice looking box:

And inside:

I excitedly hooked up the first light and was pretty pissed when it was clearly wired incorrectly (at least for our US cars). The yellow center light stayed solid and the red outer bar would hyperblink as a turn signal. Many many thanks to BuBlake for doing the experimenting and discovering that we need to swap the blue and white wires to achieve proper functionality. And thanks to Gixxer for explaining that you can actually just slide the wires out. I used a very small screwdriver and it was pretty easy once I figured it out. You stick the screwdriver in the side of the harness opposite the wires, and decompress the tiny white tab, by pushing it in the direction AWAY from the wire you are trying to remove...while pulling the wire. Here's what the wires look like once released:

You just swap them and slide them back in and they click into place. No big deal!

One light installed, big improvement IMO:

Both in:

Hazards:

Overall, I think the lights look great. They look very bright in general, although the turn signals may be quite a bit dimmer than stock. I'll take some daylight pics soon so you can see how the red housings look.

I just reused the stock gaskets...I suppose it would be nice to install fresh gaskets along with the new lights. We'll have to see how these hold up, but of course I'm a bit worried about condensation issues. I did use a torque wrench and torqued the nuts down to 39 in. lb., and in the proper order, as noted in the service bulletin.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Phaedrus29, thanks for the pics! I'm definitely considering these taillights for my BRZ!

Can you confirm if the individual bulbs are visible in the red-housing version, like in this pic I spotted on the forums a while back (this is a clear version..)?



looking forward to seeing the daytime shots!