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Old 03-22-2008, 07:11 PM
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which tail light?

which do you like?
i'm leaning to the clear/red as it would be easier to stick in an amber bulb, but ?????
was thinking of the all clear, as it looks good on the silver/grey runners, but don't think so here.

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red and clear
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Yeah, red and clear. Why not a whole new taillight assembly? I went with black on my white pickup to match my black tool box and black diamond plate skid plates.



50 bucks on eBay brand new, perdy good quality too.

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Old 03-22-2008, 09:00 PM
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Originally Posted by EWAYota
I know thats your truck.....and you love it....but come ON. That looks god awful!

Rice FTW!
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I'll have to go with the red/clear light also. How are you going to do that? Take the rear lights from a 4Runner?
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yea red clear looks better
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Originally Posted by DeathCougar
I know thats your truck.....and you love it....but come ON. That looks god awful!

Rice FTW!

lol, thats why I did it Got the idea from my buddy, same lights on his




I think it'll look better once I paint the truck a different color, though I don't really care either way.

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i say red/clear. Am i the only one who thinks that red backup lights would suck?
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Id say red and clear. The red backup lights look very out of place.
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Originally Posted by Toyvana
I'll have to go with the red/clear light also. How are you going to do that? Take the rear lights from a 4Runner?
see here https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f116...y-94-a-140336/
i posted a pic of my red and clear lights i got off of ebay.
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Originally Posted by Toyvana
I'll have to go with the red/clear light also. How are you going to do that? Take the rear lights from a 4Runner?
naw, they're on ebay for about 30 w/ship.
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Originally Posted by Robert m
see here https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f116...y-94-a-140336/
i posted a pic of my red and clear lights i got off of ebay.
yeah, thanks robt, saw that after i had posted here.
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Originally Posted by iamsuperbleeder
Yeah, red and clear. Why not a whole new taillight assembly? I went with black on my white pickup to match my black tool box and black diamond plate skid plates.
50 bucks on eBay brand new, perdy good quality too.
thanks, gave it a look:
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Whoa, good photo editing skills there, lol. Yeah, my black ones look kinda out of place on a red truck after seeing that, imo anyway. I think I'd go with the red and clear ones. And yeah, the red reverse lights would be kinda odd unless you just didn't put those bulbs in and wired up some axillary fog lights pointing back or something.
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Convert the backup lights (the bulbs in the housing, not the real reverse lights) into turn signals with one of those trailer light conversion kits so that when you step on the brakes, the backup light shows through the red lens and they will also flash with the turn signals, then move your real backup lights to some spots under the bed.

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Originally Posted by abecedarian
Convert the backup lights (the bulbs in the housing, not the real reverse lights) into turn signals with one of those trailer light conversion kits so that when you step on the brakes, the backup light shows through the red lens and they will also flash with the turn signals, then move your real backup lights to some spots under the bed.
an even better idea!
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