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1979 - 1983 AMC Spirits and 1978 - 1983 AMC Concords => Spirit/Concord Projects => Topic started by: amc78concord on March 01, 2011, 09:57:18 PM
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So I saw some of my friend's cars in my class with painted taillights...I just had to do it to mine. I took an old pair of taillights (they're not the greatest, so if it didn't turn out good I'd be okay). But I think it turned out great, reminds me of an 80's spaceship for some reason lol ::) ;D
But there's more to come, I'll be adding some extra L.E.D. lights in the near future...But here's what I got so far...
Sorry, I used my cell phone for pictures...I did the work at my school so the only thing I could do was sneak a photo with my phone
What do you guys think??
Before
(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac224/amc78concord/022801_080200.jpg)
After---I put my CB Antenna Back on as well ;D
(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac224/amc78concord/022801_091700.jpg)
(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac224/amc78concord/022801_140700.jpg)
I went out and took a video of the lights working. It's at night but it still shows you that the light is still very visible. I was just going to take pictures, but they didn't really turn out, so the video seemed to work better. So here is the video on the link...And yes I know that I have a taillight bulb not working lol
(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac224/amc78concord/th_102_5329_00.jpg) (http://s902.photobucket.com/albums/ac224/amc78concord/?action=view¤t=102_5329_00.mp4)
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that looks pretty good .... you got any pictures of when the parking lights or brake lights are on?
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that looks pretty good .... you got any pictures of when the parking lights or brake lights are on?
I do not, but I can go take some...
The only problem is that they're not really bright when it's day time, otherwise at night they look like regular taillights. So that's my reasoning with the extra L.E.D. taillights.
I think I'm gonna call this car "The Spaceship" from now on lol.
***I added a video of the lights working on the main topic post.***
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What is the center high mount stop light out of? It's always good to have extra brake light visibility, especially with todays drivers. ::)
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That is interesting. I don't think a modification like that is legal in Nebraska.
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That is interesting. I don't think a modification like that is legal in Nebraska.
It isn't legal in Washington either. Plenty of people still perform the mod though
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I'm sure it's not legal here in Wisconsin either, but as long as you can see the taillights light up... I don't see why it couldn't it be legal? But I do think that it is just little too dark during the day, as the bright sun can make even regular cars taillights hard to see. So that's why I've decided to add another L.E.D. 3rd brake light and 2 extra L.E.D. turn signals. I've ordered the Brake light already, and am going to mount that first to see how it looks. (I guess you can say that I wanna be sure lol)
What is the center high mount stop light out of? It's always good to have extra brake light visibility, especially with todays drivers. ::)
I don't know where it came from, it was on there when I bought the car. I think it's aftermarket, like something from JCWhitney.
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I'm not in to customizing, but that looks DANG sharp!!!! What you should do, is buy LED taillights and they would be really bright!
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I'm not in to customizing, but that looks DANG sharp!!!! What you should do, is buy LED taillights and they would be really bright!
Yea, I'm not really into customizing all that much either. But I kinda have done a little here and there on my Concord and have noticed that it's pretty fun to do lol. But everything I've done can be easily put back to stock format, nothing major and no hack jobs here... :)
I have looked into L.E.D. bulbs for the taillights, that's another great option.
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Robert, you have one of the few, if not the only, weather gadget working.
How did you do it? Mine hasn't worked since the forum upgrade.
Trivia: the third, high mount brake light is known as a Dole light. Elizabeth Dole was Transportation Secretary when they were mandated.
At least one other person has installed one. Ontarioeagler of traveling fame did it; I don't know whether anyone else has.
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Trivia: the third, high mount brake light is known as a Dole light. Elizabeth Dole was Transportation Secretary when they were mandated.
At least one other person has installed one. Ontarioeagler of traveling fame did it; I don't know whether anyone else has.
My junkyard save Concord came with one installed, and it still works. I'll leave it in for the time being, but long term I don't know if I'll keep it.
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Robert, you have one of the few, if not the only, weather gadget working.
How did you do it? Mine hasn't worked since the forum upgrade.
I honestly don't know, I didn't touch anything... I got mine from wunderground.com. I don't know if that's where everyone else got theirs, but that's where mine is from. I never even really paid attention to it, it's always just been there lol.
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What are you talking about, "Weather Gadget"?
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So amc78concord, did you use the VHT blackout paint I mentioned in the black taillight thread? They look good. You should be legal with the third taillight as Wisconsin only requires one stoplight lamp visible for a distance of 300' during daylight hours. At night you'll be fine if you didn't overdue it. I had my Eagle taillights blacked out in the eighties and I never got hassled for the blacked out talilights, just my dark tinted windows. >:D
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Since the lights still show through, I would think that as long as the reflectors still reflect light, they should be legal.
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So amc78concord, did you use the VHT blackout paint I mentioned in the black taillight thread?
I did use the VHT blackout paint, I'm very pleased with the results... :)
What are you talking about, "Weather Gadget"?
If you look in the bottom of my "signiture" it has the wisconsin flag with what my current weather is here in my hometown. That's what jim and I were talking about.
Since the lights still show through, I would think that as long as the reflectors still reflect light, they should be legal.
Yea, that's what I think as well. I'm still going to add some really cool L.E.D. light bars for turn signals and the extra 3rd brake light.
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i tried this mod. and i got rid of it because i couldnt see the lights at daylight either. i tried a led but then it looked funny.. if someone could create leds that filled the whole area of the taillight then it would work. but with a round led it looks funny
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Here are the L.E.D. lights I'm going to put on my Concord... Tell me what you guys think about them. I think they look pretty awesome...
The one I bought:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjNeDl0TtTI&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjNeDl0TtTI&feature=related)
I wanted to put this one on instead, but thought the sequential lighting would be too distracting to a driver behind me... But I still might put one in the front... Then I can call my car "Kitt" LOL >:D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXNx_kN4Qks&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXNx_kN4Qks&feature=related)
Here are the turn signals:
Pretty sweet...Almost like a Shelby Mustang turn signal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJQ8G2uV-ro&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJQ8G2uV-ro&feature=related)
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So I received the lights in the mail yesterday, and boy was I excited!!! And within 3 hours, they were on my Concord and looking sweet...however I decided to only go with one taillight instead of two like my original plan. I mounted it right on the license plate frame, so no holes would be drilled into my car. I love it, I'll definitely won't have to worry about not being seen now!
So here are some pics...and a video ;D
(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac224/amc78concord/102_5352.jpg)
(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac224/amc78concord/102_5353.jpg)
(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac224/amc78concord/102_5354.jpg)
So what it does: When lights are on, it's in a 'low intensity' mode. Then when I step on the brakes, the light flashes on 'high intensity' for 5 seconds then goes on steady. Make sure you watch the entire video, I have a little "treat" for you at the end... ;D ;D ;D
(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac224/amc78concord/th_102_5357.jpg) (http://s902.photobucket.com/albums/ac224/amc78concord/?action=view¤t=102_5357.mp4)
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Lol, thank you? ::) :)
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That little jumping guy looks neat in the black quote box.