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Message: [QUOTE="jordan572, post: 1089844, member: 10582"] Tail lamp time, we did some nice work on the headlamps I think so the tails have to be the same. These things turned out just insane, proud to say I did all of the headlamp/tail lamp work in house, keep it under one roof. These turned into quite the project also, I am so over the headlamp/tail lamp work for this build but they look amazing. They started as your normal clear lens recon tail lamp, purchased from the diesel cartel of course, [ATTACH=full]143602[/ATTACH] Then I looked for a back up lamp solution as if you can't tell I like lights, I didn't want to use the oracle pods that many retro fitters use, I want bigger and better of course. I purchase some xpod led lights from the retro fit source, I just barely made these work but they are crazy bright for the size and look really cool. [ATTACH=full]143603[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]143604[/ATTACH] I unscrewed the machined aluminum cap to aid in installation as the light was far too deep in it's original form. I then busted out the dremel and shaped the lamp to the exact flange on the xpod. That way they have something to lock into when screwed down, and I know both sides are aimed the same way. I drilled a couple screw holes and bolted them in. [ATTACH=full]143605[/ATTACH] The face of the light was still just barely hitting the lens, a lot of work with the grinder gave enough clearance for the lens. [ATTACH=full]143606[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]143607[/ATTACH] Onto the paint work for the tail lamps, I decided to paint all of the chrome body red, the red reflectors had to be taped off and sprayed black separately because they were glued in or something. Yes I taped the back off unlike so many "professional" retrofitters, [ATTACH=full]143608[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]143609[/ATTACH] Sprayed red [ATTACH=full]143610[/ATTACH] Then taped off for the black, [ATTACH=full]143611[/ATTACH] Reassembled with the xpod back up light painted red also! [ATTACH=full]143612[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]143613[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]143614[/ATTACH] I then ran into an issue I knew I would come across, when you seal them back up with the butyl and press the lens back on you get a hooptie looking border. As you can see since the lens is clear you can see the bad looking border around the entire light. I was not happy, but nothing more effort can't fix I guess. [ATTACH=full]143615[/ATTACH] I taped the lens off again leaving the border exposed, [ATTACH=full]143616[/ATTACH] We sprayed the black, pulled the tape and then cleared the entire lens, [ATTACH=full]143617[/ATTACH] As you can see there is a small ridge visible between the black outline and the clear, we wet sanded and buffed the ridge so it is as close to perfect as possible. These turned out just great, by no means done by a professional retrofitter but these things are as good as I have seen. Just mint, [ATTACH=full]143618[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]