third brake light idea Now with how to on page 2, take a look Options

[808celica]

i thought we had this already

yeah

[BonzaiCelica]

ok so i know wolfie makes the clear 3rd brake light. but has anybody tried putting a led strip inside of the 3rd brake light or is there just not enough room?

[Cuts_the_Pilot]

links to other dudes thread if one exists? on having just the word "celica" lit.

[spy00005]

well heres my how to

stuff you need

computer
paint
printer
paper
exatoknife or scissors
12 and 10 sockets or wrench
Philips screw driver
small Flathead screwdriver

First you need to take out the brake light like so.

1. remove the cover where the light is



2. remove the light bulb from the lights







3. Remove the whole panel like so. just get a good hold and pull its kept on by lil clips with pressure so you might have to pull kinda hard.







4. remove a metal bracket 12mm socket is best it has just 4 screws







5. okay now theres metal plate you need to remove to access the brake light. 4 screws total 2 philip and 2 10mm a wrench is better to the 10mm.







6. now you can take the light out



7. now remove the red cover from the light its 4 clips one on each side. use a small flat head and be careful i didn't break it but it seams like is delicate.









8. here is were my mad computer skills went into play. open paint.





9. get all the background black.



10. use the text box. be creative i use 90 font which i think might be just a lil too big for the light but i tried literally 10 diffrent font sizes till i figured this out.
the font style i used was segoe script i wanted something like that script emblem ive seen for some of our cars. but u can pick any font you want.



11. center it. also make it smaller if its too big your gonna waste alot of black printer ink.



12. print (no pic)

13. trim it this takes a while don't take of to much other wise it'll be to small work your way down to the right size.





14. put it in the red cover mike sure its not upside down.



15. close it.





16. and put it all back together again.





------------------- side note originally i was gonna print it on thick matte photo paper. i think the black part would not allow light to pass through and cut out the white words so it would look more bold and brighter but i did this as a trial and though looks good not going through the trouble of the other way. basically thats how i did it any comments or questions let me know. but like i said its pretty simple. and it cost me less than 50 cent. paper had in my ouse any ways and just the ink i wasted on all my trials. but font 90 woks good so you guys don't need to go trial and error on font size.



Hope this helps.

for a while i was thinking of putting TRD instead of celica but decided on celica cuz i have yet to get any official TRD parts so thats is another option also don't be afraid to post your out come here. or if u think of a better way i would like to know.




This post has been edited by spy00005: Aug 24, 2009 - 2:14 PM

[SwissFerdi]

A lot simpler than I thought it would be...awesome. I might do this, actually. But I think it needs a SwissFerdi touch instead of Celica.

Nah, that wouldn't look good.

This post has been edited by SwissFerdi: Aug 24, 2009 - 2:26 PM

[keison2000]

NIce!!!

[black13]

Nice creativity skills there.

But can you post a night time pic as well to see how it looks? thanks

[spy00005]

sure ill get some.

[A_N_T_H_O_N_Y]

I really like it. Might attempt it when I get my Celica.

[spy00005]

night pics up
















By the way the pics really don't do it justice personally looks 1,000,000X better in person o well.

This post has been edited by spy00005: Sep 1, 2009 - 1:45 AM

[freddy121389]

rofl i can see people abusing this, putting stuff like Fk off or princess back there

[shortydragon]

thats pretty gnarley man. i like it

[SwissFerdi]

NVM.

This post has been edited by SwissFerdi: Oct 19, 2009 - 4:19 PM

[RocketScott]

Nice job!

In stead of paper you could also try printing it out on overhead transparencies. They sell them at the office stores that can run through home printers.

[solidxsnake]

I did this to mine with the Dragon emblem and the legitimate Celica font.

Pics up at some point. It looks awesome.

For the record, I did it different. Printed a bunch of stencils like this, but then got some thick paper (index or card stock should be fine), then taped the stencil to it and cut out the letters/emblem. Then covered the back with clear tape, and placed the floating pieces back where they should be (inside of the E and the A in celica, as well as part of the dragon emblem). Then just taped it into the red lens of the light. It looks pretty awesome, but up close in the day you can see the paper, this could have been avoided if I covered the paper with electrical/black tape beforehand and then cut it. Oh well, looks awesome at night.

[cibrit-]

Hehe TRD,

[TerBeau]

decalsondemand makes stuff like thiss. he showed me pics of it.i think his goo on the inside as well the out side. (were ever u put it basically)

[barterj]

It has finally stopped raining in Boston and its now sunny So i went out and measured the inside of the third brake light and completed my version of the tail light insert.
Here's a file for whom ever wants it and a how to fit it into your Third brake light. I will post pics later of how mine came out.

Here are the Dimensions for the inside of the brake light:


The dimensions are actually as follows (My AutoCad is set up to round to 2 decimal points):
Length................ 6.125 inches or approx. 15.558 cm
Width.................. 0.875 inches or approx. 2.222 cm
Radius of arc....... 0.438 inches or approx. 1.111 cm

Here is My version, Download and use if you like:


How To Fit to your Brake Light:

1) Right Click and save the design if you like it
2)Open with Paint (for Windows Users), not sure what the comparable program would be for Mac users
3)Print
4)Cut on the white out line(the line that represents the boarders of the inside of the brake light
5)Follow previous How To to get the brake light apart
6)Start with one end and work the paper cut out into the brake light,
*MAKE SURE THAT THE LETTERING ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BRAKE LIGHT AND THE LETTERS ON THE CUT OUT ARE FACING THE SAME DIRECTION, if you don't the cutout will be upside down*

This post has been edited by barterj: Mar 16, 2010 - 11:18 AM

[mgnt232]

Did your design today.

[barterj]

Did your design today.

Glad to see it came out good for you too
I'm going to make more at some point

This post has been edited by barterj: Mar 17, 2010 - 10:44 PM