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

[spy00005]

wadda ya think took me a while to get the rite size. gonna change the bulb to make it brighter.







This post has been edited by spy00005: Aug 24, 2009 - 1:46 PM

[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