tail light complete re-wire

[Papa Rad17]

just finished up the last of the work Iv been wanting to get done on my tails. all the bulbs are LED along with the center brake light.
now- brake/running lights moved to trunk mounted tails
-turn signals moved to old outer brake light spot
-amber turn signal area blacked out with plastic dip.
-revers lights and outer 194 bulb side marker not changed
yes its perfectly legal, and I know, a lot of you dont like the chrome trim.

[Mike The Canadian]

Awesome!
Are the tail lights individual plugs on the Alero or a multi-bulb circuit like the Malibu?

[Malibu369258]

Awesome!
Are the tail lights individual plugs on the Alero or a multi-bulb circuit like the Malibu?

Individual on the Alero. I've had both a Malibu and Alero...

[Papa Rad17]

Correct. Only took about an hour to get everything wired up. Including swapping bulb sockets, sodering, running new wire and putting in the resistors for all the LEDs. Looks tons better, having the turn signals red in the back to match my side mirrors really sold it for me.

[adam337]

the plasti dip looks.. weird. just kind of out of place, i think it might look better if you painted the whole bottom portion of the tails to color match the car.

[Shiwnath]

the plasti dip looks.. weird. just kind of out of place

Agreed. Just having that part blacked out doesn't look good, but its your car so as long as you're happy. Nice mod and kudos for thinking outside of the box. :)

[Papa Rad17]

the plastic dip turned out to look exactly like super tinted tails, I'll get a pic of it in the light of day sometime, it looks a lot better, with those pics^ having the flashlight kinda spotlighting it ruined the effect. but it matches my door handles to and I have the black side mirrors so its not completely out of place.

[spc2125]

but it matches my door handles to

Thats the way to go!!! :haha:

[01Alero]

Looks good, should of used vht nightshade instead of plasti-dip IMO lol

[Papa Rad17]

I wasnt trying to tint it. theres no bulb there, I wanted it 'painted' but this way if i decide I want to change it I can easily just peel it off.

[03Sleepr]

Looks terrible IMO. Way to much going on there it just looks like a bunch of junk thrown everywhere. Not a fan of the new lighting either..but its your car..poor poor car..

[billytheman1188]

the plasti dip looks.. weird. just kind of out of place, i think it might look better if you painted the whole bottom portion of the tails to color match the car.

AGREED! Does not flow good at all....

[Papa Rad17]

heres a better pic

[kwhauck]

reinforces that I don't like the black there, but it was worth a try!

[JLw7123]

ya do not like it either. to much going on need to VHT the whole taillight. were you painted over is the blinker.

[Papa Rad17]

Ya, the more I look at it the more I'm thinkin I'm going to just tint the whole the whole thing

[01Alero]

maybe spraying some nightshade on the reverse light part may even it out, but I would say tinting the whole tail light is the best way to go.

[hok666]

whered u get the chrome trim?

[JLw7123]

whered u get the chrome trim?

local auto parts store or ebay.

[Papa Rad17]

Ya. Auto zone, then cut it fit and everything

[hotrod_garage]

Some cool mods. Is there a post on how you did the led turns in the mirrors?

[Shiwnath]

Some cool mods. Is there a post on how you did the led turns in the mirrors?

Hey ya go:
http://www.aleromod.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34735

[Papa Rad17]

^yup, that would be my how-to for it.

[falloutboy]

I'd say
THAT THREAD IS USELESS WITHOUT PICS

[Papa Rad17]

want me to get some pics of the new set up again? I had to take them off for space for other stuff a while back.

[falloutboy]

ahh ok :)
Why not host them on a server instead of posting an attachment in the posting.

[Papa Rad17]

heres some pics right from my car domain page. All leds. brake light moved to trunk. turn sigs to old break light spot.

[falloutboy]

Why not just post em like this?
So you don't need the attached images (not using up your account space)

Brakes
http://carphotos2.cardomain.com/images/0015/63/89/15443698_large.jpg
http://carphotos4.cardomain.com/images/0015/63/99/15443699_large.jpg

Driver sind blinker
http://carphotos.cardomain.com/images/0015/73/00/15443700_large.jpg
http://carphotos4.cardomain.com/images/0015/73/10/15443701_large.jpg

Hmm I might wanna consider this setup to, but have to alter it, to comply with state rules here :(

How did you manage to run LED's and keep cruise control and so on?

[Papa Rad17]

using load resistors. just like to stop the hyper blinking for the turn sigs.