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Change color of useless white strip on USA version taillight to red.

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Old 08-20-2023 | 06:01 AM
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Change color of useless white strip on USA version taillight to red.

I want to make my tailight look like this. Anyone ideas on how this was done? I asked the owner of the car on IG and didnt get a respose.
Old 08-20-2023 | 12:29 PM
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Not sure why you would want your (white) BACK-UP lights in red. They are indeed "useful" in clear, and in fact, required to be that color in many (if not all) state safety inspections.
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Old 08-21-2023 | 02:31 PM
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Originally Posted by DFWdude
Not sure why you would want your (white) BACK-UP lights in red. They are indeed "useful" in clear, and in fact, required to be that color in many (if not all) state safety inspections.
Depending on how its done i could cut the small part where the reverse lights are since its only two LEDs on both tailights but I havent been able to find anything online on how to do it
Old 08-21-2023 | 02:34 PM
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Depending on how its done i could cut the small part where the reverse lights are since its only two LEDs on both tailights but I havent been able to find anything online on how to do it
Have you looked into wrapping the taillamps?
Old 08-21-2023 | 05:54 PM
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Have you looked into wrapping the taillamps?
Thast what I've been thinking but i havent seen any shops with wraps like this and im not sure what type of wrap I'm supposed to look for. Maybe red window tint or maybe I can find proper red taillight tint?
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