Chop Top #18 G6 Install (Page 10/15) rodneybooth NOV 14, 08:28 AM quote Originally posted by madcurl: I like the attention to detail. I've always loved the MOMO sterring wheel (you know it wouldn't kill them to offer it on more than one style ) and the back inside fire wall lining. Beautiful. I need to remove that crappy gray matting on all of my Fieros ASAP! I wanted to be the inside firewall with a nice foil flocking, but couldn't find the material on sale. rodneybooth NOV 14, 08:31 AM Well, that's the end of the transmission project but before I bow out, I want to post some more of the modification I have done in the last six months. Some are blatantly stolen and some others you may not have seen yet. rodneybooth NOV 14, 09:12 AM I decided to get rid of the antenna hole also. It was just something else to pull the eye away from the lines of the car So I found a antenna that fits up under the glass between the headliner and the frame Nice and clean. Look Ma, no flagpole! whodeanie NOV 14, 09:37 AM the car looks great. nice clean mods. Jefrysuko NOV 14, 12:13 PM quote Originally posted by rodneybooth: So I found a antenna that fits up under the glass between the headliner and the frame Do you mind sharing the details on this item? Looks like a great solution to me. doublec4 NOV 14, 12:24 PM Can you also share the details on your tail lights? I can see the outer lens has been painted red, but it looks like the inner red lenses are somehow different... looks like there is no "grid".... rodneybooth NOV 14, 06:16 PM quote Originally posted by Jefrysuko: Do you mind sharing the details on this item? Looks like a great solution to me. This is a interior glass mount am/fm antenna from ebay, easily searchable. There are more options once you get started looking. I'm not sure if this is the exact one I used but be aware that it is not as powerful as the orginal antenna. I think you could add a booster but I personally would rather hear the engine roar than Britney. http://cgi.ebay.com/CAR-TRU...TL081111116002r34502 rodneybooth NOV 14, 06:19 PM quote Originally posted by doublec4: Can you also share the details on your tail lights? I can see the outer lens has been painted red, but it looks like the inner red lenses are somehow different... looks like there is no "grid".... I'm glad someone noticed the lights. A lot of possibilities went into that project. They are sequential LED's and you are right sir, no grid! I have an engagement tonight but will post the light project tomorrow. Cheers doublec4 NOV 14, 07:34 PM quote Originally posted by rodneybooth: I'm glad someone noticed the lights. A lot of possibilities went into that project. They are sequential LED's and you are right sir, no grid! I have an engagement tonight but will post the light project tomorrow. Cheers I will be looking forward to tomorrow's post. I've been searching for a way to get rid of the grid pattern. I would love a smooth red lens for my car. rodneybooth NOV 15, 10:36 AM Ok...The tail light upgrade project. Challenge--how to bring the lighting up to modern stardards without changing the original design concepts. I also did not like the way the lens were continuous from one side of the car to the other. I felt that it made the car look "condensed" visually. So, we had the idea of creating the look of two seperate light assemblies. Notice that I took Madison Avenue off the bumper to clean the look up some more. I also thought that it was rather silly to have reflectors recessed into the bumper and no backup lights. Soooo, I put in 50 watt driving lamps into the recesses. I like visability to the rear in a chop top. The first trial was actually cutting out an area with the intent of filling it in with a red bezel. Mistake...it didn't work. But--what if we left the lens intact and glued red plexi to the inside? That worked but the LED's were just too bright, almost blinding and you could see them from the outside. I don't want you to see too much of the lady, imagining what you can't see makes for sexy. So, after several more trial products, we landed on painting a "light blocker" of the lens. That worked. The LEDs were strong and bright and you could not see them from the outside with the lights off. The next challenge was how to dress out the paint job around the lens. Simple clean lines demand simple clean treatments. We had an adhesive template made with a peel off area for a simple black line about 1/4" wide to go between the red of the body and the "block out" clear of the tail light lens. The process we used was to spray on a coat of light blocker, buff it out, spray on the color, spray on the black line, buff it out for the final. The LEDs themselves were designed to fit in the existing parabolas and just to do something a little different we made them sequential. The final touch was to improve the design of the clip mechanism between the lens and the reflective parabola. With 25 year old material you have to compensate for the brittle that comes with aging. I thought that a small screw to lock the parts together was in order. We did this at every clip across the top.