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jumbo · 10-31-2008, 02:42 AM

I'm not really digging the caddy lights on my 87 burb. They're too tall for the bodyline, and i really don't like the way they look. I've been racking my brain trying to think of some custom tail light ideas but i'm coming up empty. The only thing i've come up with that's a little different is using stock tail lights or clear (or white) tails and painting over them, or smoking them since they'll be over flat black. Can this be done? Can i paint over clear lenses and have the bulbs show up? I've seen tails in the graphics before, but i've only seen them over red or white, i'm not sure how it will be over flat black.

BLE 'BURBAN · 10-31-2008, 03:24 AM

Here's my tinted tail light lenses. A bit of black paint mixed into a clear coat and sprayed over new aftermarket stock style lenses with the L.E.D. panels in place of the stock bulbs.

tvblazer78 · 10-31-2008, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by jumbo

I'm not really digging the caddy lights on my 87 burb. They're too tall for the bodyline, and i really don't like the way they look. I've been racking my brain trying to think of some custom tail light ideas but i'm coming up empty. The only thing i've come up with that's a little different is using stock tail lights or clear (or white) tails and painting over them, or smoking them since they'll be over flat black. Can this be done? Can i paint over clear lenses and have the bulbs show up? I've seen tails in the graphics before, but i've only seen them over red or white, i'm not sure how it will be over flat black.

That looks kinda cool...

Hoods69BadBowTie · 11-01-2008, 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by jumbo

I'm not really digging the caddy lights on my 87 burb. They're too tall for the bodyline, and i really don't like the way they look. I've been racking my brain trying to think of some custom tail light ideas but i'm coming up empty. The only thing i've come up with that's a little different is using stock tail lights or clear (or white) tails and painting over them, or smoking them since they'll be over flat black. Can this be done? Can i paint over clear lenses and have the bulbs show up? I've seen tails in the graphics before, but i've only seen them over red or white, i'm not sure how it will be over flat black.

Yea I kinda like that look as well.

jrsmith_2010 · 11-01-2008, 01:09 AM

x2 im liking the caddy lights as well.

but i think that the new chevy silverados lights would look good, they would keep a very close bodyline as ur ur burb

jrsmith

blazn79 · 11-01-2008, 05:55 PM

On your Caddy lights if you had switched them and rotate them so the fat part is at the top and start them at the first body line and ran them down to the bottom of the rear quarter they would've looked much better
drop me your e-mail and I'll show you a pic!
harrinsign@comcast.net

BLE 'BURBAN · 11-01-2008, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by blazn79

On your Caddy lights if you had switched them and rotate them so the fat part is at the top and start them at the first body line and ran them down to the bottom of the rear quarter they would've looked much better
drop me your e-mail and I'll show you a pic!
harrinsign@comcast.net

Share it with all of us!!!

jrsmith_2010 · 11-01-2008, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by BLE 'BURBAN

Share it with all of us!!!

x2

blazn79 · 11-02-2008, 10:49 AM

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Not my truck, but this is what I was talking about!

tvblazer78 · 11-02-2008, 08:14 PM

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Not my truck, but this is what I was talking about!

That dose look good!!

jrsmith_2010 · 11-02-2008, 08:15 PM

i like them!

blazn79 · 11-02-2008, 08:20 PM

Thats what I said after I saw them done like that
I never thought Caddy lights would look good on 73-87's
until I saw that pic in last months Truckin'!

H.

1979 2WD Blazer, black w/ red interior 350/350

joe231 · 11-02-2008, 09:33 PM

wow! do you have a frenched in license plate box in your window??
how was that accomplished?

jrsmith_2010 · 11-02-2008, 11:03 PM

i love the way this burb looks, seen it in the c10 bagged thread.

desertrat · 11-02-2008, 11:11 PM

Here are a few ideas for you

jumbo · 11-03-2008, 01:46 AM

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Originally Posted by joe231

wow! do you have a frenched in license plate box in your window??
how was that accomplished?

dude, it's just a lexan window with the license plate box built in there, i hate it, i never liked it, that's one of the first body mods i'm tackling, i'm doing a roll pan with the plate in the middle. i already have donor barn doors with good windows, lol. The box in the window is all cracked and lets in water like a mofo.

and desertrat, thanks for the photoshops, but do you really think i'm gonna keep that nasty roll pan and the 3" barn door hinges, lol? the photoshops look like 59 caddy tails, i really liked that look in my s10 but i don't think i could make it look right in the burb.

blazn, thanks for the idea, that's actually pretty cool looking, and that's the style roll pan i'm going with (having the channel that the doors close in making the roll start flush with the doors instead of sucking underneath the doors.

joe231 · 11-03-2008, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by jumbo

dude, it's just a lexan window with the license plate box built in there, i hate it, i never liked it, that's one of the first body mods i'm tackling, i'm doing a roll pan with the plate in the middle. i already have donor barn doors with good windows, lol. The box in the window is all cracked and lets in water like a mofo.

that is nuts, never seen anything like it.

killthewabbit · 11-03-2008, 01:38 PM

Here you go, Joe. They're not as common as they used to be.

http://www.fbirides.com/product.asp?...icks&idno=8782

87 dually burb · 11-03-2008, 03:34 PM

I've been lookin at 3rd brake lights on newer truck and thought of putting a pair in the "d" pillar beside the back windows
I'm frenching a tag box in the tailgate of mine
got 3 square body burb all tailgates

joe231 · 11-05-2008, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by killthewabbit

Here you go, Joe. They're not as common as they used to be.

http://www.fbirides.com/product.asp?...icks&idno=8782

wow, neato

smashingchuck · 11-07-2008, 11:06 AM

here's my caddy tails.

lifted 75 k5 · 11-09-2008, 07:22 PM

i like that looks good

justpball · 01-09-2009, 12:13 AM

Painting over them works great, here is my stang with grey over them

trenchwarfare · 01-10-2009, 07:48 PM

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Painting over them works great, here is my stang with grey over them

What paint did you use?

justpball · 01-11-2009, 06:48 PM

custom mixed color for the top of my car and I just dusted 2 light coats of the paint over them and cleared them.

10-31-2008, 02:42 AM	#1
jumbo Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Atkins, AR Posts: 41	custom tail light idea? I'm not really digging the caddy lights on my 87 burb. They're too tall for the bodyline, and i really don't like the way they look. I've been racking my brain trying to think of some custom tail light ideas but i'm coming up empty. The only thing i've come up with that's a little different is using stock tail lights or clear (or white) tails and painting over them, or smoking them since they'll be over flat black. Can this be done? Can i paint over clear lenses and have the bulbs show up? I've seen tails in the graphics before, but i've only seen them over red or white, i'm not sure how it will be over flat black. __________________ http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l3...burban-1-1.jpg

10-31-2008, 03:24 AM	#2
BLE 'BURBAN In the Forgotten far North. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Anchorage, Alaska Posts: 2,627	Re: custom tail light idea? Here's my tinted tail light lenses. A bit of black paint mixed into a clear coat and sprayed over new aftermarket stock style lenses with the L.E.D. panels in place of the stock bulbs. Attached Images __________________ 1987 R3500 CREW CAB DUALLY (BIG RED)Acquired 06/12/2015 1990 chevy suburban V2500 5.7L My cluster Mods-Nov 2007 overhead console Stereo install Round 2 Aug 2009 Heated/turn signal mirror upgrade

11-01-2008, 01:09 AM	#5
jrsmith_2010 I like turtles... Join Date: May 2008 Location: Kansas Posts: 993	Re: custom tail light idea? x2 im liking the caddy lights as well. but i think that the new chevy silverados lights would look good, they would keep a very close bodyline as ur ur burb jrsmith __________________ 1979 Silverado- lowered 5/7, 20 inch Boss rims, everything shaved, caddy lights, billet interior, UP FOR SALE! 1983 Scottsdale-on the back burner...SOLD!!! 1992 Silverado- extended cab, stock for now, but no promises SOLD!!! 2006 Chevy Cobalt-college car, staying stock Whatever can't get fixed with a hammer, a roll of duct tape, a clothes hanger, a tube of glue, and a case of beer, can wait until tomorrow.

11-01-2008, 05:55 PM	#6
blazn79 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Lowell, Massachusetts Posts: 126	Re: custom tail light idea? On your Caddy lights if you had switched them and rotate them so the fat part is at the top and start them at the first body line and ran them down to the bottom of the rear quarter they would've looked much better drop me your e-mail and I'll show you a pic! harrinsign@comcast.net

11-02-2008, 10:49 AM	#9
blazn79 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Lowell, Massachusetts Posts: 126	Re: custom tail light idea? Not my truck, but this is what I was talking about!

11-02-2008, 08:15 PM	#11
jrsmith_2010 I like turtles... Join Date: May 2008 Location: Kansas Posts: 993	Re: custom tail light idea? i like them! __________________ 1979 Silverado- lowered 5/7, 20 inch Boss rims, everything shaved, caddy lights, billet interior, UP FOR SALE! 1983 Scottsdale-on the back burner...SOLD!!! 1992 Silverado- extended cab, stock for now, but no promises SOLD!!! 2006 Chevy Cobalt-college car, staying stock Whatever can't get fixed with a hammer, a roll of duct tape, a clothes hanger, a tube of glue, and a case of beer, can wait until tomorrow.

11-02-2008, 08:20 PM	#12
blazn79 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Lowell, Massachusetts Posts: 126	Re: custom tail light idea? Thats what I said after I saw them done like that I never thought Caddy lights would look good on 73-87's until I saw that pic in last months Truckin'! H. 1979 2WD Blazer, black w/ red interior 350/350

11-02-2008, 09:33 PM	#13
joe231 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Palmer, Alaska Posts: 13,821	Re: custom tail light idea? wow! do you have a frenched in license plate box in your window?? how was that accomplished? __________________ *CHEVY ONLY*

11-02-2008, 11:03 PM	#14
jrsmith_2010 I like turtles... Join Date: May 2008 Location: Kansas Posts: 993	Re: custom tail light idea? i love the way this burb looks, seen it in the c10 bagged thread. __________________ 1979 Silverado- lowered 5/7, 20 inch Boss rims, everything shaved, caddy lights, billet interior, UP FOR SALE! 1983 Scottsdale-on the back burner...SOLD!!! 1992 Silverado- extended cab, stock for now, but no promises SOLD!!! 2006 Chevy Cobalt-college car, staying stock Whatever can't get fixed with a hammer, a roll of duct tape, a clothes hanger, a tube of glue, and a case of beer, can wait until tomorrow.

11-02-2008, 11:11 PM	#15
desertrat Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Pahrump, NV Posts: 1,079	Re: custom tail light idea? Here are a few ideas for you Attached Images

11-03-2008, 01:38 PM	#18
killthewabbit Spear and magic helmet! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 1,226	Re: custom tail light idea? Here you go, Joe. They're not as common as they used to be. http://www.fbirides.com/product.asp?...icks&idno=8782 __________________ -- Will

11-03-2008, 03:34 PM	#19
87 dually burb my short bus Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: fredericksburg,Va Posts: 307	Re: custom tail light idea? I've been lookin at 3rd brake lights on newer truck and thought of putting a pair in the "d" pillar beside the back windows I'm frenching a tag box in the tailgate of mine got 3 square body burb all tailgates __________________ 90 burbbagged,shaved(about done)***** 91 burbstock worker for now************ *****only squares for me****************

11-07-2008, 11:06 AM	#21
smashingchuck It'd be alot cooler if you did Join Date: May 2003 Location: Three Rivers, MI Posts: 2,345	Re: custom tail light idea? here's my caddy tails. __________________ 78 Build Thread 4Runner Build

11-09-2008, 07:22 PM	#22
lifted 75 k5 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: chino valley arizona Posts: 79	Re: custom tail light idea? i like that looks good __________________ LIFTED OR LOWERED EITHER WAY STOCK SUCKS 75 Chevy blazer 86 trx 250R 1990 Ford Ranger 2wd prerunner project

01-09-2009, 12:13 AM	#23
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01-11-2009, 06:48 PM	#25
justpball Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Silverhill, Al Posts: 2,026	Re: custom tail light idea? custom mixed color for the top of my car and I just dusted 2 light coats of the paint over them and cleared them. __________________ Fuzzy Dice Club Member 87 Crew SWB Build for the crew http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=430082 http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3232925 90 burb 2wd Build Thread For The Burb! http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=383055

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