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Interior/Exterior Clear Tail Lights.... R53.....

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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 04:03 AM
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Clear Tail Lights.... R53.....

I have an 06 MCS JCW, with the reverse light closer to the hatch.... I am looking for some clear tail lights, I can find the other ones...but those are in a straight line.... Does anyone know where I can find these?

This is what I got

This is the model I seem to find
 
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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 06:18 AM
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the 02's to some 04's have these


and then 05's to 06's have these

(used the pictures from your posts..just made em show up..)

if you are looking for the clear tail lights you'll only find them for the 02-04's..
you can tho get them..but they have to come with bulbs and then you gotta buy a reverse light that should go where your rear fog light is..(if you have one) and then rewire a bit to get it working..and that is pretty much the only way to get the clear tail lights..unless you want the LED ones..which are really expensive..and i personally dont like the look of em..but they sure do light up bright!

if you search around you might see some threads/posts about changing tail lights from the 05-06's to the older ones..good luck!
 
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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 10:39 AM
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wow.... thought they would have them already...... Did you do it to yours?
 
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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 05:24 PM
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nope..i was thinking about it..but i actually vinyled mine red..only downside is that when i reverse its pink..but i can live with it..maybe if i could get a set for cheap i'd think about doing it myself..
maybe some other people could chime in tho..for the ones that did the conversion..
 
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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 10:23 PM
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I got the LED ones, there expensive but i thought they were totally worth it



 
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Old Oct 24, 2008 | 05:46 PM
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They come in white also.

 
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Old Oct 24, 2008 | 09:33 PM
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Yeah im looking to get a new MINI and wanting a Pepper White MC, and trying to decide between the white/clear or the black/smoked ones. Im definitely getting another set of the LEDs for my next MINI, it was my favorite mod.
 
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Old Oct 25, 2008 | 07:35 AM
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Those particular LED's are the sweetest by far but I just can't bite the bullet on thr $350 for lights. Maybe if I get drunk this weekend I'll click by it. Oh does anyone know if they are a pain in the *** to install?
 
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Old Oct 25, 2008 | 08:31 AM
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Get those LED's then black it out!

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Old Oct 25, 2008 | 08:38 AM
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yeah the blackout idea sounds awesome
 
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Old Oct 25, 2008 | 09:46 AM
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Originally Posted by chad1140
Those particular LED's are the sweetest by far but I just can't bite the bullet on thr $350 for lights. Maybe if I get drunk this weekend I'll click by it. Oh does anyone know if they are a pain in the *** to install?
What $350 price tag? There £131 (or £135 with the silverstar bulbs) which is $208 ($214 with silver bulbs) with shipping (heavy parcel £27 which is $42) its at £162 which is $257. Thats only £3 more than the standard Euro taillights with clear turn signals that are NOT LED. And £30 more than the standard Euro taillights with orange signals. Actually i sold my LED taillights for like $250 when i sold my car 10 months ago. I have heard alot of people complain that there $300 or more but there cheaper than that. BTW i got all this info from newministuff.com
 
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