bought an extra set of 05-06 tails, opened them up, and cut out the red lens / reflector around the brake light. Used some pepboys generic chrome trim around the cut parts. I glued the plastic lens cover back on with black silicone.

I spent enough to buy the aftermarket LED tails, but I think it's pretty cool that I now have unique tails with a reversal of the normal red / clear paradigm.

the bulbs are the spiderlites from autolumination.

It was hard to get a shot of these lit up during the day - while they no longer reflect the red during the day, they're even brighter / more noticeable than the stock tails.

interestingly enough, i don't get any bulb out warnings, and i didn't install any load equalizers.

at night they're bright!!

a few pics for your viewing enjoyment...

lights (not brake light) on. it's not quite this bright, but you get the idea.



lights on (daytime)



lights off

 

looks good! very unique

 

Wow! Those are gorgeous! A job well done.

 

Very Nice

 

Pictures are broken....

 

Very nice.

I'd put some numbers on the license plate before you get pulled over.

 

nice. i dig it