[Coast2Coast]

i know this truck has been shown all over the place...but this is the first pic i've seen of the taillights... holy s**t

speachless...simply speachless:uhoh:

check it out:

http://www.socalcustoms.com/Features/LethalWeapon/4.jpg

 

[LowTech]

yeh i have seen those before..only on that truck...def sweet

 

[Futuresweets10]

I would have to guess that he did major clear coat work over the tail lights

 

[Bad94]

The taillights are Frenched in the body, That means that the lights are smooth with the body and then when you paint the color, u tape off the part that you want to have light up, then when ur ready for clear untape it and clear over the hole thing.

Frenched taillights are a big thing with the street rodders these days, They are hard to do because getting it to look right and SMOOTH is a bitch.

 

[Futuresweets10]

The taillights are Frenched in the body, That means that the lights are smooth with the body and then when you paint the color, u tape off the part that you want to have light up, then when ur ready for clear untape it and clear over the hole thing.

Frenched taillights are a big thing with the street rodders these days, They are hard to do because getting it to look right and SMOOTH is a bitch.

Technically frenched means recessed in the body. Like a frenched license plate box. Caddy lights are frenched. I dont know what the concept is, but bad94 is correct. they are flushmount and then clearcoated over.

 

[Coast2Coast]

that's what i figured but.....

what taillight setup would you need to do this, and what about the gap between the taillight and the sheetmetal? there has to be at least a 1/8 - 1/16 inch gap...right?

 

[obscenity's_ride]

that is definitly tight, saw it in a mag once

 

[fink]

what they do is take paper and trace it out. then copy it to plexie glass and leave 1/2inch around the outside. then how ever thick the metal is you use a router and cut a step around the out side the thickest of the metal then paint and clear this is how i have seen my buddy do them on his rods IT'S A PAIN IN THE A$$