Originally Posted by redlehr
Here you go friends, this is the recipe I used to make afterburner tail lights,
I started with round duct work metal from Home depot or Lowe's. I made the initial tube 7 inches long.You have to take out the original light ,put the metal tube in, measure and pop rivet the duct work to the right size.I bought 10 mm. adhesive backed chrome stripping off of e bay(you need around 75 ft. of this stripping unless you find something else that will work...) cut them 6 " long and put them around the inside of the tin leaving an inch band open to the front of the light. Then I bought a round metal end cap (for duct work) and slid that on to the tube,attached it with 2 hose clamps.I bought 7 inch LED lights from (
Trai... Diameter | etrailer.com ) and wired them up.Slide the light fixture in and snip the metal 1 inch down from the end of the tube all the way around the light so you have 1 inch tabs all the way around the outside of the frame of the car.Pick out the 4 tabs that match up to your holes and screw them down to the frame.NOW, covering up this stuff with the trim ring is not easy and if you come up with a better way please let me know...I bought some gasket material and made a gasket to kind of hide some of the work and I drilled new holes to attach the trim ring. I need a better way to drain water out of these and the adhesive strips are under test as we speak LOL. I ran out of chrome strip and am currently waiting for more,it all comes from China via e bay.
Let me know if you can improve on this in any way !
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Big thanks to FORD40, his original afterburner pics post started all this !!