Louvres and Red light tints

Hi guys,

I've fitted a couple of mods to my car this weekend...

Firstly, some cheap Chinese louvres... the fit is fine and i'm happy with how they look.




Next up, i fitted the Anchor Room tail light red vinyl kit, as I don't like the standard clear lights.

Wait. In Europe, the taillights are clear?



Hell man, I'd of swapped mine with ya!

Lost said:

Wait. In Europe, the taillights are clear?



Hell man, I'd of swapped mine with ya!

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different wiring too

Bastages!

Lost said:

Wait. In Europe, the taillights are clear?
Hell man, I'd of swapped mine with ya!

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Yup!

By law in pretty much every country outside of the US and Canada, rear turn signals need to be amber to match the rest of the car. So the outer bar is amber and the two inner bars are red. When the lights are simply on they all glow red. Rather than try and show the amber through the red plastic, they just made them clear on the export cars. They're also much brighter according to those who have installed them on their cars on the USA.

The person in this video has added red vinyl over his clear lights, but this is the default behaviour of the export lights.
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You CAN just install the European lights on a US Mustang by just swapping the connector; you wont get the behaviour, but you'll get the look. This guy does a full swap with unmodified OEM lights he bought from Europe. (8:18 is where he swaps the connector)
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benanderson89 said:

Yup!

By law in pretty much every country outside of the US and Canada, rear turn signals need to be amber to match the rest of the car. So the outer bar is amber and the two inner bars are red. When the lights are simply on they all glow red. Rather than try and show the amber through the red plastic, they just made them clear on the export cars. They're also much brighter according to those who have installed them on their cars on the USA.

The person in this video has added red vinyl over his clear lights, but this is the default behaviour of the export lights.


You CAN just install the European lights on a US Mustang by just swapping the connector; you wont get the behaviour, but you'll get the look. This guy does a full swap with unmodified OEM lights he bought from Europe. (8:18 is where he swaps the connector)

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Thanks, never knew they were different over seas. Very nice. Not $1300 nice, but nice! https://ashtonperformance.com/products/2015-2018-mustang-clear-european-rear-taillights

Lost said:

Thanks, never knew they were different over seas. Very nice. Not $1300 nice, but nice! https://ashtonperformance.com/products/2015-2018-mustang-clear-european-rear-taillights

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WOOF! They used to be £220-ish per unit. Even Ford Parts UK has them over £500 for a single unit now.

Changing the subject slightly here, but does anyone know where to get OEM US lights? I know the internals can be swapped for the UK specific internals.

Other than doing a swap with a US owner - as I'd probably like to keep my clear ones.

Asking for a friend

Kristian87 said:

Changing the subject slightly here, but does anyone know where to get OEM US lights? I know the internals can be swapped for the UK specific internals.

Other than doing a swap with a US owner - as I'd probably like to keep my clear ones.

Asking for a friend

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Ford parts USA xD!

People with tints - who do you insure your cars with? I had no luck finding an insurer who would let me do it when I first got mine so I gave up, but two years later I still hate the clear lenses.

JB said:

People with tints - who do you insure your cars with? I had no luck finding an insurer who would let me do it when I first got mine so I gave up, but two years later I still hate the clear lenses.

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What?! Insurance wouldn't cover you with tinted rear lights? I just told them my rear lights were tinted red and they wrote it down, when swapping insurance this year the guy asked me "dont they come with red lights? No... ill note it down, its only aesthetic. Is your indicator still orange? Yes... Okay, it's on there" (It took me a good hour to go through all the mods after emailing him the list)

JB said:

People with tints - who do you insure your cars with? I had no luck finding an insurer who would let me do it when I first got mine so I gave up, but two years later I still hate the clear lenses.

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I insured mine through A-Plan (broker) and told them I intended tinting. They said no bother and noted it. Not done it yet however...

Bought the tints a few weeks ago, got 1/2 of it done last night then it started getting cool , of course today it's gales and thunderstorms , I much prefer the red tail lights on a yellow car

wack said:

Bought the tints a few weeks ago, got 1/2 of it done last night then it started getting cool , of course today it's gales and thunderstorms , I much prefer the red tail lights on a yellow car

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Are these the anchor room ones? If so be careful in the sun because the indicators vanish I'd got pulled for it!

Looking good! Defintely an improvement, i've been delighted with mine.

Know what you mean about the indicators, my wife was following me and said she really struggled to see where i was indicating.