{"id":7633,"date":"2017-06-11T22:46:12","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T05:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/?p=7633"},"modified":"2017-06-11T22:46:12","modified_gmt":"2017-06-12T05:46:12","slug":"car-shop-glow-version-4-led-tail-lights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/2017\/06\/car-shop-glow-version-4-led-tail-lights\/","title":{"rendered":"Car Shop GLOW Version 4 LED Tail Lights"},"content":{"rendered":"

Better late than never – I am going to try and knock out a few remaining updates that I have been behind on. There is a reason to the recent inactivity, which I will address later. <\/p>\n

I am at a point now where I am satisfied with the RX-7. Bugs that irked me have been corrected. Aesthetics that didn’t live up to the desired results have been redone. I took a step back and for the first time ever, took a mindful view of my journey with this car. I can admit to having done things to excessive levels. The point of diminishing returns was surpassed long ago. I am finally ceasing operations and the tail lights being outlined in this post will be the last major addition. <\/p>\n

Although the OEM ’99 tail lights were befitting, I decided to take an extra step and try out the new Version 4 LED tail lights by Car Shop GLOW. The goal has always been to follow an understated, OEM+ path, but with the recent additions like the RE-Amemiya rear diffuser, my car is forking off towards the more modified direction. That’s why I felt like the changeup to LED tail lights would be worthwhile as a final accent. Unlike the more prolific Version 1s which had dotted LEDs throughout, these newer lights feature a diffused section of LEDs. I think these new lights have a more professional look. <\/p>\n

The hardest part of acquiring and installing these tail lights was picking them up from my local USPS office. I ended up having to go twice, early in the morning, before retrieving the package. They left a notice on my door, but the first time I went to the office with it, the driver never unloaded and carried it around for another day. <\/p>\n

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Eventually it was in my possession and it was time to open things up. <\/p>\n

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I ordered all 3 pieces, including the third brake light section with LEDs. <\/p>\n

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Here is a closer look at one of the tails. You can see the diffused strip.<\/p>\n

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OEM ’99 versus CSG LED.<\/p>\n

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Backside with a branding placard. <\/p>\n

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Removing the tails from the car was a straightforward job.<\/p>\n

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Since the buckets behind the lights were dusty and dirty, I of course had to give everything a wipe down.<\/p>\n

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Installed!<\/p>\n

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Turn signals on:<\/p>\n

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Brake lights on:<\/p>\n

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And a better representation of the diffused LEDs with the garage door closed:<\/p>\n

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Better late than never – I am going to try and knock out a few remaining updates that I have been behind on. There is a reason to the recent inactivity, which I will address later. I am at a point now where I am satisfied with the RX-7. Bugs that irked me have been […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11,27],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7633"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7633"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7646,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7633\/revisions\/7646"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}