junkyardje

I have a 92 es300 and have an extra taillight that I have pulled apart.. and removed the amber lense.. there is just a clear lense there now are most of you guys just putting it back together as is.. I was looking at the other searches and it appears that the lenses are stuck to the lense itself.. Mine arent like that at all.. What I am getting at it that since I have removed the lense and the amber lense there is a clear lense in there allready do I need to replace the amber one with a clear on which would make for a double clear setup.. Any help or advice would be great I know this subject has been beat to death.. but in my searches in the forums I couldnt find the answer I was looking for..
jim

junkyardje

I did some research outside the forums and was wondering are 95-96 taillights plug and play? they seem much easier to clear out..

tuan92129

Yes, but you'll have an extra brake light bulb/holder and wire...I guess you could shove it back there somewhere, but if you just take it out, your bulb warning light will turn on.

maniax

iTrader: (3)

I dont think it's necessary for a double clear. Just put them back together after u take out the orange lens.

What temp. did u bake them at? Did you have any problems taking them apart?

I had a slightly cracked extra taillight and i attempted to practice baking it. cracked it pretty bad when i tried to open it.

junkyardje

so tuan the 95-96 taillights will fit then.. I didnt have any cracks I just took my time pulled as much as I could then baked it some more till it was easy..

MCG33

iTrader: (4)

Yes they will fit, but they are shorter in length and the keyhole is a couple inches to the right on the 95-96 tails. They will bolt up but you have to remove your trunk locking mechanism for them to fit.

maniax

iTrader: (3)

Does that mean u cant have a lock if you decide to put in 95-96 tails?

MCG33

iTrader: (4)

It means you can't open it from the outside with the key, because the hole will be empty. You can still pop it with the button inside the car.

tuan92129

Double Clear =
You have a light diffuser on the inner layer that has little lines/circles
The Orange part is the outer lens and has the horizontal lines.

For me, i took out the orange lens and just kept the clear light diffuser.
Now, I kinda regret that cause i hate how the little circles and lines in the diffuser look. I would have bought another diffuser (clear) and replace the ugly oem clear one.

tuan92129

Double Clear =
You have a light diffuser on the inner layer that has little lines/circles
The Orange part is the outer lens and has the horizontal lines.

For me, i took out the orange lens and just kept the clear light diffuser.
Now, I kinda regret that cause i hate how the little circles and lines in the diffuser look. I would have bought another diffuser (clear) and replace the ugly oem clear one.

BTW, you know how on the 00-01 es tails, there is a clear strip of lighting for the back up/signal lights like ours..
They use a clear lens, with a reflector set up. We have an ugly diffuser, so would anyone like to buy some chrome strip? or maybe the 1 inch chrome moulding i saw at autozone to see how the reflector -looking setup would look like?