who has em? i remember awhile back someone on the board doing them. who can tell me how much money the conversion would cost and about how long it would take me to get them on...thanks

cool isn't it?

DAAAAMMMMNNN i love those tail lights.. how long did it take you?:thumbsup good job by the way

holy shit!?!? did u put a targa top on that or am i just seeing things?

its a targa top, but it isn't his car. not sure if he's still on the board or not. i saw him post once.

oh damn, that car is so sweet.. i would die to have both of those mods on my car right now

now does anyone know how to do either of those mods (targa top or supra lights) and if they do i'll pay for a walkthrough

i *think* that hondahater was trying to do the supra tails conversion a while back. he abandoned it i belive.

if you do a search, youll find lots of info on the targa top project. you wont find a walk-through though, but youll get an idea of whats involved.

thanks, i searched it and did find some good stuff that should come in handy :7

IMO that doesnt look right. lights too small for the tail... but supra light conversion inset with the stock triangular tail light frame looks nice tho.. like that blue eclipse with the ram air intake..

got any pics of that so i can see whatt it looks like? maybe i'll go that route, but i did go to my local autobody buddy and asked about hookin me up with a targa top.. he laughed for a bit cuz he thinks im dumb for doin it but he agreed and said he would do it all for $500 so im psyched off my ass right now, i'll make sure i back at everyone with pics in about 6 weeks once im finished up }(

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>got any pics of that so i can see whatt it looks like? maybe
>i'll go that route, but i did go to my local autobody buddy
>and asked about hookin me up with a targa top.. he laughed for
>a bit cuz he thinks im dumb for doin it but he agreed and said
>he would do it all for $500 so im psyched off my ass right
>now, i'll make sure i back at everyone with pics in about 6
>weeks once im finished up }(


Dude.....you're gonna pay $500 to fuck up your car. Targa tops are not a popular thing to do because our cars NEED the roof to stay rigid. If not your body will twist and bend. One good corner and your targa top will come loose and start leaking on you. This has been said over and over. Search for it.

thats why we are re-enforcing, I KNOW you gotta have that piece or the car has all kinds of problems but if others who have it done to their eclipse said with re-enforcement they have been fine

id use that 500 and upgrade the turbo. i really don't think the targa tops going to look that good. thats just my opinion though. ill talk to ya later today.


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well i got my emails back and yeah its going to cost a little bit more but im getting a real friendly price on labor since its a family friend.. 6pt roll cage welded to the car itself, x plates under the car have been whats worked best for everyone so far, flex should be minimal to none.. and if we screw it up (which is always a very strong possibility) then i'll have to live with it.. with other parts going on right now its gonna be awhile before i can get it started.. just so everyone knows im not trying to morph the eclipse into some crazy-slow honda-like-speed POS.. i just want something a little different.. speed is still my #1 priority in the long run and im willing to sacrifice a little bit to have a show and go car..

just so
>everyone knows im not trying to morph the eclipse into some
>crazy-slow honda-like-speed POS.. i just want something a
>little different.. speed is still my #1 priority in the long
>run and im willing to sacrifice a little bit to have a show
>and go car..

which you won't have if you targa, it'll be all go. The flex that will be created is not safe at speed. You'll pay alot to have you a trailor queen but hey its yo money not mine

let the guy find out for him self when he spend's more money to put the damn thing back to how it is now he'll say you know the guy's where right look's nice but can't afford it i would only do something like that if i didn't drive my car every day.
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yeah i "was" doing that, but all the time and work it takes is mind blowing. you can either weld bolts to the body then do killer bodywork or just do killer body work. If you are thinking of doing these by your self and you dont have 4 years experiance with bodywork I would just forget it. I do have the experiance and I said screw it will all the time it took. So I was making these till I didnt like them..........

>yeah i "was" doing that, but all the time and work it takes
>is mind blowing. you can either weld bolts to the body then do
>killer bodywork or just do killer body work. If you are
>thinking of doing these by your self and you dont have 4 years
>experiance with bodywork I would just forget it. I do have the
>experiance and I said screw it will all the time it took. So I
>was making these till I didnt like them..........
>
>

why not just saw the bolts off the supra taillights off, hollow out a stock set ouf taillights, put the supra taillights in there, fill the bottom half with fiberglass resin, then more and more till you get the proper look ?

thats what i was doin, but I cant find those picks

found them!>> I have them taped to protect them

Since were on the topic of taillights. My corvette taillight setup is at the body shop about to get painted as we speak. I'll post finished pics of it.

speaking of supra taillights i spoke to a guy i saw 2day w/ supra taillights as his headlights, and he replaced the housing w/ projectors, so they work find. but daym, they ugly as f*ck. lol stupid acuras. that's my .02

yeah believe me im not doing the work myself... cecil (my body technician) has been doing custom fiberglass work for years and he just turned an old 90' mustang into a targa.. so i have faith in him.. if he screws it up then i stab him in the back and sue him for messin up my car hahaha JK

eeewwwww supra tails as headlights? GROSS!

Sup guys, i'm the owner of the silver eclipse w/ the targa top and supra taillights conversion, well i got more pic @

http://www.dsmtuners.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=9471&perpage=12&sort=1

gonna post new pic soon.

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wldn

targa eclipse, i got some quesitons about ur mods, are u a gst or a 420a with turbo kit.

-HRC FMIC, N1 Exhaust system, test pipe, Turbo kit, Howell Cams, Aem Cam gears, valve springs, JE Pistons, Crower Rods, lashers lifters, msd coil, spark plugs, spark plug wires from msd, head Port N polished, Missing Link, E-manage, 720cc injectors, Profec B Boost controller, EGT, A/F Gauge, NX N tercooler SPray kit, Nitrous Express kit stage 1, Phantom Grip LSD, AF/X pulley kit, MSD, Bored out TB, 1G Intake Manifold, EMS,-

1st, i didnt think howell made there own cams, u have any maps on that e-manage, and i didnt think that it could control injectors that big on a 2gnt. and the 1g intake manny???? correct me if im wrong, im still trying to figure out if your a 4g or 420a. but, u gotta be a 420, cuz u have a missing link, but, theres no such thing as a "1g intake manny" cuz the 420a wasnt in 1gs. and the exhaust doesnt look like a n-1, im confused, please clarify :wary

and im not trying to be a ass by saying this, but most of u that posted about the targa top, have no clue what ur talking about.

DWAYNE H


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