02 Tailight Backup Clearing

[NJ G-sta]

Hi everyone, I recently came across with a 02 tailight . I look around and found that the backup section of the light came with the removable mesh shield. And I thought that will be nicer to remove it and see thru the back up light bulb. I did it , and it came out really nice. Its not really hard to remove that mesh shield actually. Pictures are below:

in process of removing the mesh shield

removed mesh shield tailight backup , nice and clear

removed mesh sheild pic

Have fun all the 02 owners

[Khopari]

yo manus i didnt even knew there was a grill, i thought it was clear already... well i will go check it out and see whats up

[Xavier22]

damn i didn't know that either -

[HeadAche]

There is a mesh there, i got a 2k, but i wonder why they put a gril there for?

[Khopari]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Kemist aka Shane)</div><div class='quotemain'>There is a mesh there, i got a 2k, but i wonder why they put a gril there for?</div>

hey anyone has any idea,, i can get diffrent gril or it,, or any other mod that i can do with it,,,,

[Aztec]

thanks man! that a nice easy mod!! good looking out

[quicksilver22]

is there something like that in the 99-01 models? would be awesome

[NJ G-sta]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(quicksilver22)</div><div class='quotemain'>is there something like that in the 99-01 models? Â*would be awesome</div> sorry only 02 - 03 galants only.

[NJ G-sta]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Kemist aka Shane)</div><div class='quotemain'>There is a mesh there, i got a 2k, but i wonder why they put a gril there for?</div> i think the mesh is like to make it looks red along with the tailight , but also allow to light thru.

[seattlesuperman]

ok i have a 02 galant how did you do this step by step what tools are needed. please let me know.

[d_joulez]

haha ya all u guys are like.. man... nice mod.. so easy to do.. nothin big... good hit for the money.. n us n00bs ahah are sittin here waitin for someone to post instructions :oops: haha.... please? i saw mine today... n ya clear sounds cool... SOHOW DO YA IT!! .. wel.. hope u guys post soon

[pinoyesv6]

i dunno but have u guys actually taken out the taillight and look at it closely? im pretty sure manus didn't have a tutorial to do this, maybe u can figure it out without a tutorial. it doesn't look overly complicated. to me it looks easier than clearing your corners

[Danger DANJ]

Yeah, the whole clear part of the 3rd generation JDM tails have that same red mesh. I didn't like that at all, so that's why I got the 2nd generation JDM tails instead. I was thinking of opening up the 3rd generation JDM tails and taking the mesh out or painting it black, but I decided against it. From the looks of the pics above, you can just pull the mesh out of the '02-'03 tails from the bulb hole, I don't think you need to open the housing up at all.

[Sarah]

hey I never knew that, but I have JDM's so I guess that doesn't matter anymore, but I will let anyone else know who asks.

[NJ G-sta]

The mod is pretty easy, u need a 10mm socket to remove 3 nuts behind ur tailight . Then un twist the backup bulb out (Notice: DO NOT TOUCH THE BULB) Then use ur nature born tool !! Your Fingers, slip em into that socket hole to see if u can pull loose the mesh. Once its loose, u can use a piler to pull it. Slowly i recommanded, cuz the top and buttom piece is double side taped onto the housing. Therefore , u need to pull it out good and not left the tear off piece. Once its loose in the backup housing. U can either squees the mesh to fit into the backup light socket hole or cut it in pieces inside the housing and use a vaccum to suck it all out. After that put ur backup bulb on or change it to hyper white. Then u are done.

[ChromeGalant]

Post a pics of them on your car...

I really cant see the difference?? I see the mesh gone.. but I still haven't determined if this is a 'cool' mod.. lol

[ewgiii]

i know what u mean. i don't know if i like it yet or not. in fact, i might just take away from the look of the 02-03's....

[ewgiii]

chrome, i love your pics. How tha hell do i set up a avitar like that!!?!?!??

[Khopari]

here is the pic of the when you remove the gril,,,for the fisrt one it took me 25 min,, but for the second one less than 5 min...
Warning: you can not put the mess back on once you remove it,, here is some tip,, take the mess out from the bottom,, up and do it really slow,, if you try to cranks it,, it will leave some of the mess in there,, and you gone have hard time taking that out,, here is some picc

[Sarah]

I love it.......................it makes the stock taillights just look a little cleaner



KhO. shave those emblems!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!