HAHA Cobra tails ftw!

Discussion in 'Fox 5.0 Talk' started by Adams91LX, Nov 25, 2008.

  1. 25thmustang Active Member

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    I guess if having original Cobras and not having to do the restoration work is your thing, then I'm glad your happy! They should look good on there, but where your LX ones broken? If not sell them and make some money back (probably $40-50).
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    Damn, I paid $145 for a new pair of Cobra lenses and they have the Ford stampings on them too. Actually the guy that smashed my taillights paid for them, so they were free for me. :D

    You rattle can the reflective part with a fresh coat of silver and wipe some Armor All on the outside. :shrug:
  3. Mustang5L5 Founding Member

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    I like my $40 Ebay custom pinstriped Cobra tails ;)
  4. Adams91LX Active Member

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    i did a little hydro-planing/runningofftheroad/guardrailsmashing.... a couple months ago.
    i found a donor 4cyl coupe for 300 bucks.
    yanked the quarter panel, trunk, bumper, and taillight panel/trunk floor and mated them to my car.

    the only thing i still needed was new taillights, as mine were smashed broken and all around effed up. the housings and lenses were both smashed and cracked...

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    it's hard to look at... sad day.

    but anyway, my car will be back from the body shop this friday, paint and all.

    the housing reconditioning process was described to me as such:
    taking old but good housings, cleaning, sanding, repainting, installing new rubber seals, and installing/sealing the new lenses in place.

    well.. have a happy thanksgiving everyone.

    i'll be sure to put up pictures after friday.
  5. justhereforinfo New Member

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    So $290 is a good deal, says the guy who ripped everyone off....lmao
  6. Ozz I think I have a problem here.

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    I didn't say I ripped everyone off, douchebag, I said I striped up old GT/LX sets and sold replicas.
  7. BK_CAULEY it's built for speed not longevity, woman

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    he failed twice. :rlaugh:
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    I love my Cobra replica tails...definitely makes the rear of the car look different

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    when i get back from texas my car should be done. it'll be a week or so before my taillights come in, so i'll be rocking an old cracked set of lx taillights on my brand new painted dsg coupe.

    stoked.
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    Checked this out....

    The lenses are NOT OEM pieces. Although, they are made with original Ford tooling. So its not like the Lenses are NOS or anything like that. Also, they are $75.00 a pop like someone else mentioned earlier. As for the housings, those are just original OEM parts that are recondtioned. Prettly simple job.

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