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Started by _ucongas_ , Jun 15 2008 09:23 PM

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#126 _Aidan_

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Posted 01 July 2008 - 11:04 PM

Here is something for ya Leakey.. first attempt at a serious photoshop

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#127 _brett_32i_

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Posted 02 July 2008 - 11:03 AM

i agree aidan, i thought the idea was to disguise them a bit, that just accentuates (spelling??) them

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#128 Evan

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Posted 03 July 2008 - 12:20 AM

some better looking UC tail lights heys!!!
LX5008. do you bang your head on the roof of your shed a lot?, or is it just the angle that the photo was taken?

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#129 _lx5008_

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Posted 03 July 2008 - 09:18 AM

some better looking UC tail lights heys!!!
LX5008. do you bang your head on the roof of your shed a lot?, or is it just the angle that the photo was taken?

Evan

no mate im a short ass lol. its only a 1.8 colour bond fence with a hidden roof that you cant see from the road. the council would not let me put a carport up so i did this.

Edited by lx5008, 03 July 2008 - 09:26 AM.

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#130 Evan

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Posted 03 July 2008 - 07:14 PM

Those God dam councils. !
gotta do what ya gotta do to keep ya girl out of the weather. Good thinking too.

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#131 _UCluke_

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Posted 07 July 2008 - 07:50 PM

Why in the world would you do that to a torana :furious:

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#132 _LX8VD69_

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Posted 07 July 2008 - 08:46 PM

Cheers, Leakey

i quite like them

cheers adam

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#133 _brett_32i_

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Posted 07 July 2008 - 09:00 PM

Cheers, Leakey

i quite like them

cheers adam

they dont look real?

are they photo chopped?

they dont seem to have any depth. the uc needs lights poking out to fill the void between boot and bumper.

and why buy a uc put weird lights on it and call it an lx??

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#134 RIM-010

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Posted 07 July 2008 - 09:13 PM

I'm pretty sure that they're photochopped, because that is Max's SS's hatch, which I'm fairly sure has normal LX lights...

Tim

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#135 _Aidan_

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Posted 08 July 2008 - 12:24 AM

lol brett

its a photochopped lx

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#136 _brett_32i_

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Posted 08 July 2008 - 09:59 AM

ah, i thought it didnt look quite right.

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#137 makka

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Posted 08 July 2008 - 05:01 PM

I just grabbed some of those narva style lights from work, 2 reversing lights and 1 blinker, they are actually not as big as what Rodomo said, they are from memory around 75mm wide and 125mm high.
if someone wants them to have a play around with let me know, I am pretty sure they have blown globes but would be ok to get an idea of how they look

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#138 rodomo

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Posted 08 July 2008 - 05:42 PM

My dimensions included the rubber surround.
Here is a link to the Narva catalogue, might find something else?
http://www.narva.com.au/

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#139 _Leakey_

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Posted 08 July 2008 - 05:48 PM

New guys, read the post before commenting please.

I posted those photoshops to make a point.

Using the principles of the UC arse, I made an LX hatch fit those same principles.
I dont like it. It needs the wrap around the sides to work. (should have swapped
red to orange too, with orange in the centre)

My entire point was what dont people like about UCs?

Are the lights too big?
Is it because they are reversed, red outer, orange inner?
Is it because they are slapped on the outside, not inset like LX?
Is it because they stop at the edges, not wrap around like LX?

That's why I did the UCs with wrap around tail lights ah-lah-LX,
and followed up with a shortened UC tail light with wrap around
to see if that was any more pallatable.

I liked the outcome so much I did a front too, and turned it in to a what if?
What if GMH did a UC like this? Would it have been more accepted.

Well, that's my rant for the day!! :furious:

Beer time..

Edited by Leakey, 08 July 2008 - 05:51 PM.

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#140 _ucongas_

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Posted 08 July 2008 - 11:17 PM

Righto... heres my spin...

GM designers were asked to revamp the LX from front to rear, taking advantage of new design ideas like RTS and the A9X style rear, , half way through their work the VB designers came in... work on the redesigned LX-UC halted and all the hard work and money spent on redesigning the LX had been misspent... maybe.. maybe not.. GM not wanting to hedge all theyre bets on the radical new Commodore decided to go with a small budget on the UC's arse end by producing a taillight assembly that could suit many different models, and not limited to sedans or hatches but also vans, trucks and other plant and machinery.. Just in case the UC's sucess was limited they could always flog a million sets of taillights to the munchy van industry...

And they did!!

Least I know where to find a spare.

:rockon:

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#141 _threeblindmice_

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Posted 09 July 2008 - 08:54 AM

They are not that bad if you don't stare at them , I'll post this picture in the hope no one steals it for an Ebay add !!!
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#142 _brett_32i_

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Posted 09 July 2008 - 02:32 PM

sorry leakey, i didnt realise what it was when i first saw it. this flu has been playing tricks on me, i thought someone had actually done it and registered it with lx plates, ha.

anyway, i dont think its the lack of wrap around thats spoils it, more (for me anyway) is that they dont protrude and sit flush with boot lid.

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#143 makka

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Posted 09 July 2008 - 05:50 PM

My dimensions included the rubber surround.
Here is a link to the Narva catalogue, might find something else?
http://www.narva.com.au/

yeah, thats them, the series 45 ones.

if I was to fit them it would be without the rubber surround. the rubber is pretty bulky. they mount on the truck they came off without the rubber. they would protrude about 5mm from the back of the car.

do you want them to have a look at?

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#144 _Leakey_

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Posted 09 July 2008 - 07:01 PM

Hey Brett, I almost erased that post.

Sorry to come across so heavy!

Got flu too, and am bitchy as hell. The drugs + beer probably
wasnt a good idea. Codine and me dont mix at the best of times.

Hey thanks for the comment, that's the sort of thing I was after.
Do you think then, that the current light would look better if flush
with the boot lid? Interesting.