I'm waiting on my 24" led strip to come in.. I'm going to wire it to the brake lights and have it under the lip on the bottom of the trunk.. I've done a mock up in photoshop, and it looks cool. Sorta recessed lighting.. Hope it doesn't look like a smiley face though..

 

You know, I thought of that too, but I don't have a lip spoiler. I think you'll like the results bro, and post up the picture of the photoshop mockup.

 

Updates

Installed, fully functional, and it looks great!
Pix to come soon.

 

 

I actually like that

 

Thanks!
It came out better than I thought. AND my pop said he could see it during the day just fine.

 

hmm. interesting. looks better than I imagined as well lol have u made up ur mind on what to do with the original TBL?

 

Just stumbled upon this thread, I think it came out great man. Post some more pics (up close, daylight etc...)

Also:

I vote make a garnish that covers the TBL area completely... and Ideally mold it into the trunk for a completely shaved look...

 

Good idea...whenever I see shaved garnishes I think it looks out of place IMO cause it looks like something (the badge) is supposed to be there but it isn't lol molding it would clean up those lines

 

I like it... I figured once you did it, it would look good. Great job... might have sum biters! lol

 

Been watching this thread a while, I like it! Looks a lot better than i thought. Great job!

 

Love it. Where'd you get the lights from?

 

Oznium FTW!
http://www.oznium.com/thin-waterproof-ribbon

You know, I was actually surprised at how well it worked out.

Yeah, I take a long time planning something in hopes that it will be "perfect", but I'm very happy with it.

I'll get some more pix asap. Thanks for the props!

Yeah, I'm going to be deleting it. I'm not trying to figure out how I want to go about it. I think I want to try and extend the garnish upward to cover the area but what to use and how is still R&D.

 

Ext garnish... hmmm... that interesting. Someone should photoshop that to see how it would look...

 

Here's my best comparison:

 

It looks like 5axis deleted the TBL (modified the main trunk piece) instead of extending the garnish. looks super clean

 

Yeah, that is what they did. However, at this current stage, it'd be cool to not have to repaint the hatch just to blend in the area. I think it should turn out alright in the end, I just have to design it in my head as always.

I did figure out, though, how to change the lights on the TBL w/o even opening it up. There's a little strip behind the main section you could put LED's to and just rewire. The light shines up and reflects outward just like the ones internally do.

Nonetheless, I just need to figure out how to flush out the OEM tbl. I want this ish done for Scion Night.

 

looks great! sure they are coming but day time pics please!

 

Only one I have right now. Took it when I got off work:

 

awsome

cant wait to see the full garnish