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sc.schultz
07-06-2012, 09:57 PM
Does anyone know where I can get a replacement lamp socket for my tail light? (97 SS). I need an entire new socket, with the metal mating hole and connectors inside.

I have found a replacement part on Delphi's catalog (part number #12160392), but if I order it through Mouser, I have to order 400 of them...

http://i.imgur.com/qMAkn.jpg


wssix99
07-07-2012, 10:09 AM
That's probably the the wrong part. Do you really have a bayonet bulb in your '97? I thought that all the 4th gen cars had the same harness. (I'm not sure - I have a '99.) If so, you should have wedge base bulbs.

Which socket are you trying to replace on the car? Is it one of the inner bulbs or the outer one?

sc.schultz
07-07-2012, 12:28 PM
It is for the brake light. It does take a bayonet bulb and not a wedge base bulb :/.


sc.schultz
07-10-2012, 10:53 AM
No one else has any idea? I guess I'll just buy a replacement tail light harness.

wssix99
07-10-2012, 06:00 PM
You can get a socket assembly from any parts store. I don't have any experience with the bayonet sockets and don't know if they come apart cleanly like the wedges do.