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Old 12-04-2006, 01:17 PM
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i recently had to replace my pass. tail light. i got one from a ws6. it is a lot darker than the other one. are there different part numbers for tail lights. i've searched and all i can find is one (per side), so what's up with my light. i like the darker one (from the ws6) so i'd like to figure this out to make the DS match.
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There shouldnt be a difference. Yours might be lighter in color because it may be older and more faded due to sun exposure.
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moisture got in one and made it darker
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someone cracked one of my tailights and the body shop told me that from gm you have to order the entire assembley and that gm wont sell just one side. I thought it was weird but i went to a different body shop actually two more cause i wanted the highest insurance claim lol and they all said the whole thing. And its almost $500!! This is the only experience i have with them from the dealer i bought tailights for my 94 and i replaced the cracked one with a recylced light so i never got in depth too much with it. This is only for 98-02 firebirds. If your talking a 93-97 then yes they are very different one is all red and one had a black lined mask over it (the ta) with refelctors at the bottom. What year is your car?
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it's a '99, i don't know what year ws6 it came off of, i know it was 98-02
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93-97 v6 (plain), 93-97 v8 (grid), and 98-02 (honeycomb) were the only styles for the pontiacs i believe

you can usually get them on ebay
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No no dif between any tailights 98+.. One is just older.
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there has def been some sort of mod done on this tail light. it's not from it being any older or younger. anybody know of anything.
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It either has water/moisture damage or somebody hit it with some VHT.
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Will you listen to the people posting? T/a tail lights are known to do that.
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what's vht?
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1: your tail lights have faded more than the one you bought
2: the one you bought has been tinted (VHT)
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it doesn't have to do with fading, i just went to the dealership and looked at a light right out of the box, looks just like mine. i just found the vht mod write up, that's it. i'm just gonna have to find out how many coats this guy used to match it up. thanks for the input, guys.
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Originally Posted by BlackTA98 LS1
Will you listen to the people posting? T/a tail lights are known to do that.
Chill the eff out, the guy is just looking for a right answer on why his other tail light is darker. You need to take some tylenol to get rid of your PMS cramps.
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i posted it once, and ill post it again, moisture got into one of them, there was another thread on this like a 2 days ago ago.

Just VHT them to match and call it a day

heres the other thread

https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearance-detailing/618401-honeycombs-they-tinted-some-years.html

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hey, darb.. did you buy that light off me on Ebay? I have the other side, and it is the same shade..pm me
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Originally Posted by tooslow Z 02
moisture got in one and made it darker
correct
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I heard that the 98-99 were a bit darker than the newer models but that is just word of mouth.
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Originally Posted by bene
Chill the eff out, the guy is just looking for a right answer on why his other tail light is darker. You need to take some tylenol to get rid of your PMS cramps.



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