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Old 01-14-2007, 08:02 PM
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Default Finally Got Tail Lights!

FINALLY GOT A BREAK!

So I got some LT1 style barred tail lights for the bird tonight. I was SO tired of my stock V6 fugly ones and got a great deal on them.

I'll have pics up tomorrow because it's dark out now.

I brought them home kinda dirty, but I used some compound and then 3 stepped them and they look absolutely amazing now! I'm in love haha...

Makes the back of my car look 102392849284079870349852345 times better!
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Originally Posted by Magnet


but congrats on getting some better lookin tail man!
Old 01-15-2007, 01:21 AM
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Why not the honeycombs?

But the grids are sexy as well
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Since when did the v6s have different tail lights? I thought it just the year of the firebird/trans am
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Old 01-15-2007, 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Brian2006
Since when did the v6s have different tail lights? I thought it just the year of the firebird/trans am
93-97 trans ams had the barred tails. and the v6 had plain red ones... not sure what the formys got. All birds,8 and 6ers, 98-02 had the honeys.
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yea...all V6's from 93-97 got fugly red ones, all V8's from 93-97 got the barred ones. and then like you said 98-02 all models got honeycombs...lucky bastards...haha

here's the pics!!!

when i got them home i compounded them by hand, then 3 stepped them:



Before:



after:





WHOOP WHOOP!!!
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They look much better dude.
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Originally Posted by tbird31
Look... its my Salad Shooter.

Yea the tails look so much better. Now if we can only figure out where that short is. That and you need to sand off that DOT bull.... off.

-bryan
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hahaha...fo sho...later today or tomorrow...we're gonna be lazy today, just cause we can...
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That looks infinitely better man, congrats
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holy crap those v6 tails are fugly. guess i just never paid attention before. looks much better
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does look way better
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VHT time...
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Originally Posted by Mistacamawo
VHT time...
I was just thinking how badass it would be if you nightshaded those tail lights with that little black painted license plate outline

But it looks WAAY better
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i think i'm going to VHT the 3rd brake light and get clear rear markers and i do believe i'll be done with the exterior of the car...except hood, which i'm not spending money on getting lol...
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anybody know where to get VHT from? i know you have to get it online...
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ya i got mine all blackd out and it looks really good... i got mine at a local store but they order it. i just called around and found them . about 5 bucks a can i only use 1 can. and clear coat. i put some pics up tommrow or when the weathers better
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i did the same swap when i drove a 97 v6 firebird. the stock red ones are nassssty. the grid ones looked 100x better.


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