Tin Indian

I don't understand this whole business about clear corners for the TAs. They were only avail for the front, but not the rear. What's the deal with that?

You would think they would make them for both the front and rear if they wanted to sell them for the TA too.

BTW, I understand changing to front clear corners in a Camaro is sort of envolved. Would you suppose the TA would be easier? Looks to me that both the front and rear corner lights are held in with 1 screw each.

Confused on all this clear corner stuff,
Ron

Last Yellow Bird

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Nobody seems to be able to tell me where the TA FRONT clear lenses can be bought NEW from. Can you tell me?

DONAIMIAN

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Its not the fact of having a clear lense. Its already clear. You just need to go out and buy a clear bulb and make the switch

Tin Indian

Sorry....

I can't even tell you where to buy the fronts, much less the rears.

I think this is more of a Camaro mod to tell you the truth.

Last Yellow Bird

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I'm not talking about the lense in the front, I'm talking about the sidemarker that is on the front quarter panel about an inch or two infront of the wheel well. Mine are definitely yellow or amber in color.

Tin Indian

Well, I don't know what year your TA is, but my 98 has rectangular yellow front side markers and red rear side markers. It's not just the bulbs, the plastic lenses are colored. Isn't that what everybody is changing...The plastic lenses? All 4 side rectangular [colored] side markers are held in with 1 screww each.

Tin Indian

I think I am going to post this over in the WS6 forum of LS1.Com

They might know a little more about the TAs

Last Yellow Bird

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Here is a link to a website where this guy has them on his T/A. I will search his site to see if I can find out where he got them. But the ARE available, at least for the front.



http://members.fbody.com/pongox11/

SunsetWS6

I have the clear side fronts & I had the clear side rears too that I had custom made. I got the fronts from http://www.afterthoughtsauto.com The rears aren't made yet though.

Last Yellow Bird

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The previous post is correct. I got the confirmation from "Pongo" last evening. It could be a little confusing as the same part is used for the rear of the Camaro and the front of the Firebird. You get a choice of red or amber bulbs for use with rear or front.

Hope this clears (no pun intended) things up for all those interested in the clears for the front of the birds.

Paul

Tin Indian

Well, I'm not going to put clear front lenses on my car until someone makes the clear rears too.

I just don't want clear in the front and red in the back...

Tin Indian

By the way, this is what "02FirehawkTA" over at LS1.Com had to say about the TA lenses:

The reason there are no clear corner's for the rear of the Firebird's is that there have never been any made *just* for Firebird's.

Right now you are calling me nuts, but hear me out

The clear corner's you buy for the front lenses on a Firebird, are the exact same ones used for the *rear* lenses on a Camaro. The rear's on a Bird are larger than the front's, and are not used anywhere on the Camaro.

In essence, they made clears for the Camaro (the front molded piece, and rear rectangular piece) and the rear's just happened to fit the front lenses of the Firebird's, so they sell them for that purpose as well.

No companies have decided to manufacture the off-sized rear lense for the Firebird yet.

To answer your other question about ease of changing them out...yes, they are VERY easy to change! I changed both of mine in less than 10 minutes on the Hawk.

SunsetWS6

I have clears up front & the red in the back & I think it looks great. The red blends in with my car but that ugly orange up front stuck out like a sore thumb.

Last Yellow Bird

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I think the clear/front and red/rear will look fine. The red in the rear will match the taillights, and the clear front will match the turnsignals/fogs/headlights. Very symetrical. The red blends, but the orange/amber sticks out. On an all black or pewter car, like Steve2000SS's, I think the clears look good all around. Just my .02

SunsetWS6

Last Yellow Bird

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Looks awesome, SunsetWS6

MONGOOS

just paint'em black.

Tin Indian

SunsetWS6 ....

With your cars color, the clear up front and red in the back looks good. Pretty car BTW...

I have a silver TA. I think the only way to go with this car is clear front and back.

Ron,

SunsetWS6

Thanks & yeah I see your point.

Silver02TA

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I have a set of rear clear corners on my T/A, I got them for only 25 bucks too... you can find them on e-Bay listed as 00+ Sunfire front clear corners (exact same as afterthought sells)