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Old 09-12-2008, 05:28 PM
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i have had my ls1 taillights smoked on my car for a good year. and today i noticed they were a bit melted, where the tail light it self is . they bow in towards the bulb. i have read some people have had problems with the covers but not much on smoked. i left my reverse lights unsmoked but now that i know they are fubar i keep looking at them so i need to get some new ones. im debating on lt1 or another stock ls1 set. how do the lt1 lights hold up to being smoked?
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pics please
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Mine did the same thing. I have also seen it on a few other camaros.
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Same place as mine and most others. It has nothing to do with the smoke. Mine are stock.
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W T F ??? How's that happen, other than leaving your brake lights on all day?
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i didnt leave mine on all day at all . in fact i only drive to work which is 25 minutes in the dark so only the running lights are on not the brake since im on the freeway.

any more info on this and why it happens? its like a dam song stuck in my head , now when i look at my car its the first thing i look at. i wish there were a decent set of led lights for these cars.
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From what i've seen the LT1 tails don't have this issue.
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Originally Posted by djsanchez2
From what i've seen the LT1 tails don't have this issue.
i love my 93-96 lights
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Originally Posted by djsanchez2
From what i've seen the LT1 tails don't have this issue.

Yes they do...
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wow thats not good to hear. the smoked tails look awesome on my camaro and i really hate to go back to stock. do taillights do this in stock form?

i may do a lighter tint next time on the lt's
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Wow, thats bad, mine did it a little bit on my LS1 but not noticably
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Originally Posted by djsanchez2
From what i've seen the LT1 tails don't have this issue.
I've never seen a set of LT1 tails with this issue :shrug:
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so im about to purchase some lt1's and hope they dont do this.
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Originally Posted by Purple95Z28
I've never seen a set of LT1 tails with this issue :shrug:
Me neither, nor have i read about it happening to them.
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Originally Posted by djsanchez2
Same place as mine and most others. It has nothing to do with the smoke. Mine are stock.
what??

/runs out and checks

Mine on my 98 are fine.
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Well i have seen a 95 camaro with this problem its not just ls1's...
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Originally Posted by SparkyJJO
what??

/runs out and checks

Mine on my 98 are fine.
Well on cars that have had them warp of course. My 2000 Z did not have the problem, if i could have i would have taken the tails from that car and swapped them for my current ones.
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I have this on my stock tail, same exact place and side of the car except mine is a lot smaller. So It might not be your smoke at all



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