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Old Dec 21, 2008 | 11:17 AM
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Exclamation LT1 Clear Tailights
Anyone got this mod? Instead of red the inside is chrome. Or perhaps anyone knows how to make them look chrome from inside?
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Old Dec 21, 2008 | 11:21 AM
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on the NON-honeycombed lights.. there is a red insert that you can just take out. if you search for LT1 LED taillights or something of the sort you should be able to find out more.
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Old Dec 21, 2008 | 11:22 AM
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yeah i heard the t/a LT1 tail lights are three pieces

tail light lens
red insert
back housing

so you should be able to remove the red plastic insert to get the affect you desire
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Old Dec 21, 2008 | 11:33 AM
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how do I open the tailights?
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Old Dec 21, 2008 | 11:41 AM
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It's hard as ****. I have a pair of clearr tail lights sitting on a self in my garage... You will need red covers for the bulb or red leds
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ok its hard as ****, but how do you do it..lol
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Old Dec 22, 2008 | 12:31 AM
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So how should the tailights be opened guys?
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Originally Posted by WS7_FORMULA
So how should the tailights be opened guys?
if its anything like the headlights either a heatgun or an oven to heat up the seal and just pull them apart.
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cool and so you just take off the red? how?
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Old Dec 22, 2008 | 02:26 PM
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Originally Posted by WS7_FORMULA
cool and so you just take off the red? how?
ive never done it myself, but from pics it looks like it is just placed inside with minimal adhesive

so you should be able to break the adhesive hold some how

i would worry more about taking it apart, removing the red should be easy
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just do a search

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Old Dec 22, 2008 | 03:27 PM
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a very light coat of black vht on the lens would help them alot

and red leds are a must

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well i just finished doing it. Easy!! i will post pics in a while, but my friend told me its ILLEGAL to have clear lights.............is that true???? I took of my black outs for the same reason and made them original, now I did this so It can look cool and now you can see the red...and for my friend to tell me its ILLEGAL!!!!!!!!!! wtf??!
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As log as you run red lamps you will be fine. If you ran the clear lenses with clear lamsp then you would have problems.
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actually, you need red lights AND red reflectors, incase your tail lights burn out. this is what car manufacturers have done on their cars with clear tails.
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isnt the bottom in that picture the reflector though? also, we have separate rear side markers unlike some cars so you are good there. im sure you'll pass. also, looks a lot better on those lt1s than stock.
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Sorry pics dont look badass. I took it with my camera phone.

I just did the passenger to see how it was going to look. It looks awesome on the daylight, but when darkness strikes and I turn on the lights...it doesnt look that great...Not much red, more like a chrome red...
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Originally Posted by WS7_FORMULA

I just did the passenger to see how it was going to look. It looks awesome on the daylight, but when darkness strikes and I turn on the lights...it doesnt look that great...Not much red, more like a chrome red...
looks good .... did you use leds? maybe that vht i was talkin about would take care of it


how hard was it to do?
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