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Old 04-15-2009 | 01:28 PM
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is there a way to get the stock tail light harness to fit on a 97-02 camaro. i know you have to kind of force it in but has anyone tried to file it down to get it to fit? on my red car i just changed it to a lt1 harness and that seems the simple way but id rather not touch the harness on my NBM car.
Old 04-15-2009 | 01:48 PM
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Huh?.....are you installing a set of exports?......or stock lights?......

if it's exports, I ground down the lights themselves, not the housing.......just ever so slightly, you don't need much.....
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Huh?.....are you installing a set of exports?......or stock lights?......

if it's exports, I ground down the lights themselves, not the housing.......just ever so slightly, you don't need much.....
yeah its the exports. on my red car i just bought a piggy back harness at autozone. but i dont want to cut any wires on this one. so just grind the actual sockets itself then insert them into the housings.
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When I had my exports I just used the stock harness and the little plastic tabs on the light bulb housing I just trimmed those instead of screwing with the lights
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Yea, I used the stock harness and trimmed the lights themselves.....you could do either....
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i used the stock harness and trimmed the openings in the taillight housings



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