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Jun 27, 2004 | 08:31 PM

L-SS-1

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New "old" taillights

i put in some 93-96 style taillights on my SS. i not really crazy about the orange on the stockers, doesn't really go with my car.

http://memimage.cardomain.com/member...06_31_full.jpg

so what do you all think?

Jun 27, 2004 | 10:13 PM

jruss

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I did the same thing looks good !! btw my plate reads EXCLR8

Jun 27, 2004 | 11:03 PM

SSactionLs1

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i did the same a few years ago, orange aint cool

Jun 27, 2004 | 11:15 PM

Unforgiven1

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Originally Posted by L-SS-1

Damn sweet looking ride. Nice to see a fellow Oklahoman on the board with a sweet ride. Those wheels are awesome! Also, nice job on the rebuild you really brought it back. Ever head south from Tulsa to come to the OKC area?

Justin

BTW: The lights are nice. I can understand what you mean about not going with the color.

Jun 28, 2004 | 12:58 AM

Gev

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I dunno, it looks old now. The new style taillights are much nicer IMO. If you don't like the amber, you can paint it with some Lens paint.

Jun 28, 2004 | 01:13 AM

JackZ28

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I think it looks good. I've been thinking of doing the same thing for a while now. I just haven't found a donor car yet.

Jun 28, 2004 | 10:24 AM

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Did mine about 6 months ago...definitely one of my favorite appearance mods.

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Jun 28, 2004 | 02:46 PM

LS1_SS

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you should have kept your old ones and painted the orange red, it looks really nice ill see if i can find some pictures

Jun 28, 2004 | 04:09 PM

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Looks awesome! The older style lights are soooo much better looking

Jun 28, 2004 | 04:25 PM

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woah crazy. i actually think the lights look better on the silver camaro than on the black. when i looked at the black one i didn't really care for it. but it looks really good on silver. thats crazy

Jun 28, 2004 | 05:25 PM

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RUSSH

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That's why I did it

Jun 28, 2004 | 06:45 PM

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I think that looks much better,I want to do that to mine also.

Where did you get them from?

Jun 28, 2004 | 06:57 PM

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SSactionLs1

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From: nor cal (ripon)

Just swap a 93-96 car, they want ours LOL...so its a coo trade

Jun 28, 2004 | 07:18 PM

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ratio411

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Yeah, I have a black Z and wanted a black with red trim color scheme. I did my red trim and I thought it looked good, but when the amber lights were in the picture, it looked really 'off'.
I did clear corners and did away with the DRLs to keep my scheme pure... so I eventually did the tail light swap too and like it very much.
Now my whole car is black/red (except for the 10 spokes, but silver is pretty neutral, like the clear corners and BU lights).
Dave

Jun 28, 2004 | 08:08 PM

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L-SS-1

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i understand what you mean but the exhaust tips are slashed, so it would really be weird looking if they were flipped.

eventually i'm getting chrome tips anyway, after the valance gets painted ...