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Old Oct 14, 2005 | 02:19 PM
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well, on my trans am, like everyone elses... on the front bumper there are 6 holes for lights...

in the middle 2 fog lights... on each side, there are 2 holes, in the top hole there is a blinker/running light... bottom holes are empty... (atleast on mine) has anyone ever put an additional light there? another blinker/running light possibly?
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Old Oct 14, 2005 | 03:53 PM
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instead of puttin lights, why not make it a functioning duct into the wheel well to cool the brakes?
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Old Oct 15, 2005 | 12:39 AM
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cause i like that orange/yellow color, and wish i had more of it... to really look like a stalker... day or night...
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Old Oct 15, 2005 | 10:57 AM
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i've consider doing it. at this point i've not seen anyone do it... just FYI there is a molded bracket that holds the "blink lamp" in. There is no such bracket for the lower one. not only that but there really isn't anywhere to mount such a light. IT would require alot of fabing.
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Old Oct 15, 2005 | 11:26 AM
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No way man. That hole has saved me so many times when I dropped a little object into the engine bay. I have small arms though.. hehe.
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Old Oct 15, 2005 | 11:30 AM
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lol well dont drop stuff... i learned about that on my lt1... man... i had things land in the weirdest places... places i couldnt retrieve the item and places the item never fell loose... alll those extra pounds of skrews really slows me down... lol

no but i like those orange lights and wish to expand them to the lower holes aswell...

if anyone has ever seen anything let me know

also is there a way to keep those bright orange lights while the headlamps are on? or do they have to be dimmed?
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Old Oct 15, 2005 | 06:21 PM
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I use the bottom hole to stick my hand in to replace the turn signal bulb when water gets into it
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Old Oct 15, 2005 | 10:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Newbiewar
also is there a way to keep those bright orange lights while the headlamps are on? or do they have to be dimmed?
When the headlamps are off, the orange lights are DRL's (higher intensity), when the headlamps are on, the orange lights are parking / marker lights (lower intensity). I'm sure it's possible to make them stay at full intensity withe the lights on, but it's probably more work than it's worth. You'd have to ensure that the turn signals still functioned. I believe the DRLs and turn signals use the same wire / filament (high) and the parking lights use the other wire / filament (low).
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Old Oct 17, 2005 | 04:28 AM
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That hole is very useful to change the bulb in the DRL plus I plan to use mine for a brake duct eventually.
But generally, I like that idea as well.

Look here:
http://home.ptd.net/~chrispav/transam6lightsmods.html




Also keep in mind that certain states have a limit of how many lights can be on when seen from the front. I think that's why the fog lights turn off when the high beams are on, to keep it legal.

Here's a different car below:
Attached Thumbnails 98-02 trans am front Lights-sd-1-.jpg   98-02 trans am front Lights-sd1-1-.jpg  
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Old Oct 17, 2005 | 09:19 AM
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wooo thats a sweet looking car... i think we have found something here
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Old Oct 17, 2005 | 09:47 PM
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How the hell did you get that camera up there? I can barely get my hand in there?
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Old Oct 18, 2005 | 12:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Pewterpowre
How the hell did you get that camera up there? I can barely get my hand in there?
Lots of room if you remove the plastic.
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Old Oct 18, 2005 | 03:40 AM
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Jason,thanks for the write up on the RA lights! Ive been wanting to do that for so long now!
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Old Oct 18, 2005 | 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Firebirdguy00
Jason,thanks for the write up on the RA lights! Ive been wanting to do that for so long now!
I think I'm the only Jason on this thread, but I didn't do a light write up. I DID link to Chris Paveglio's web page. Is that what you are refering to?
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