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Old Oct 29, 2006 | 04:50 PM
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Wondering if these are available anywhere since I can't seem to find any info about it.

Mine has always sucked, it's grayish instead of black and has what looks to be warping in the plastic because it appears "marbled." Might want to go with something more unique.
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Old Oct 29, 2006 | 07:42 PM
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Search 'polish, ...' or 'polished taillight center', or even just 'taillight center'.
Get yourself a reworked unit, or buy a new one from GM.
Watch the for sale forums. They come up for sale every now & then.
(Check my feedback also.)
Wanna do it yourself? Just find the threads that tell ya how.

Here, I did some work for ya, ...
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...illight+center

https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...illight+center

https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...illight+center
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Old Oct 29, 2006 | 08:10 PM
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Thanks for the info, I've seen the polishing tutorials while searching around a bit. That looks like it would be nice on my car, but I was wondering if there was any other kind of custom/unique pieces available beyond the normal polished black.

If not I suppose I'll have to just buy a new one
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There are some custom painted ones that people have done.
There was someone who recovered one to eliminate the keyhole.

Nothing else custom that you can buy & immediately install other than what was shown.
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Old Oct 29, 2006 | 08:27 PM
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ah ok, thanks for the info then. I'll have to just pick up one that's in better condition than my own and polish it (if it isn't already).
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And then there's the one done up with LED's to light up the bird and the logo by a LS1Tech member - now that's the cat's ***!
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Old Oct 30, 2006 | 05:09 PM
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I think that's exactly the one I saw that I was looking for .

I ended up finding the thread about it but doesn't seem to be a writeup yet unfortunately .
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98 Snake Eater (Rick) is the member who first did that. He also did a write up on the mod.

Search his name with tailight filler panel as well and you should be set.

He's also got a webshots album with the how to/pictures if you come across it.
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didn't infinitebird do that also?
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Old Oct 30, 2006 | 10:33 PM
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Nice, thanks guys. I was having some trouble finding any info about that. Hopefully I'm able to do it with what I have available to me!
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