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i have a 1985 Z28........i bought a used tailight assembly on-line to replace a broken original. it fits, and is functional, but is clearly a different design than my original. were Z28 tailights different than base coupes or RS models? or is it possible that this tailight is just from an earlier or later year? does anyone know where i could look to see the difference in tailights for different year models? thanks, rick
Certain years of the Z28's got differnt tail lights. Starting in 85, Irocs and Z's got the grid style. Others for that year got the plain ones. I don't know off hand how many differnt styles there were over the years...I want to say it is 3 or more. I know I've got 3 differnt styles in my collection.
__________________ 82 Z28--waiting for 400/Th350
83 Z28--355/T5, Sort of an IROC clone
88 Sc---was V6, waiting for 355/700R4
87 K5---355/465/205, 4.88's, 36's
95 CBR1000F--DD in the summer
1. plain, no painted center bar - sport coupe till 85
2. black center bar, or body trim colored bar - Z28/berlinetta - till 85, RS/Z28 till 89
3. grid style - Iroc-z till 89, 90 up all trim levels
well, my 85 Z28 has grid style tailights......i guess this is correct from factory. but the one i purchased to replace the cracked original (which was supposedly from another 85' Z28) is not grid style, it has a solid black center horizonal bar, with a row of lenes above and below it. now i'm confused on which is correct. rick
yeah, i am 99% sure that the grid style tailights that are in my car are the original. this car was purchased from the original owner recently, and is nice shape. still has good original paint and interior. (although i understand that someone "could" have changed them, i doubt it), so i guess i'm back to looking for a LH "grid" style tailight for my Z28.....rick
