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Old Nov 13, 2006 | 04:34 PM
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swapped tail lights

hey guys, just wanted to toss up some pictures of my new taillights. I "down" graded to the 82-85 base style, but they're much nicer quality that the old grids, plus they were only .01$ on ebay



this first picture is a comparison pic.



a little closer.



Here's the last picture, I tried to take it at an angle to capture a bit of the reflection on them. I used 2000 grit wetdry, wet sanded the crap out of them, and hit them with some carnauba wax.

I wish i had something more than this 2 megapixel camera, but not bad for a penny right?
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Old Nov 13, 2006 | 04:41 PM
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I like them. Those are the same ones I had on my 85 sport coupe.
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Old Nov 13, 2006 | 04:54 PM
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thanks. my buddy also has an 85 SC but w/o a spoiler. even w/ the same tail lights they look different from behind.
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Old Nov 13, 2006 | 05:24 PM
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they definitely look alot brighter, wow.
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Old Nov 13, 2006 | 05:35 PM
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$.01 how did u get them that cheap? lol
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Old Nov 13, 2006 | 05:52 PM
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Yeah, mine had no spoiler either! I thought that they looked really cool like that!
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Old Nov 13, 2006 | 08:57 PM
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Sorry but i like the grids more...only tailights i like for the camaro. Id much rather have a polished up set of grids then the other older style. But hey its what you like so thats all that matters
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Old Nov 14, 2006 | 02:46 AM
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Originally Posted by 92RS(real slow)
$.01 how did u get them that cheap? lol
I guess no one else wanted them, haha.

Originally Posted by Stevo
Sorry but i like the grids more...only tailights i like for the camaro. Id much rather have a polished up set of grids then the other older style. But hey its what you like so thats all that matters
I agree with ya, a nice set of polished up grids look incredible. However, mine were far from par and also looked like they had resided in a sewer for 10 years.

I think these base style tails goes better with the simple sport coupe theme anyways.
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