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Old Apr 23, 2004 | 11:35 PM
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i love everything about third gens camaros exept the tail lights to me they ugly and orange , i own an 88 iroc i dont want to use black out kits got pulled about 3 times dont want to scrape or paint mine lenses does anyone know a manufacture of an after market fixture not honda looking or nothing i saw a third g z28 on hot rod tv with some cool lights so somebody makes em.
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Old Apr 23, 2004 | 11:48 PM
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Wow, holy run on sentence Batman!

No. There are no off the shelf options.
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Old Apr 24, 2004 | 10:15 PM
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yea whatever but anyways there are off the shelf items one is the corvette tail light mod and ive seen another and i asked if anybody knows the maker let me know not if anybody who dont know tell me no...............
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Old Apr 24, 2004 | 11:02 PM
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Try running a search.
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Old Apr 24, 2004 | 11:54 PM
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there's been about 1000 posts about the vette lights already, so i won't start another one but there's a link in my sig to more info on mine.
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Old Apr 25, 2004 | 12:09 AM
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yea whatever but anyways there are off the shelf items one is the corvette tail light mod and ive seen another and i asked if anybody knows the maker let me know not if anybody who dont know tell me no...............
Dude chill T.F.O.

Good lord.

there are NOT other options, unless you consider the vette thing an option. Technically I suppose it is. Some people paint, others use black outs or just good old fashioned ingenuity.

Waaaaayyyyy too new to start being cranky. South Carolina can't be THAT bad.
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Old Apr 25, 2004 | 12:10 AM
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...and honestly in all my years, I've never seen another tailight option off the shelf.

If there is, I'd really would honestly like to know.
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Old Apr 25, 2004 | 01:31 PM
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buy a new car

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Old Apr 25, 2004 | 03:11 PM
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I remember waaayyy back, someone made some aftermarket tailamps for cammies, but I haven't seen 'em for YEARS. Actually, I don't know for sure that they weren't custom jobs. It was before I got into thirdgens, so the mem is a little foggy!

I happen to think our tail lights are one of the coolest things about our cars.
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Old Apr 25, 2004 | 03:47 PM
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i know back when iw as in the import world to tint the tails we took model car window tint paint which is very durable and coated our lights then did a coat of clear and damn it looked nice i think. also another option you could look at is to take some clear candy apple red model paint and do all red tails. this looks good on only some colors but still something to think about and if you want pics i can post some of some of my budys bmws. by the way its made by testors
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Old Apr 25, 2004 | 05:55 PM
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Old Apr 25, 2004 | 06:26 PM
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Here's some inspiration, be creative this guy has a "unique" set that he did himself.

http://www.cardomain.com/id/doneup83camaro


With some creativeness you can have a unique set of your own, how about dis assembling a stock set and geting some plexi glass covers made and designing your own.
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Old Apr 25, 2004 | 07:12 PM
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yea all i want to do is clean up the look of the rear, all red or all black would be the only thing i would consider.
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Old Apr 25, 2004 | 10:11 PM
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my head hurts just reading your type.

either paint them, change styles from alternate years or purchase the corvette wanna be lights. no one has yet to make a newer rendition and as it sits nor do they plan too.
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Old Apr 27, 2004 | 11:09 PM
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you could maybe buy another set of taillights that are in good condition.. and switch out the red lenses for the yellow.. like, take out the yellow from the original set and replace it with red from the newly bought set.. if it is possible.. im thinkin i might try it, i'll post pics if i find it
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Old Apr 28, 2004 | 07:39 AM
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I think the IROC grid taillights are awesome. Wouldn't change them if I could, especially wouldn't put some doofus 'clears' on the back of my car.
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Old Apr 28, 2004 | 06:10 PM
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meh.. i meant to say take out the reverse lights, not the turn signal.. could paint the inside of the light red if u could find a paint that looked good enough that would last..
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Old Apr 29, 2004 | 01:40 PM
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Originally posted by Genesis98
Here's some inspiration, be creative this guy has a "unique" set that he did himself.

http://www.cardomain.com/id/doneup83camaro


With some creativeness you can have a unique set of your own, how about dis assembling a stock set and geting some plexi glass covers made and designing your own.

That car is amazing and makes me queazy at the same time!

I have had blackouts on the car, as I wanted an all black look, but I will never stop loving my grid tails!

You could try some early 80's Berlinetta taillights, they have some gold striping thru the center!
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Old Apr 29, 2004 | 02:01 PM
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ok here is a link if you scroll down on this page you will see a purple bmw with the spray painted red tails.

spray painted red tails scroll down the page
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Old Apr 29, 2004 | 02:01 PM
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