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Old Sep 17, 2004 | 12:47 AM
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tail light conversion

i was wondering if anybody has tried swap in 2nd gen camaro tail lights, or round corvette tail lights. i am wondering how it would look too, if anyone has pics. i am in really into creativity and using it to customize the body, so i want to know about this. thanks
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Old Sep 17, 2004 | 01:15 AM
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IMO they look like crap, if you look around here enough you might find a picture of them. There is a company that used to advertise in the back of the Chevy rags all the time "Motion Performance" (516) 223-3172 that sells a kit for 199.99 but i think that is just the panel that goes in where the stock lights were, and you need to find your own lenses. I'm lookin at a real old mag so I dont know if that company is even around anymore. Like I said I dont personally care for them, but have always wondered if the Skyline tails might look a little better back there.
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Old Sep 20, 2004 | 04:12 PM
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Someone makes a filler Panel that uses Corvette Tail lights, but IMO, They look kinda cheezy.
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Old Oct 6, 2004 | 11:58 AM
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Can you clarify which 2nd gen lights you're talking about? Do you mean early 2nd gen ones? Because i know the style of the late 2nd gen camaro tail lights is almost identical to the 3rd gen lights. And the corvette light conversion is a kit that can be purchased. In my opinion, it looks cool when it's blended into the body using fiberglass filler. Otherwise, you still have the triangle cutout from the original lights and it screams "someone bolted me in! I don't belong here!"
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Old Oct 6, 2004 | 12:18 PM
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A link for the pictures on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...RK%3AMEWA%3AIT

Jerry
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Old Oct 6, 2004 | 12:49 PM
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Looks wrong!

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Old Oct 6, 2004 | 07:18 PM
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nah, corvette lights dont look good, im talking about the 1970-1973 lights.
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Old Oct 7, 2004 | 12:16 PM
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i think the corvette lights would look good if they were properly blended into the rear quarters and it had a highrise spoiler on top rather than the 3-piece spoiler.
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Old Oct 8, 2004 | 11:42 AM
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Ya that, or the back panel was black.
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