Just curious - I picked up a set of 91-92 GTA Tails and am curious what they are going for these days.

They are in good shape, no cracks and no lamination issues.

Thanks

 

Ive seen these go for around $200 with harness

 

at $200 with the harness you better buy them all up immediately. Going rate is $300 plus per set.

 

Do I need the harness? Will it work with a std harness?

 

I have gotten 3 sets lately that are in exceptional shape. I have paid $150 - $200 for all of them.

 

300 to 500 is what I have seen

 

I sold a rough set awhile back for $200 +shipping. A nice set can bring over $300, just don't expect a fast sale. A minty set should be good for $500 if you wait a year or two for the right buyer.

 

where do yall find them? Ive been looking with no such luck, i need a new set as my originals are in need of replacing badly. There showing age, cracking, and the pontiac shows no pontiac. Been looking for a nice clean set.

 

That's why they're worth $300-500.

 

Mine have some lamination problems & I could be in the market for a replacement. do you have any pics ????

Thanks

 

Uhh...were they for a real car or a scale model? I've seen people ask upwards of $500 for ONE pair of nice 1991-92 T/A taillights. On the other hand, you can't hardly give away a pair for an 1985-90. I had a nice set that a sold a few years ago for $25, and that was after weeks of ads in the classifieds section here.

 

I sold my mint set on eBay a few weeks ago for $475.

 

$150-500 is what I have seen. I think I paid $250 for my set.

 

Your not against screwing somebody over

 

Supply and demand... Two people had to bid them that high. On that day they were worth that price. Hell, they have been selling for $300 and up for over a decade... It's not like there are more of them out there now. If anything the supply is going down, not up. Therefore the price will continue to go up.

 

I think that comment was unnecessary.

The keywords here are Alex had a "mint" set and they sold. It means someone was interested in paying for the item at that price. I've seen plenty go for around that price that were labeled as "mint".

These taillights are 2-year only taillights and are quite hard to find in "mint" condition without the delaminating issue. On top of the 2-year only deal, they were only on the GTA or Trans AM which further limits the amount of these taillights out there.

 

For real... Mint or even very nice parts, and hard to find parts, command higher prices. If you want to play, you gotta pay. If you can't afford it, you do without.

I'd be willing to bet the buyer was stoked to find a mint set at any price.

 

IIRC a pair of NOS brand new tails out of the box that had never been opened was sold here on thirdgen for 1200 bucks.....mine are fine for now..hardly any delamination...i dont think i have seen any of them that said pontiac in orange like they should lol not in person anyway

 

ya that comment was definitely uncalled for. Hell I had to replace my drivers side light and I had to bite the bullet and cough up $240 for it. Its a price you have to pay for having a sexy car

 

Looks sooooo goooood!!! drool

 

...delaminating on the right side....
...I paid 305.00 Euro (about 425.00 US-$) for a brand-new rh NOS part...and this was only the "outside cover", not the complete lamp....
...must be one of the last parts...a left over or "remnant"... ...and the only my dealer could get...

...it was a must...and I don't regret...

 

These are popular on the 87-90 Formulas, I saw quite a few at the TA Nats this year with the 91-92 Tails.

I got my set 6 years ago, and love them,

 

My car is one of those at the TA nationals that had the lights... I got mine for Free... kinda.

Zepher, I would have liked to have met you.



John

 

I would've liked to have met you as well. I am going to try and go again next year and bring my car, this year I just rode up with some friends.

I got a few pics of your car, just haven't had time to finish processing and uploading the rest of the images from that weekend.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref...00000269513461

 

Whenever I see posts like this, I laugh that some company won't get permission or whatever they need from GM to reproduce some of these items that everyone would buy. Things like tail lights, center consoles, headlight bezels, shifter handles blah blah blah. Look at a company like late model restoration that has every part you can possibly think of for the fox body mustangs. You think a company like year one or classic would see the potential in this and just do it.

 

If some company DID go out of there way to setup an operation for thirdgen parts like LMR has for Mustangs, it'd promptly go broke. Sadly thirdgen enthusiasts as a whole are cheap. As lame as Mustangs are, the owners aren't nearly as inept. I've sold thirdgen parts here, on Ebay, and Craigslist for the last 15 years. In the last few years I've bought and sold a bunch of Mustang parts on various forums, Ebay, and Craigslist. In general, when I list a Mustang part, I usually get results. When I list a thirdgen part, I get a ton of idiots wasting my time and offering pennies on the dollar. Selling thirdgen parts is more of a headache then it's worth.

Something like these tail lights is in demand because there's no supply. The second they become available, the demand will go away and they won't be able to sell them.

 

Im sorry if that comment offended anyone on this thread but I honestly think it is rediculous( if I spelled that right) to pay that kind of money for those... but I looked in to buying a pair and I've seen them go for 200 on ebay but maybe these were different I dont know, but yes they look sweet as hell.

 

I never really understood the big fuss over those lights.
Much more fond on the 82-84 ones myself.

To each his own I guess.

 

I have them on my 89 formula 350 as well..
They are by far the best looking tails IMO.
I think the 87-92 base tails are next best looking.
The rest to me look really dated (like they should be on a 79 T/A) or just kinda not quite rite.

 

want tosell?

 

I have a cut up set I use to fix other sets.
Who wants it.
EDIT
put them on ebay for like $60 and no bids. Yet someone from ebay offers to pay $150 for them and actually did.
I am amazed at the logic but whatever.
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/3020/imgp4559.jpg

 

I just got a set for my 82. What exactly needs to be changed out to get the brake and turn signals working properly? I guess I would need a 91/92 TA wiring harness.

 

Except the 91-92 harness won't plug into a 82... You'll still have to modify the harness. It's pretty easy to figure out with wiring diagrams for both.

 

IIRC the harness was almost identical to my 87 harness. I had to change the turning signals bulb holders in order to get it in the car was the only thing i had to change. I want to think that I could actually plug in the original holder into the lens, but it was too long and hit the chassis when I installed the assembly into the car.

The 82-84 T/A (& 82-85 Base) is different altogether From what I remember.

John

 

Here are instructions on how to modify the existing wiring harness to work with 3 piece lights:
http://www.austinthirdgen.org/index.php?pid=37

 

 

This is my 1987 T/A with 91 gta tailights

 

I hate to make another thread, but while on the subject of these tail lights...which ones came with PONTIAC lettering? Was it the GTA only? I see some don't have that.

Thanks.

 

All of them had the Pontiac lettering, just most have it disappear over the years

 

I feel like I'm in the minority when I say I'm glad mine haven't faded off. I think it looks better without.

I dread the day my lights start delaminating or get popped in an accident. I don't want to pony up the coin for replacements. If a company can re-pop these for 250-350 for brand new I think there would still be a market. However, I don't see them getting priced for less than at least $500

 

All of them had it when they were new, but none of them have it now. Like the center tail panel in 1993-02 Firebirds, they tend to fade out completely to black in just a few years of normal driving. You can get the red lettering decals online for around $12 though to make them look like new again. I have them for mine, and it really makes me wonder why no one else seems to have noticed that their car is missing them.

 

Actually you are correct. The GTA's had the lettering and the standard Trans Am didn't. And yes most of them have faded off over the years. I just put stickers on mine

 

No, the TA's had the same tail lights as the GTA's. Mine still had it ten years ago when I bought the car.

 

Sorry, no.

From the technical data on Thirdgen:

"Trans Am and '91 Firebird GTA get updated 2 piece taillights with "PONTIAC" scripted in orange across the panels."

(https://www.thirdgen.org/1991-pontiac-firebird)

If you have some source to back up your statement please post it.

 

Got about $250 per set for the last 2 sets of 91-92 GTA taillights that i had

They were in fair-average condition

Dave

 

For the off topic comment of the day: I wish they would have made the PONTIAC light up at night like they did the Fiero...

 

Have to disagree with that...every 91-92 regular T/A that I've seen has the lettering too, including mine.

 

I have seen NOS tails with and without the lettering..
Sooo some came with it and some with out. As to what came with what, we may never know..

 

Any word on how much they are going for now? I might be picking up a set for my 86.

 

...around 1500.00 US-$...for a NOS / OEM set...

...sold here:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1991-1992-GT...p2047675.l2557