the scariest night ever
#11
08-31-2010 | 04:55 PM
i would put LEDs in my car if anybody made them...sadly nobody cares about us late 2nd gens lol...i even emailed a few companies to see if they would be interested in making me some custom ones...they didn't even reply 
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08-31-2010 | 05:00 PM
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My concern with the blacked out covers is not the police; it's other drivers. I see them on cars and you can see the tailights, but they definitely are reduced visibility, and I fear someone not paying attention and not stopping in time if they can't see the rearend of your nice Camaro as easily!
That's the main reason I went to LED tailights, was so I'd get the attention of drivers when I hit the brakes!
That's the main reason I went to LED tailights, was so I'd get the attention of drivers when I hit the brakes!
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08-31-2010 | 05:19 PM
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Sometimes you just gotta make do with what they offer and make it work.
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#16
09-01-2010 | 07:21 PM
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What he said...only I gotta get some decent taillights first. Oh yeah and the engine/transmission in my car so I can put it on the road.
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09-02-2010 | 02:44 PM
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They don't make them for early 2nd gens either. I had to fabricate mine by adapting what I could find into my existing housings. Just look at the various catalogs and find lamps with pigtails to fit your sockets and then determine which will fill the area the best. I siliconed mine into the housing and also used a few screws to get them solid.
Sometimes you just gotta make do with what they offer and make it work.
Sometimes you just gotta make do with what they offer and make it work.
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09-02-2010 | 07:46 PM
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That's good news, but it cost me less than $60 to build mine up from LED's for early Chevy trucks. Not sure I'd have done it if it cost $100-$150. Wonder if that's just the tailights at that price, or all 4 like I did with mine?
#19
09-03-2010 | 04:30 PM
i might just try that with led strips in the housing maybe five strips down the middle i think it would look awesome and different and all id hafta do is whire them up and take the housing apart and silicone them to the housing itself and then wire up a plug so i can take the whole thing out and then it will be bright if i had 5 strips of 25 medium sized leds on either side it would be custom but not trashy kinda like what 1971bb427 did with his except it would be customized for a 79 instead of a 71 and i could keep my blackouts
#20
09-04-2010 | 12:20 PM
They don't make them for early 2nd gens either. I had to fabricate mine by adapting what I could find into my existing housings. Just look at the various catalogs and find lamps with pigtails to fit your sockets and then determine which will fill the area the best. I siliconed mine into the housing and also used a few screws to get them solid.
Sometimes you just gotta make do with what they offer and make it work.
Sometimes you just gotta make do with what they offer and make it work.
if i were you i would have bought these...i think the sequentiality is worth the extra $... (??sequentiality??)
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