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Old 05-14-2011 | 11:16 AM
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damn i think i need my glasses... wait i dont wear glasses maybe i need to go to the eye doc

if i had a 98-02 i would want the 93-97 tail lights i think they look way better no amber and the reverse light blends with the line of the hatch/trunk so much better
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had to put amber bulb where revese is and machined a hole in next to it for reverse. The wired in new brake tail bulb so all red bit is red with tail lights on, looks mint
 
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Old 05-14-2011 | 01:57 PM
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It's just like the old crunchy vs. smooth peanut butter debate. We had nothing but crunchy when I was a kid, and now I prefer the smooth because it's different.
 
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Old 05-14-2011 | 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by BasicConcepts
if i had a 98-02 i would want the 93-97 tail lights i think they look way better no amber and the reverse light blends with the line of the hatch/trunk so much better
Agreed that's why when I replaced my damaged taillights, I decided to go with the older style.
 
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Old 05-15-2011 | 08:30 PM
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It's just like the old crunchy vs. smooth peanut butter debate. We had nothing but crunchy when I was a kid, and now I prefer the smooth because it's different.
CRUNCHY ALL THE WAYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!
 
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Old 04-10-2012 | 02:32 PM
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Very informative, but man you really went about it the hard way. I did the same tail light upgrade on my old 96. The difference between the two light housings is the tab openings where the sockets go into. All I did was trim (with a utility knife) the notched openings on the new housings, and maybe one tab on a socket, so that the old sockets would drop into the holes. Done!
Do you think you could elaborate a little more for me as I am trying to do the switch but I don't have the harnesses. And did you have any downsides?
 
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Old 04-10-2012 | 03:34 PM
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Once you take a look at both housings, and your sockets, I think it will make more sense to you. It was a simple matter of lining the sockets up to the new housing, and seeing where the notched openings needed to get trimmed. The sockets twisted and snapped in just as if they were in the old housings.
 
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Old 04-10-2012 | 04:58 PM
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It's just like the old crunchy vs. smooth peanut butter debate. We had nothing but crunchy when I was a kid, and now I prefer the smooth because it's different.
when you say crunchy was that because it was just raw peanuts? was there even peanut butter that long ago?
 
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Old 04-10-2012 | 05:23 PM
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when you say crunchy was that because it was just raw peanuts? was there even peanut butter that long ago?
Bwaaahaaaahaaaa.....JERK!
 
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Old 04-11-2012 | 12:22 PM
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Originally Posted by BasicConcepts
damn i think i need my glasses... wait i dont wear glasses maybe i need to go to the eye doc

if i had a 98-02 i would want the 93-97 tail lights i think they look way better no amber and the reverse light blends with the line of the hatch/trunk so much better
thought the same. no yellow is boss... but I suppose some colors of camaros work with the tricolor...
 
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Old 04-12-2012 | 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Camaro 69
Once you take a look at both housings, and your sockets, I think it will make more sense to you. It was a simple matter of lining the sockets up to the new housing, and seeing where the notched openings needed to get trimmed. The sockets twisted and snapped in just as if they were in the old housings.
So they have the same amount of bulbs and they just fit right into the matching sockets? A friend said when i use the turn signal the brake light might still flash since it would flash on the old tail lights.
 
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