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Posted by MM (Member # 1247) on :

I have discoved the orgin of the mystery amber rear marker lights on the Fbodfathers 35th car. Tell me what you think of them on my car..... [Big Grin]

I'll keep everyone guessing for a little bit before I reveal where they came from..... But if you CAN guess where they came from you get a gold star.... [Wink]

http://www.netsnapshot.com/pcw/buildalbum-cgi?ACCOUNT=9278&KEY=6

[ 03. November 2003, 09:07 PM: Message edited by: MM ]

Posted by Hawkeye (Member # 88) on :

Bicycle reflectors! [Razz]

Posted by MM (Member # 1247) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Hawkeye:
Bicycle reflectors!

Nope its a GM part.... [Cool]

Posted by chrisL (Member # 97) on :

Europe

Posted by FireChicken (Member # 2067) on :

quote:
Originally posted by MM:
I have discoved the orgin of the mystery amber rear marker lights on the Fbodfathers 35th car. Tell me what you think of them on my car..... I'll keep everyone guessing for a little bit before I reveal where they came from..... But if you CAN guess where they came from you get a gold star....

http://www.netsnapshot.com/pcw/buildalbum-cgi?ACCOUNT=9278&KEY=6

They look an awful lot like the reflectors from the firebird...

look good, IMHO

Posted by 30thSSNerd (Member # 2155) on :

I'm gonna guess Austrailia is where they are from. They got Camaros there with different stuff

Posted by SS 891 (Member # 1968) on :

an 89 GMC jimmy has a similar side marker, but i think it is bigger than what you have on there..

Possibly a Beretta?

[ 04. November 2003, 06:14 AM: Message edited by: SS 891 ]

Posted by 2002Z4CSS (Member # 1393) on :

They had to come off some sort or truck would be my guess.I need a set of those! [Smile]

Posted by 35th 02 ss (Member # 1667) on :

I would say that they are for the export Camaro.

Posted by Bill Mason (Member # 1807) on :

quote:
Originally posted by FireChicken:

quote:
Originally posted by MM:
I have discoved the orgin of the mystery amber rear marker lights on the Fbodfathers 35th car. Tell me what you think of them on my car..... I'll keep everyone guessing for a little bit before I reveal where they came from..... But if you CAN guess where they came from you get a gold star....

http://www.netsnapshot.com/pcw/buildalbum-cgi?ACCOUNT=9278&KEY=6
They look an awful lot like the reflectors from the firebird...

look good, IMHO

Agree, They sure look a lot like the front side marker lights on a LS1 Firebird (Canadian ones at least)!!

Posted by Mark IXZD 150 (Member # 235) on :

Whatever they are - there's a reason the ones on the rear are RED.

Posted by HTWLSS (Member # 117) on :

I guess we'll find out the answer tonight when we see Scott..... [Big Grin]

Posted by Xsta Z 28 (Member # 740) on :

The front side markers of a Trans Am / Fire Bird are the same size as the rear side marker of a Camaro.

Posted by FireChicken (Member # 2067) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Xsta Z 28:
The front side markers of a Trans Am / Fire Bird are the same size as the rear side marker of a Camaro.

So did I guess right, or just turn into Captain Obvious?

Posted by MM (Member # 1247) on :

quote:
Originally posted by FireChicken:

quote:
Originally posted by Xsta Z 28:
The front side markers of a Trans Am / Fire Bird are the same size as the rear side marker of a Camaro.
So did I guess right, or just turn into Captain Obvious?

You guys are correct..... you get the gold star. It took me a while to figure it out. After Greg posted those pics of Scotts car with the amber rears I thought somewhere in the GM parts bin something would work. I ran across a used Firebird at one of my dealers and thought it look about the same size so I grabbed a tape measure and went to work. I took a gamble that they would work... plus I figured that GM wouldn't have spent extra money on tooling up a special size light... I figured they just put yellow in the die instead of red... and I was right. [Big Grin]

You can enjoy the fruits of my labor...

#5977941
and
#5977942

I think they run around 20 bucks a piece....

Posted by Mike Bonte (Member # 1892) on :

wouldn't that be illegal? [Confused]

Posted by MM (Member # 1247) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Mike Bonte:
wouldn't that be illegal?

Uh... who cares... we don't have vehicle inspections here... I doubt that the euro spec headlights that I am going to put on and the police grade strobes are either... oh yeah better add no front plate to the list of no-no's..... [Big Grin]

Posted by 2002Z4CSS (Member # 1393) on :

They must have a bigger lamp housing to allow the strobe light bulb to fit.

Posted by Travisnd1 (Member # 1982) on :

are the lenses easy to replace from red to orange?

Posted by MM (Member # 1247) on :

quote:
Originally posted by 2002Z4CSS:
They must have a bigger lamp housing to allow the strobe light bulb to fit.

I was wondering about that but I may look for a smaller size unit for the sides and fog lamps.... For the headlights and rears space is not a problem. I'm still in the shopping stages...

Posted by MM (Member # 1247) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Travisnd1:
are the lenses easy to replace from red to orange?

They are the EXACT same....except they are amber, mounting tabs and screw hole are the same. Total install time less then 5 minutes.... it took longer to find my torx bit set then it did to install them. [Cool]

Posted by FireChicken (Member # 2067) on :

quote:
Originally posted by MM:

quote:
Originally posted by FireChicken:

quote:
Originally posted by Xsta Z 28:
The front side markers of a Trans Am / Fire Bird are the same size as the rear side marker of a Camaro.
So did I guess right, or just turn into Captain Obvious?
You guys are correct..... you get the gold star.

WHOOP!!!

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