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BADASS of New England
An automobile club for the enthusiast who enjoys the last of the big GM cars. The rear wheel drive B and D bodys. Chevrolet Impala SS, Caprice, 9C1, Buick Roadmaster, Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser, Cadillac Fleetwood
Posts : 1434 Join date : 2009-11-10 Age : 39 Location : Connecticut
Subject: Sequential tail lights kick ass! Sun Jun 05, 2011 1:29 am
Got these installed tonight, and damn these things are awesome! Got them from these guys: http://www.webelectricproducts.com/
And with the trunk flashers:
toomanytoyz Club President
Posts : 6876 Join date : 2009-01-20 Age : 47 Location : East Hampstead, NH USA
Subject: Re: Sequential tail lights kick ass! Sun Jun 05, 2011 7:42 am
Yeah they are! One of my favorite mods, EVAR, for our cars. And I STILL haven't done it yet!
Way cool!
mega
Posts : 907 Join date : 2011-03-01 Age : 43 Location : Hyannis, ma
Subject: Re: Sequential tail lights kick ass! Sun Jun 05, 2011 8:39 am
looks sweet nice job on em. did you add the flashers to the trunk or were they there? always wanted some in my ride.
bowtiepimp
Posts : 1568 Join date : 2010-06-19 Age : 38 Location : working a corner near you
Subject: Re: Sequential tail lights kick ass! Sun Jun 05, 2011 9:16 am
dam ... they dont make them for the caddy, that would really p.o. the local boys in blue..... lol...
...... looks awesome.... is that timmy's old car?
95brmw
Posts : 1434 Join date : 2009-11-10 Age : 39 Location : Connecticut
Subject: Re: Sequential tail lights kick ass! Sun Jun 05, 2011 10:28 am
The trunk flashers were already there when I got the car. This car is new to the club, it was dumped in the previous owner's yard for the last 3-4 years before I bought it.
Cadet57
Posts : 4481 Join date : 2010-03-14 Age : 36 Location : Chicopee, MA
Subject: Re: Sequential tail lights kick ass! Sun Jun 05, 2011 12:48 pm
I want a sedan now, just for the tail lights.
MASShole9C1
Posts : 4294 Join date : 2009-12-16
Subject: Re: Sequential tail lights kick ass! Sun Jun 05, 2011 12:54 pm
I got mine from streettrends.com. More expensive tho.
chapel
Posts : 836 Join date : 2011-01-28 Age : 42 Location : Salem MA
91-92 was a smooth plastic unit with a chrome strip in the middle on some (I think it was only some, right? Or was it all of them?) that showed the contrast betwixt the individual light bulbs slightly more.
93-96 was the same light, but with less contrast between the lamps, bright trim around the outside, and ribbed lines running across them horizontally, the Impala used these, but had black lines painted in the grooves, and the chrome/aluminum trim around the outside was painted black.
I like both but people are always trying to say the new ones are boring and ghey, I don't see one being any better. I'd like to have both and swap them back and forth every year personally. The newer ones remind me of what it would look like if Pontiac sold a 90s Parisienne, they always seemed Pontiac-looking to me compared to the 91 and 92.
chapel
Posts : 836 Join date : 2011-01-28 Age : 42 Location : Salem MA
I like the 91-92's personally. The chrome strip goes good with the chrome lip on the trunk lid.
94classicss
Posts : 121 Join date : 2010-07-31 Age : 37 Location : foxboro,ma
Subject: Re: Sequential tail lights kick ass! Thu Jun 09, 2011 1:10 am
wish i wasnt so lazy i would have had a video of mine up in feb one of the easiest mods ive done and buy the universal kit then go to the junkyard (or back yard for some of us) and grab 2 duel filament marker light bulbs and pigtails trim the middle brake light hole to fit and save your self the 70 or so bucks ......along as your not afraid to look at a wiring diagram for a few seconds.
Even if your not going to go for the sequential tail lights add that duel filament bulb to the middle brake light so there isnt doesnt look like you always have a middle brake light out on both sides a simple cheap mod that once you see makes you wonder what they were thinkin other than really needing to get rid of some tiny bulbs
Machine-De-Zine
Posts : 512 Join date : 2010-11-16 Age : 67 Location : Wrentham
Subject: Re: Sequential tail lights kick ass! Thu Jun 09, 2011 2:12 am
. I have been working on some modifications to the headlights, tail lights and the wiring associated with them.
After seeing this site, . . . http://www.sequentialtaillights.com/buckets.html . . . and some others, I was inspired to take on this project.
His (Marvin Davis's) "Mod" page will answer just about every question one might have on the tail light subject for 91-96 Chevy B-Bodies.
He explains why he does not simply install dual element bulbs directly into the center bucket cavity, but makes a receiver plate to place the bulb's filament at the same (optimal) distance from the red lens surface, and to focus properly within the geometry of parabolic reflector.
This shows how he does it. http://www.sequentialtaillights.com/socketplate-inst.html
The "sequential" part is actually less important to me than the problem of the dull appearance from the tail lights as well as the poor light distribution and output of the head lights.
I have "sworn testimony" from a few enthusiasts that the 91-92 tails were the same across all models except most if not all LTZ models that reportedly have that horizontal trim strip finished in black instead of chrome. I personally do NOT know if that info is reliable.
But I DO have both GM part numbers that distinguish the two styles if anyone is interested, but no LTZ specific tail light part numbers have been available for several years.
I also have a few clear photos of of these "black strip tail lights" on my computer, so if anybody wants to see them, I will try to get them on PhotoBucket to post here.
Also, if you look closely, you can see that the 91-92 tail lens strip is exactly in line with the dark gap between the bumper and the properly aligned trunk lid, therefore it does not line up with the higher sitting 93-96 (non-SS) bumper mounted chrome center moulding strip.
There is a PDF file that explains how to manage the "flash frequency" issue with lights having a different load/resistance, which will also be very helpful when installing LED bulbs back there.
There are several SAE & DOT regulations concerning the ratio of light output between rear tail lights as compared to brake application brightness (5:1), visibility at off-axis angles and etc. etc. I have those complete PDFs loaded, but they are VERY tedious to read thru, , , yes, much worse than my posts are here. .