I started on my tailight panel this morning. The LED lens that I show here was only to adapt the grommet and lens to the panel. I`m going to order some Glo-lite ones with a halo around the outside edge for the tailight and inside LEDs for the turn/brake. I used a stock inner tailight housing, compliments of Pat, to cut it up and attach it to the panel to be able to mount it.
Looks great. Should really be an upgrade to the Fiero tail lights. Saw one exactly like that at Carlisle today. I like the Ferrari look but before I do the LED install, I would hope to use the Al Lindsay Vette C4 tail light panel design, if it is ever made again. GT owners need to start looking for a solution to broken worn tail lights as there are few in the supply chain.
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Looks great. Should really be an upgrade to the Fiero tail lights. Saw one exactly like that at Carlisle today. I like the Ferrari look but before I do the LED install, I would hope to use the Al Lindsay Vette C4 tail light panel design, if it is ever made again. GT owners need to start looking for a solution to broken worn tail lights as there are few in the supply chain.
I have always liked the Corvette C4 panel also but even though supposedly it may be made in the future I went ahead and got this one from Sage. Sage was very clear about this only being the panel with no mounting for it, if you have some stock tailight housings they work well to just use the inner half of it. The ends fit inside of the fastback clip so I don`t think the outer screws are needed. I just used some L brackets riveted onto the stock housings and it works well. I just need to get the other side mounted, get the panel painted with Hot Rod Black, install the rest of the LEDs and it will be ready to go.
When I built tail light panel, I wanted to be able to mount it using the stock mounting method also.. I fabricated a U-Bracket out of some 1"x1/8" aluminum strip from the local hardware store and glassed it onto the panel. I used the just the two metal clips from the OEM tail light. Fabricating was pretty simple, I know this method should work with all aftermarket taillight panels, might be easier then finding/sacrificing a set of OEM taillights.
When I built tail light panel, I wanted to be able to mount it using the stock mounting method also.. I fabricated a U-Bracket out of some 1"x1/8" aluminum strip from the local hardware store and glassed it onto the panel. I used the just the two metal clips from the OEM tail light. Fabricating was pretty simple, I know this method should work with all aftermarket taillight panels, might be easier then finding/sacrificing a set of OEM taillights.
Pic taken during the build process
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Well, I kind of hated to cut up the housings mainly because of not missing any tabs. Bad tailights you can find, it`s good lenses with no delamination that are hard to locate.
TXGOOD That panel is going to look good when finished, I like your choice in lamp assemblies, they seem to fit well. I can't tell from the pics, is there an opening for the trunk lock or is it a solid panel?
I didn`t really like the rubber grommet so I made a ring out of ABS and it lays much flatter. At first I made the ring fit on just the edge of the lens but it looked too flat so I made it fit where the red part ends and it gives it more depth. If anyone uses one of these panels and wants to use the same lenses I am I made patterns to make the ABS rings.
