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03-20-2011, 12:22 AM | #1 |
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cadillac taillights
anyone have pictures of cadillac taillights on a 72 or any other custom taillights. looking to have the whole tailgate and rollpan welded together as 1 unit and looking for pics of anything else custom besides the led strips. really like the cadillac taillight look on the 88 chevys
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03-23-2011, 12:16 PM | #2 |
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Re: cadillac taillights
this was in the burb forum, but there's a couple suggestions for truck in there....http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=452852
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03-23-2011, 12:58 PM | #3 |
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Re: cadillac taillights
This is just my opinion, but I haven't seen any Caddy taillights that fit the way I think they should, in order to look like they weren't cobbled into place. I agree that they can be made to look good on an '88-98, so no argument.
But, this body style just doesn't really lend itself very well to adapting other taillights and then looking "good". What I do like is the treatment that Musclerodz had that has a billet insert that defines the perimeter of the lens. It's subtle and yet different. My opinion again, but it's hard to improve on the original design.
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03-23-2011, 03:44 PM | #4 |
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Re: cadillac taillights
I thought about the long slim caddy ones but went with these ones....
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03-23-2011, 04:08 PM | #5 |
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Re: cadillac taillights
I didn't like the old style lights for my truck, I always thought they looked out of place. I like the Cadillac lights, but I didn't want to cut into my fenders and bed sides. Also, I wanted to keep the narrow step side sport bumper in place. I found these cat's eye lights and cut them into the bumper. I like the look of these.
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03-23-2011, 05:55 PM | #6 |
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Re: cadillac taillights
That's a nice treatment. Some folks run the '78-87 El Camino/G-body wagon rear bumper. Not a lotta room for dressing it up, tho.
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