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C10 Club Tennessee
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: White House, TN 37188
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Need opinions on tail light placement
Do you guys think they look good at this location or should I lower them closer to the bumper (kind of like Tim Christians and FirstGen's)?
I'll have to take the fender off and all, just looking for some opinions.
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Lake Placid, Florida
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I think if you centered between the top of the fender and top of the bumper it will look ok. Not sure if that is the measurement that you used but they do look just a bit too high.
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i think they look good right there
and why take the fender off and run a risk of scraching it or the bed just to drill more holes to move the tail lights |
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Join Date: Apr 2005
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I think they should be lowered just a little. MO
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C10 Club Tennessee
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: White House, TN 37188
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I guess I don't have to remove the fender. I could just drill to holes in the front there and just have long bolts, but I don't know how that would look.
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C10 Club Tennessee
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anybodyelse?
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Bryan www.gmtruckshow.com Project "Andes"-Halen's First Truck Project: Patina Burb for he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer. Romans 13:4 Last edited by 5150; 08-16-2005 at 07:14 PM. |
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I'll try to find a pic of Tim & Firstgen's truck and compare, but my first thought was that I would prefer mine to be lower......Jerry
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#8 |
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Join Date: Apr 2005
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they look fine where they are at.
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They look good. When I see a truck as nice as yours, the last thing I look at is how high or low the taillights are. John
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i think they look fine where they are// should be nice and visable to drivers behind you which to me seems like the most important part of the equation
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I think its completely up to you and the misses (since she's helping
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C10 Club Tennessee
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cdowns-that was my thought. Okay they stay where they are.
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I think FirstGen's are the same height as yours... if not then they're close.
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C10 Club Tennessee
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I guess I always pictured his lower. Maybe it's the fact that the roll pan makes it appear lower.
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Mine look just like that! If I had a bumper I would consider lowering them like Tim's.
Looking good there!
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I kinda like the chrome-chrome look with the lights close to the bumper.... I guess your not doing backup lights?
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What kind of lights are those?? I'd like a pair is well...
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Nebraska
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dude can you post some pictures of your truck. i tried looking at your truck at the site you have posted but they will not come up. i love that color. had already been thinking of doing mine in a simaler shade.
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I like them just where they are also. Here is a quickie of how they would look lowered that may help your decision:
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I would get rid of the chrome brackets that rust in a couple of months and french the stainless tail lights into the fender, or make a set of stainless brackets a little shorter to bring the light closer to the stake pocket and lower them a little bit.
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Join Date: Sep 2003
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i'd just leave them.
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Just don't recess them in the bumper or roll pan. When the tailgate is down and the back is full of something that sticks out the back a ways, noone can see your taillights. Thats why they are always mounted outside the tailgate opening from the factory.
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Just my opinion, I think that they look good where they are at currently. They are not in a position that would make it hard for someone behind you to see, and that is the reason for taillights in the first place.
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