Cheap Tail Light Upgrade

[Andrij]

I have 4 Cavaliers (95-04) at my house & it was half a year ago I was thinking about putting the lights from them into my truck & came up with this.
Maybe you to are tired of the stock light issues but all I did was chop off the old connector to make it flat. Align the housing with the back & template it (trace the housing). Cut out with a dremel tool & put the mother in there. Then make the area in the bed alittle bigger. Also included is the wiring colours for the Cavalier lights.

I originally lined it up straight up & down & then grinded it down. It's alot easier with the dremel & grind smooth. I did the next one at a 90* CCW so when I twist it in it'll align facing down. (Oops on the first, you can see it) I wouldn't doubt you can do this with other light fixtures, just saying. Thank you for reading & have a great weekend.

[ratty69]

Good idea,thanks for sharing. Will any Cavalier 95-04 work for parts, or what specific years?

[Andy4639]

I don't mean this in a bad way but what is the benefit of this other than the quick disconnect?
The stock housing is also a quick disconnect and the bulbs are both 12 volts so what sir am I missing here.
I can see it if you housing is missing the socket for the stock bulb.

[yuccales]

Originally Posted by Andy4639

I don't mean this in a bad way but what is the benefit of this other than the quick disconnect?

Push-in bulb vs twist-in?

[JustToxic]

I like the idea of it, get rid of the out dated problem prone twist bulb socket and replace it with push in socket. I'll be trying this with mine probably.

[jocko]

But I like my twisty bulbs! Ha. Nice job on the upgrade, always fun to make something work. Recommend if you do things like this that you create a running mod list in case you ever sell your truck or the next owner will pull his hair out trying to find what bulb to install.