marker lights or no marker lights - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

lewisaric · 01-28-2010, 06:06 AM

I`m about to do a full restoration on my 68 short step and can`t decide on the side marker lights. I`m gonna have to replace all but one fender if I keep the lights. I like the look of both though. Going without markers gives it a smoother look, but keeping them kinda catch`s eyes. If I do keep them are there any aftermarket lights that look better than the stock 68+ lights. I was kinda thinking about L.E.D.s. I really need some help with this.

OARNGESI · 01-28-2010, 06:08 AM

I prefer without markers

Dark Knight · 01-28-2010, 11:27 AM

You might want to check your local laws first. I'd hate for you to get it painted and try to get it inspected only to find out that you need marker lights...

**special-K** · 01-28-2010, 11:39 AM

I think side markers are such a minor thing that they go unnoticed unless you`re focused on them like so many are.I like all pre-68 vehicles because of the lack of federal mandated features including side markers.By`69 car bodies were designed with these new mandated features in mind.In`68 they were just added on.The trucks remained until`72 without a body change.For me if it`s a`67 it`s cool w/o markers.I definitely wouldn`t add them,like the old boys did.But,I wouldn`t fill them on a`68 either.I don`t see them change the lines or even make a truck look smoother.I think the lights are attractive and fit well on the body.They look awesome lit at night,too.

mixermike · 01-28-2010, 12:23 PM

i like the smoooooooooth look

*Fitz* · 01-28-2010, 02:50 PM

Very nice truck! Sooooo Smoooooth.

jsbgump · 01-28-2010, 02:52 PM

Leave em

big_al_71 · 01-28-2010, 02:53 PM

I also like the smotth look, I really like that blue truck...

Sammy · 01-28-2010, 02:59 PM

The guy from the board who sells custom LEDS tail lights can make anything you want. Do a search for LED's in the parts for sale. He can custom anything you want. He was at the meet @ Norwood. Makes quality stuff and stands behind his work.

dieselarmy13 · 01-28-2010, 03:00 PM

This is a tough one. I had them for a while, now I don't. It's not that I don't like them, it's just that I like my stuff smooth. Another thing to consider is Firebird marker lights. I've seen them on a boardmember's truck (70GMCer perhaps?) and they look real nice.

lewisaric · 01-29-2010, 03:09 AM

I`ve decided to just keep them. I don`t know as far as the law goes around here, their funny about stuff like that. I`ve been pulled over 5 or 6 times and searched for not having tag lights. They actually gave me tickets twice for it. When I went to court the judge told me that I didn`t havr to have them because they didn`t come out with them. The second ticket they gave me I tried telling them that the judge threw it out because he said I didn`t have to have them and they proeceeded to tell me I was lying. I went before the judge again and he threw it out again. But the cop wa in there this time(same cop on both tickets) and he told him that if he pulled me over again for this that he would be suspened. You should have seen the look that was on the cops face...priceless. Anyway I`m gonna check on some L.E.D.s

usmcchevy · 01-29-2010, 03:22 AM

Maybe I'm weird, but i like the side markers

Jacfourteen · 01-29-2010, 03:40 AM

No marker lights this pic from truckin is what sold me.

**rob32472** · 01-29-2010, 06:29 AM

How about smooth with a marker?

lewisaric · 01-29-2010, 06:56 AM

I have been looking at AVS`s LED marker lights and think thats what I`m gonna go wth. I can weld them in flush.I`m also thinking of doing the tail lights like this also.

petey-pablo · 01-29-2010, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by usmcchevy

Maybe I'm weird, but i like the side markers

What he said

I vote keepem deluxe style unless it's a 67 then no don't even add them. Thats what makes our trucks stand out more.

petey-pablo · 01-29-2010, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by rob32472

How about smooth with a marker?

I like that look.....

**N2TRUX** · 01-29-2010, 12:14 PM

If your going for a smooth custom truck, no markers. If you going for a resto look and especially if your running stock trim, the markers are a must.

eightbanger · 01-29-2010, 12:19 PM

Ditto.....

NevadaDVX · 01-29-2010, 12:26 PM

I just bought a set of van marker lights. They fit the holes perfectly and are smooth with no raised edges like the stock 71's have.

COACHMEASON · 01-29-2010, 12:28 PM

Any pics of the firebird markers...I thought that was a nice touch

*vegaschevy* · 01-29-2010, 12:29 PM

I also like the SMOoooooooth look.
No markers always gets my vote.... .however like previously stated, if your using stock trim markers are not to out of place

Mburgess57 · 01-29-2010, 01:58 PM

For me I decided to keep mine just because I am restoring more to the original state other than a full blown custom. But next time it will be smooth without them.

lewisaric · 01-29-2010, 11:32 PM

My truck doesn`t have trim but i`m gonna keep the markers. I have the lenses out of a 69+, the ones that have the two crome trim bezels. I want to take two 4.5 inch LEDs and keep the stacked look like rob`s fender

**rob32472** · 01-30-2010, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by COACHMEASON

Any pics of the firebird markers...I thought that was a nice touch

These are firebird markers

01-28-2010, 06:06 AM	#1
lewisaric Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: guntown,ms Posts: 81	marker lights or no marker lights I`m about to do a full restoration on my 68 short step and can`t decide on the side marker lights. I`m gonna have to replace all but one fender if I keep the lights. I like the look of both though. Going without markers gives it a smoother look, but keeping them kinda catch`s eyes. If I do keep them are there any aftermarket lights that look better than the stock 68+ lights. I was kinda thinking about L.E.D.s. I really need some help with this.

01-28-2010, 06:08 AM	#2
OARNGESI Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: CASA GRANDE AZ Posts: 4,276	Re: marker lights or no marker lights I prefer without markers __________________ 70 SWB STEPSIDE 70 BLAZER 09 challenger

01-28-2010, 11:27 AM	#3
Dark Knight Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Pleak, Texas Posts: 420	Re: marker lights or no marker lights You might want to check your local laws first. I'd hate for you to get it painted and try to get it inspected only to find out that you need marker lights... __________________ -1967 Chevrolet Fleetside LWB- 350 V8 w/thumpr cam, NV3500, 3.08 gears, A/C, PS -1983 Chevy Silverado C1500- 383 stroker, TH400 -1989 Chevy Silverado K1500 SWB- 5.3L swap, 700R4, 3.42 gears -And a '66 Ford Mustang- 200 I6, C4 trans, rust bucket "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." -FDR (and maybe rust too) You've gotta be able to stop and steer before you can go fast!

01-28-2010, 11:39 AM	#4
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,862	Re: marker lights or no marker lights I think side markers are such a minor thing that they go unnoticed unless you`re focused on them like so many are.I like all pre-68 vehicles because of the lack of federal mandated features including side markers.By`69 car bodies were designed with these new mandated features in mind.In`68 they were just added on.The trucks remained until`72 without a body change.For me if it`s a`67 it`s cool w/o markers.I definitely wouldn`t add them,like the old boys did.But,I wouldn`t fill them on a`68 either.I don`t see them change the lines or even make a truck look smoother.I think the lights are attractive and fit well on the body.They look awesome lit at night,too. __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

01-28-2010, 12:23 PM	#5
mixermike Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Post Falls, Idaho Posts: 606	Re: marker lights or no marker lights i like the smoooooooooth look

01-28-2010, 02:50 PM	#6
Fitz Account Suspended Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tucson Posts: 2,183	Re: marker lights or no marker lights Very nice truck! Sooooo Smoooooth.

01-28-2010, 02:52 PM	#7
jsbgump Gone Fishing Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Fort Worth, Texas 76135 Posts: 12,361	Re: marker lights or no marker lights Leave em __________________ 68 Chevy Short Fleetside LSX Swap Under Way 3.73 posi 2.5/4 drop Frame of resto has been started 2022 Hyundai Tucson Limited 2019 Chevy Traverse Redline Edition Wifes Ride Build Thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post3483616

01-28-2010, 02:53 PM	#8
big_al_71 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: South Florida Posts: 11,375	Re: marker lights or no marker lights I also like the smotth look, I really like that blue truck... __________________ Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please!!!!!. Sylvester's build thread >>>http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...ht=big+rebuild

01-28-2010, 02:59 PM	#9
Sammy Registered User Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Bonne Terre, Mo Posts: 3,005	Re: marker lights or no marker lights The guy from the board who sells custom LEDS tail lights can make anything you want. Do a search for LED's in the parts for sale. He can custom anything you want. He was at the meet @ Norwood. Makes quality stuff and stands behind his work. __________________ '69 Chevy Long Fleet & '71 GMC Short Step & Project "ODD BALL" "You can wash a pig, soak it in most expensive perfume. In the end it is still just a pig." ODD BALL build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=478629"

01-28-2010, 03:00 PM	#10
dieselarmy13 Phone's ringin Dude. Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 1,426	Re: marker lights or no marker lights This is a tough one. I had them for a while, now I don't. It's not that I don't like them, it's just that I like my stuff smooth. Another thing to consider is Firebird marker lights. I've seen them on a boardmember's truck (70GMCer perhaps?) and they look real nice. __________________ I pitty the fool with only two headlights!! 2003 SILVERADO SS--THE NEW GIRL 1972 GMC--THE OLD GIRL

01-29-2010, 03:09 AM	#11
lewisaric Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: guntown,ms Posts: 81	Re: marker lights or no marker lights I`ve decided to just keep them. I don`t know as far as the law goes around here, their funny about stuff like that. I`ve been pulled over 5 or 6 times and searched for not having tag lights. They actually gave me tickets twice for it. When I went to court the judge told me that I didn`t havr to have them because they didn`t come out with them. The second ticket they gave me I tried telling them that the judge threw it out because he said I didn`t have to have them and they proeceeded to tell me I was lying. I went before the judge again and he threw it out again. But the cop wa in there this time(same cop on both tickets) and he told him that if he pulled me over again for this that he would be suspened. You should have seen the look that was on the cops face...priceless. Anyway I`m gonna check on some L.E.D.s

01-29-2010, 03:22 AM	#12
usmcchevy Has more rust than truck... Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Ivanhoe, MN Posts: 2,421	Re: marker lights or no marker lights Maybe I'm weird, but i like the side markers __________________ 1972 Custom/10 SWB, 4.8/4l80e Build thread LSx Swap FAQ index

01-29-2010, 03:40 AM	#13
Jacfourteen Big Red - Now its a SWB! Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Oroville, Ca Posts: 1,624	Re: marker lights or no marker lights No marker lights this pic from truckin is what sold me. __________________ 68 3/4 ton (Project)-350 Small Block, .030 over, 10:1 comp, 3998993 heads, C3BX edelbrock intake, comp cams XE268, Holley 670 SA, long tube headers, dual flow 40's, E-fan, Alum rad, currently under the knife getting shortened and bagged build thread 41 3/4 ton (wife's)-flatbed, fully restored to original 01 Tahoe LT 4WD (my daily driver)-Magnaflow Muffler, Rollin on 22's 02 Ford Mustang Convertable (Wife's Car)-Flowmaster 50, Clear corners, Intake, sittin on 18's

01-29-2010, 06:29 AM	#14
rob32472 Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: dallas ga Posts: 1,504	Re: marker lights or no marker lights How about smooth with a marker? Attached Images

01-29-2010, 06:56 AM	#15
lewisaric Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: guntown,ms Posts: 81	Re: marker lights or no marker lights I have been looking at AVS`s LED marker lights and think thats what I`m gonna go wth. I can weld them in flush.I`m also thinking of doing the tail lights like this also.



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01-29-2010, 12:14 PM	#18
N2TRUX Happy to be here Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 39,023	Re: marker lights or no marker lights If your going for a smooth custom truck, no markers. If you going for a resto look and especially if your running stock trim, the markers are a must. __________________ Follow me on Facebook and Instagram @N2trux.com Articles- "Jake" the 84 to 74 crewcab "Elwood" the77_Remix 85 GMC Sierra "Scarlett" "Refining Sierra"

01-29-2010, 12:19 PM	#19
eightbanger 454 MAKES IT ROAR Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Essex, U.K Posts: 2,701	Re: marker lights or no marker lights Ditto..... __________________ Nigel. An American living in a British body. 1971 Chevy Cheyenne 10 454 "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty" - Thomas Jefferson No more pain. 03.12.60 -- 12.28.10 http://www.youtube.com/Eightbanger

01-29-2010, 12:26 PM	#20
NevadaDVX Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Fallon, Nv Posts: 138	Re: marker lights or no marker lights I just bought a set of van marker lights. They fit the holes perfectly and are smooth with no raised edges like the stock 71's have.

01-29-2010, 12:28 PM	#21
COACHMEASON Keep On Keepin' On Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 417	Re: marker lights or no marker lights Any pics of the firebird markers...I thought that was a nice touch __________________ 07 Avalanche Z71 92 Mustang 5.0 GT (Triple White w/ 53,000 miles) 72 SWB Chevy w/ PS, AC, 350/350 Current Project ....In paint shop getting body/paint work done (Corvette Velocity Yellow)... http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=157669

01-29-2010, 12:29 PM	#22
vegaschevy Account Suspended Join Date: May 2009 Location: las vegas nv Posts: 1,493	Re: marker lights or no marker lights I also like the SMOoooooooth look. No markers always gets my vote.... .however like previously stated, if your using stock trim markers are not to out of place

01-29-2010, 01:58 PM	#23
Mburgess57 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Tennessee Posts: 147	Re: marker lights or no marker lights For me I decided to keep mine just because I am restoring more to the original state other than a full blown custom. But next time it will be smooth without them. __________________ My Thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=330712 Last edited by Mburgess57; 01-29-2010 at 01:58 PM.

01-29-2010, 11:32 PM	#24
lewisaric Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: guntown,ms Posts: 81	Re: marker lights or no marker lights My truck doesn`t have trim but i`m gonna keep the markers. I have the lenses out of a 69+, the ones that have the two crome trim bezels. I want to take two 4.5 inch LEDs and keep the stacked look like rob`s fender Last edited by lewisaric; 01-29-2010 at 11:33 PM.

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