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graphicsgod 04-27-2006 09:50 AM

Just got my tail lights almost how I like em....
 
OK some pics and a little walkthrough.

1. Here's a quick pic on the differences between the years of the two 4th gen Camaros where the rear wiring harness goes.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...ingdiagram.gif

2. Here is where the flasher is located. Take that out and replace it with a "variable load" one at Autozone. Part number "552, Tridon Stant". If you don't like the quietness of this flasher, and prefer something louder, they have two more that will fit f-bodies and say on the box that it is louder, but cost like $10 bucks over the $2 dollars of the cheaper option.

It is not easy to remove this!! I had to really yank on it and then use a screwdriver (carefully mind you) to get it off. The reason you need to replace the GM flasher is because, if you do the outer light MOD and splice it to the other turn, your flashers will flash too fast because of the load. Or if you do the Thundercat turn signal MOD, it wont work period. I did both :D!

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1..._inside-22.jpghttp://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1..._inside-23.jpg
http://www.bfranker.badz28.com/fbody/seq34.JPG

3. Next I needed to splice into the blue wire back by the rear light harness to get the break lights to work. I sent one wire to one light and spliced another to the other side. As you can see I poorly ran my wires. I will clean this up later and redo it to look more factory and less like "I" did it, lol.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1..._inside-25.jpg

Some quick diagrams to get an idea of how it works.
The Wiring for the tail lights.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...ghtwiring1.gif
If you want to do the turn signal MOD from foxthundercats.com.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...nsignalMOD.gif
Here's a pic of the module in the trunk. Hidden behind the carpet.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1..._inside-24.jpg

4. Next I needed a three wired light. On all Camaros only one light has three wires. For this to work I needed to replace all the ones that had the two wire setup (minus the back up light, no need to change that). So as you can see I ripped one off the old 99 tail light harness to get one. The other I got at Autozone (only works for 93-97 tail lights BTW). I will be replacing the 99 ones later for better looks and ease of bulb replacement (the 99 lights are a little tight on 93-97 tail light lenses). So I then wired the break lights and then spliced the third farthest light into the other turn signal. That was it.

http://www.bfranker.badz28.com/fbody/seq33.JPG
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1..._inside-26.jpg

The finished product. Click to view...

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...taillights.jpg

Now if you want to do the turn signal MOD, Go here. For more info on how this is done go here.

I want to thank Carmen over at foxthundercats.com and bfranker@tampabay.rr.com for all they're info and help.

Rob

graphicsgod 04-27-2006 09:58 AM

My next step is to get the rear tail lights to light up like a T/As. Unfortunatly I'm no good at reading wire diagrams. Anyone know where I'm supposed to add this wire splice?!

http://www.foxthundercats.com/electr...7camaromod.htm

Any ideas are welcome. Pictures of the location and where the wire goes, are even more welcome :D!!

Rob

paarman97maro 04-27-2006 10:08 AM

awesome man, that looks like a lot of work, and it turned out nice.

Ill let you know that its 93-96, and 97-02 are the wiring differences I believe.

V6Cam 04-27-2006 10:12 AM


Originally Posted by paarman97maro
awesome man, that looks like a lot of work, and it turned out nice.

Ill let you know that its 93-96, and 97-02 are the wiring differences I believe.

i got to wait to get home to see the pics school wont allow them...but yeah the wiring is different between 93-96 and 97-02

CHINGON 04-27-2006 12:22 PM

cool, my friend's Trans Am is like that too.

graphicsgod 04-27-2006 04:12 PM


Originally Posted by paarman97maro
awesome man, that looks like a lot of work, and it turned out nice.

Ill let you know that its 93-96, and 97-02 are the wiring differences I believe.

Thanks! Actually it's not too bad. The part that took the longest was trying to wrap my head around it and figure out how to set it up. Now that I know what to do, I could do it again in about two hours tops. Compared to the week that it took to see what wire does what and how to set it up and where the flasher was located ;). Me and wiring = no good :D! Now I need to wait for a cool day to rip the whole rear apart to fix this and make it look clean.

Thanks for the heads up guys, I took a guess on the differences :eleph:.

Rob

97z2801ss 04-27-2006 04:21 PM

looks good brah, seems like a lot of work

2000v6cam 04-27-2006 05:00 PM

looks good dude i would love to do something like that but im not a big fan of wireing either im really good with mechanical work but when it comes to wireing i always think im gonna get shocked lol, and i know just unhook the negative on the battery and i have nothing to worry about but still.

blue89vert 04-27-2006 05:21 PM

thats cool dude

V6Cam 04-27-2006 10:41 PM

looks good...i need to do this sometime soon...

97rs4life 07-01-2006 02:06 PM

looking good man

imported_2fast4u 07-02-2006 08:13 PM

arent 3 bulbs suppose to light up, i onyl saw 2 or am i missing something.....looking good though

3800rs 07-06-2006 12:53 PM

looks pretty good


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