c3 with zr1 rear bumper cover
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c3 with zr1 rear bumper cover
I have an 80 which I plan to change the rear bumper cover to the ZR1 style from Vanacor. My question is how are their products and can the real zr (square) tail lights be used rather than the original round as they say to use?
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I didnt get mine from Vanacor , mine isnt being made anymore. However when I did purchase it there were two available, one that used the regular round lights from my 78 and other that would use factory ZR-1 taillights....those lights are like $200/each...my guess is that for the few ZR-1 rear bumpers they sold that the # of people opting for the expensive tailights was so small that they ended up just not making those anymore...just a guess.
Short answer....i dont know if the vanacor will allow use of the ZR-1 lights or not - if it says round you would probably be safe in assuming that only the round will work.
Short answer....i dont know if the vanacor will allow use of the ZR-1 lights or not - if it says round you would probably be safe in assuming that only the round will work.
Drifting
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From: Schererville IN
I didnt get mine from Vanacor , mine isnt being made anymore. However when I did purchase it there were two available, one that used the regular round lights from my 78 and other that would use factory ZR-1 taillights....those lights are like $200/each...my guess is that for the few ZR-1 rear bumpers they sold that the # of people opting for the expensive tailights was so small that they ended up just not making those anymore...just a guess.
Short answer....i dont know if the vanacor will allow use of the ZR-1 lights or not - if it says round you would probably be safe in assuming that only the round will work.
Short answer....i dont know if the vanacor will allow use of the ZR-1 lights or not - if it says round you would probably be safe in assuming that only the round will work.
Fauxrs2-
What was involved with replacing the old cover with the Zr version?
Is it a clean bolt on cover replacement or do you have to remove/modify any of the old bumper support brackets, bumper shocks, etc????
Thanks!
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there are are a few items that need to be removed...
1. the fiberglass taillight buckets that sit behind the factory piece must be removed...its no longer needed anyway as it was there to hold the original tailcone in shape.
2. the bolt on aluminum bits that fill the bumperettes on the factory tailcone are removed
3. there is an aluminum lip rivited to the rear impart bar that holds the factory horizontal crease in place.. it must be notched to allow the new license plate recess.
all in all its about 15 minutes worth of modification requireing nothing more than a ratchet and a hacksaw. and doesnt reduce any safety IMO..the large wedge that sits atop the impact bar and protects the gas tank remains. Basicly its just stuff that held the original plastic item to shape. otherwise direct bolt on no change to impact bar
1. the fiberglass taillight buckets that sit behind the factory piece must be removed...its no longer needed anyway as it was there to hold the original tailcone in shape.
2. the bolt on aluminum bits that fill the bumperettes on the factory tailcone are removed
3. there is an aluminum lip rivited to the rear impart bar that holds the factory horizontal crease in place.. it must be notched to allow the new license plate recess.
all in all its about 15 minutes worth of modification requireing nothing more than a ratchet and a hacksaw. and doesnt reduce any safety IMO..the large wedge that sits atop the impact bar and protects the gas tank remains. Basicly its just stuff that held the original plastic item to shape. otherwise direct bolt on no change to impact bar
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I didnt get mine from Vanacor , mine isnt being made anymore. However when I did purchase it there were two available, one that used the regular round lights from my 78 and other that would use factory ZR-1 taillights....those lights are like $200/each...my guess is that for the few ZR-1 rear bumpers they sold that the # of people opting for the expensive tailights was so small that they ended up just not making those anymore...just a guess.
Short answer....i dont know if the vanacor will allow use of the ZR-1 lights or not - if it says round you would probably be safe in assuming that only the round will work.
Short answer....i dont know if the vanacor will allow use of the ZR-1 lights or not - if it says round you would probably be safe in assuming that only the round will work.
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From: Las Vegas NV
I didnt get mine from Vanacor , mine isnt being made anymore. However when I did purchase it there were two available, one that used the regular round lights from my 78 and other that would use factory ZR-1 taillights....those lights are like $200/each...my guess is that for the few ZR-1 rear bumpers they sold that the # of people opting for the expensive tailights was so small that they ended up just not making those anymore...just a guess.
Short answer....i dont know if the vanacor will allow use of the ZR-1 lights or not - if it says round you would probably be safe in assuming that only the round will work.
Short answer....i dont know if the vanacor will allow use of the ZR-1 lights or not - if it says round you would probably be safe in assuming that only the round will work.
do you have a side shoe of that? i really like it
