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Old Dec 19, 2005 | 11:12 PM
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Originally Posted by bowtie1978
ill give you a hint on who makes those.........look at the center cap on the wheel......
hmmmm
i spy LPE - Lingenfelter perhaps?
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Old Dec 19, 2005 | 11:29 PM
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Originally Posted by JASON99FRC
Thanks to everyone who replied. I think I will just leave the stock lights in the car. The more I think about it, being that I now have almost 700 hp to the tires who really sees the front end anyway Maybe I can find a way to make the tail lights blink a morse code signal saying GOOD BYE

Thanks again for your honesty.

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But, I agree with you, so far the aftermarket hasn't made a decent non- pop up.

Got to wonder why - surely the market is there.

Either the quality sucks, or the product sucks, or both
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Old Dec 20, 2005 | 01:23 AM
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http://www.corvettetotal.ch/

550 Maranello lights!$$$


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Old Dec 20, 2005 | 02:14 AM
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Originally Posted by bowtie1978
ill give you a hint on who makes those.........look at the center cap on the wheel......
Nope, 550 Maranello!
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Old Dec 20, 2005 | 02:36 AM
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Originally Posted by AMERICAN_HP
Here are my old ones. Honestly.....THEY SUCK!

What sucked about them? Those are the ones I want. Aren't they the breathless performance ones the guy was talking about a few posts down from yours?
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Old Dec 20, 2005 | 02:45 AM
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Originally Posted by EBluebyu
What sucked about them? Those are the ones I want. Aren't they the breathless performance ones the guy was talking about a few posts down from yours?
The fit is horrible, The Brackets are flimsey, The lights suck, The covers are good, The headlight tubs DONT line up, Overall the look is extremely cheap, The instructions are the WORST i've ever seen, The customer service is an absolute joke, All in all, its probably one of the WORST mods I've ever done. And after I spent a total of 1400.00 including paint, I got rid of them. I am NOT a picky person, but these things SUCKED!!!!

Actually I dont know what was worse, My RK Sport hood or the lights?

Naaaaaaa, It was definately the lights. DO NOT waste your money. Its NOT worth it.
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Old Dec 20, 2005 | 03:01 AM
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Originally Posted by bowtie1978
here are some different choices.....
I'm still a pop-up fan but I agree with a previous comment that these if any are the best from what's on this thread so far... It probably looks the best because under the glass, you see the color of the body.

The one with three lights is just too involved for the amount of space and the inside in front of the lights is chrome . The one with one square light and one round light just looks unnatural and the one where there's a bulge in the middle leaves something to be wanted too...
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Old Dec 20, 2005 | 07:13 AM
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hhmm, i cant seem to find them on lpe's website?
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Originally Posted by JETZ
There are some interesting items on that website, unfortunately I need to brush up on my German to understand anything on there.

IMHO, the Specterwerkes lights look the best despite the quality issues.
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Old Dec 20, 2005 | 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted by AMERICAN_HP
The fit is horrible, The Brackets are flimsey, The lights suck, The covers are good, The headlight tubs DONT line up, Overall the look is extremely cheap, The instructions are the WORST i've ever seen, The customer service is an absolute joke, All in all, its probably one of the WORST mods I've ever done. And after I spent a total of 1400.00 including paint, I got rid of them. I am NOT a picky person, but these things SUCKED!!!!

Actually I dont know what was worse, My RK Sport hood or the lights?

Naaaaaaa, It was definately the lights. DO NOT waste your money. Its NOT worth it.
I can't comment on the customer service but as for the other issues that you describe, I have not had a problem in the 5 years of owning them. My set fits perfectly. Now if a bulb blows, I may think otherwise since it looks like the company permanently epoxied a bulb within the housing of a sealed beam. I even purchased my set from a forum member who already had them painted the color I wanted so I saved a bundle of $$. I'm sure that people will have good and bad experiences with all kinds of mods
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