2000 Corvette tail light swap
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2000 Corvette tail light swap
So I have a question for all you experts.. I just renectly purchased a 2000 Corvette, which I love. The previous owner did a lot of aftermarket work to it (which I like) except for the aftermarket tail lights he added. I have the original ones, but my question is.. How do I swap them back to the originals? The aftermarket ones have 2 bulbs that run to them, and the originals only have 1 hole for 1 bulb. Any suggestions? Thank you in advanced!
Racer
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So I have a question for all you experts.. I just renectly purchased a 2000 Corvette, which I love. The previous owner did a lot of aftermarket work to it (which I like) except for the aftermarket tail lights he added. I have the original ones, but my question is.. How do I swap them back to the originals? The aftermarket ones have 2 bulbs that run to them, and the originals only have 1 hole for 1 bulb. Any suggestions? Thank you in advanced!
Le Mans Master
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PM me with your phone number and I can discuss. If they put in a "good" Euro taillight conversion you should be able to just unplug it and install the original setup. I can walk you thru it and explain why they are different. Better than trying to write up what to do.
PS: Don't let me forget to address what you will need to do under the dash. Simple to do but you will need to reconnect the White wire circuit.
PS: Don't let me forget to address what you will need to do under the dash. Simple to do but you will need to reconnect the White wire circuit.
Drifting
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Any chance you can write up what is needed regarding to under the dash? I'm removing a set of Euro White and Red Euro tail lights on my corvette when it arrives to swap for LED Halos this week. I'm assuming there is a plug and play harness to remove from each bulb plug. But was not aware of needing to do anything else. Thanks.
Le Mans Master
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There is a white wire coming off the brake switch at the brake pedal. This is used for Domestics and that wire runs to the Hazard switch. To retro fit Euro tail lights it has to be cut (butcher method) or the pin/wire removed from the connector (proper way).
If it was cut you need to reconnect it. If the pin was removed, I can give you more info on how to reinsert. Or, looking at the LMC5 video on eBay will show you.
Hope you know the Euro tail light housings are different from the Domestics. Two bulbs versus one. Not sure if you are putting LEDs into the Euro harness or not. The Euro wiring design in the back is NOT the same as for Domestics so I hope you told the LED guys what you were doing.
If it was cut you need to reconnect it. If the pin was removed, I can give you more info on how to reinsert. Or, looking at the LMC5 video on eBay will show you.
Hope you know the Euro tail light housings are different from the Domestics. Two bulbs versus one. Not sure if you are putting LEDs into the Euro harness or not. The Euro wiring design in the back is NOT the same as for Domestics so I hope you told the LED guys what you were doing.
Drifting
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Thanks for the heads up, it prompted me to search on the installation of Euro tail lights on a USDM model and I found this writeup.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-g...y-kamil-d.html
With any luck, I will just be removing the harnesses that were added for the euro conversion and re-soldering the white wire or reattaching it to the pin plug. I will post back with my results.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-g...y-kamil-d.html
With any luck, I will just be removing the harnesses that were added for the euro conversion and re-soldering the white wire or reattaching it to the pin plug. I will post back with my results.
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