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Old 08-27-2021, 07:07 PM
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Looks like something you'd see on a Tijuana taxi cab.
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Old 08-27-2021, 07:41 PM
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No thanks. I don't even care for the tail lights on a C8, why would I put them on my C7?
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Old 08-27-2021, 07:42 PM
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The C7 and C8 tailights already are quite similar. Especially at night.
Old 08-27-2021, 11:09 PM
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Hokey on a C8, much less anything else... you asked.
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Old 08-28-2021, 10:01 AM
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I’d have to see them in person, but I don’t mind the look. At that price, I’d expect a premium product. The LED spacing on the turn signals looks a bit cheap in the video.
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Old 09-05-2021, 04:15 PM
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I would not get them even if they were free !!!!
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Old 09-05-2021, 05:57 PM
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Normally I go for the smoked tail light look, but this c7z is the first car that I like the lights exactly how they are. Just so good looking. Could do carbon fiber instead of carbon flash, but I like the clear.
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Old 09-05-2021, 06:09 PM
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If I wanted C8 tail lights, I would buy a C8, of which I have no interest in doing. I like my C7 the way it is.
Old 09-07-2021, 12:43 PM
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Just have to laugh at all the Haters of these. If you order smoked, tinted. You can’t see them anyway. But the LED design I like. Which is the only thing your going to see when they light up.

but haters will hate !
Old 09-07-2021, 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by whit1
Just have to laugh at all the Haters of these. If you order smoked, tinted. You can’t see them anyway. But the LED design I like. Which is the only thing your going to see when they light up.

but haters will hate !

Just like most things in our over-sensitive society these days, just because you don't like something, doesn't mean you hate it. Sometimes a mod just isn't worth the effort.
Old 09-07-2021, 01:29 PM
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Not bad but not great either and they just don't do much for me and perhaps its that they seem too busy or has too many LEDs and a lot going on but that's just me. I give it a 6/10 rating for looks.


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Old 09-07-2021, 01:39 PM
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I like what they were trying to do, but I really dislike the individual LED elements. I'm also not a fan of blocking off the vents for the trans and diff coolers. Morimoto is guilty of this as well.
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Old 09-07-2021, 08:55 PM
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Point taken! I also recall that an automotive engineer said that those vents are secondary and tertiary and not the main vents and are inconsequential which would not cause any issues.

Originally Posted by Jeff V.
I like what they were trying to do, but I really dislike the individual LED elements. I'm also not a fan of blocking off the vents for the trans and diff coolers. Morimoto is guilty of this as well.

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Old 09-07-2021, 10:20 PM
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Not opposed to the idea, but the exposed LED look is straight out of 2008 German cars. They needed to be opaque light strips. Also not a fan of the reverse light being where the vents are.
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Old 09-09-2021, 01:23 PM
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It blocks a functional vent.
Old 09-09-2021, 01:35 PM
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Nope.
Old 09-09-2021, 02:17 PM
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If you like them, go for it. As for me, I have/had C8 tail lights already, on my Camaros, so nothing special.

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Old 09-09-2021, 11:55 PM
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I for one actually like the stock C7 taillights.
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Old 09-10-2021, 08:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Pineapple
I for one actually like the stock C7 taillights.
I do too. I just wish the running light was more precisely defined, like Audi started doing around 2013.




Old 09-10-2021, 10:40 AM
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The price would stop me, for something i couldn't enjoy, unless i had someone else driving, i was following..


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