92-95 GA How to build your own euro-style tail lights

Now i am posting this becasue i had a HE** of a time doing this on my own and i didn't want to buy directions off ebay.

First you need a pair of 92-95 ga GT tail lights, you'll know they are the right ones because:
A: They will find in your grand am
B: They have a clear outer plastic and the inside you cansee the red is a different part of plastic so example:
red >> )) <<Clear
and there are about.. 10 or so horizontal black lines going across the clear plastic.



Once you have those you will need to open it up, there a couple ways to do so, but before all to know where to take it apart look around the edge for 4 tabs that can be undone. they will not just pop it off because along the seam it is held together tight by an epoxy seal. so you can:
A: take a hair dryer and heat the epoxy enough to pry it apart
B: take a flat head screw driver and go around the entire seal gently prying all the way around the edge.

Once u get it open the red plastic can be EASILY taken out. then put the 2 pieces back together with out the red inside.

now you can put them on your GA but of course dont go drivin yet cuz white break lights aren't quite loved by the police.

inside the GA's trunk is how you can take out and put in tail lights, first remove the lights from the case though so not accedently ruin anything, the 2 big lights come out easy by pulling the tab behind the lights closer to the trunk the small light you twist 45 degrees and it comes right out.

UPDATE: if you can not afford LED lights or dont want to go through the hasle you can buy red trail lenses from Napa autoparts for about 3.50 eash and either screw on or glue your your choice of installing into the tail lights so that your regual stock bulbs will still iluminate red... i prefer led's if you can afford that is.

So, you will need four red led tail lights of your choice some auto parts stores sell them or buy them from http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-bin/store/commerce.cgi here and go about 3/5ths of the way down the page untill you see the 3157-x25 LED bulbs and buy 4 of them for your small Daytme light you will need to buy a smaller wedge style red led light go to same site then about 3rd from the bottom is WLED-x6 LED bulb buy 2 of those.

Now once you have your lights you can go ahead install them in the proper spots.

WARNING
READ NEXT PART BEFORE TESTING THE LIGHTS

Reason for not using lights yet is the LED lights will blow out if you are still using a stock thermal flasher so before you drive off read this unless you dont mind buying 4 more led lights.

Before you enjoy your ned lights you will need to head to your local auto parts store and buy a 2 prong elctric flasher you will need to replace your thermal flasher with this,

Now the hard part to replace the flasher you can

A: take apart dash and it will be right of the fuse box above a pink box of some sort.

B: leave your old bulb style lights in turn key to the point where you can turn turn signals on and listen for whjere the clicking is coming from. now depending on the year you can lay on your back open the hatch right buy the emergency break and reach up the and feel for the ticking, yes you can feel it. haha.if you have a 94 GA like me when you open that hatch there is box in the way making it to hard to reach your arm up. so you will need to remove that whole plastic cover by the pedals.
Once you have your dash off again reach around up by the fuse box untill you feel the flasher ticking in your hads. once you do tug its around and it should come off of its brace and be right infront of you. i left it off brace for easy access if i need it later. now take out the round metal thermal flasher and replace itwith your new elctric flasher.

NOW you may have your LEDS in and show off your new euro style lights to all who care.

any questions plz ask i will check this thread every now and then untill i forget that i wrote it.

Sounds good!
Those LED bulbs are not cheap, blowing them is painfull to the pockets.

So did you be any chance take any pics , like before and after ?

I'll probly make this a sticky! :thumbsup:

sure i will post some pics once i am 100 % finished becuz in the state of washington all clear lights are illegle so i am currently in the process of installing some red lenses inside the clear lights to be leagle. i will post pics of the GT lights before GT lights after first few steps, and GT lights after lenses installed, then finally after i have got them on my car then maybe a night shot ;) when i post pictures i will give a few hints for lenses if ur state believes in non-clear tail lights.