Custom REAR lights ?

[Laurence Opel GT]

thats bad tast,ugly

What are you referring to ? Quote and one'll understand...

[71opeldad]

I saw a picture of an Opel with a set of four tail lights that were smooth little ovals or maybe round. They were sort of like smaller " New Beetle" tail lights, low profile and smooth. They were very clean and tight on a stock looking backside. Very nice. I wish I still had the photo saved but it has long since gone away.

[Sparky73]

How many times do you guys have to be reminded? Keep the comments tasteful! Yes, that GT may have been customized past the point of even being a GT, but obviously whoever created it - put a lot of time, money and effort into the project. Remember, one mans trash is another mans treasure.

[StefanLee]

If you want rear lights that are a bit more modern but still with a nice look, check out lights from a Skyline GTR.

Pic borrowed from Lofa (it's his car).



Stefan

[SaturnVUEguy]

BMW 2018 / 2002 have rear lights that look almost like those

Those lights really look nice, and I think they would look very nice on a GT.

If you want rear lights that are a bit more modern but still with a nice look, check out lights from a Skyline GTR.

Pic borrowed from Lofa (it's his car).



Stefan

Those look really cool too. At first I didn't care too much for them, but the more I look at that picture, the more I like it

[ungermm]

The flush mounted lenses do look good. I used them many years ago and they were easily available off the shelf at my local auto parts store. Inexpensive and very little modification required.
Jerry

[baz]

it might be worth pointing out site policy on threads like this ( or site policy last time i looked )

paraphrased for ease of reading

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when a member starts to post negative posts on what some one does or has done they may be open to censure "


keep it nice folks or fines will be levied next week on those i meet who post nasty remarks (all fines taken in beer , this could become expensive for some folks )

[opelenvy]

These might look cool. Almost stock, but flush.
I can see that on a Manta.

[blancojp]

These might look cool. Almost stock, but flush.
I can see that on a Manta.

There are lots of variations of the original Ferrari lights which are now being used by the imports. The variations can only be measured by imagination and they all look very good, specially those with chrome rings and so on.

[opelenvy]

and another

[opelenvy]

and another...Magna-Lite Ltd. - Custom harness wires, led lamps

[2 Fast 4 U]

These might look cool. Almost stock, but flush.
I can see that on a Manta.

I'll take them, they would look very good on my Ascona

[Phoenix]

The Chevy Cobalt has round taillights. The outers are made with a side edge to complement the curvature of the rear but the inner ones might work.

[opelenvy]

The Chevy Cobalt has round taillights. The outers are made with a side edge to complement the curvature of the rear but the inner ones might work.

Ya, I googled that too. The inner have the clear back up lights in them.

[West Coast GT]

I like the existing rear lights. But I took a look through photos of other cars and found most modern cars have lights molded around the corners so they also provide the side marker lights. Anyway, they've become too model specific.

So I looked at classic sports cars and modern supercars. Gotta say, I'm liking the GT's lights more and more.

The top three Ferrari views on the 1st photo show flush mounted round lights, while the lower two show cylindrical lights projecting out of round recessed body detail (cool). Is it just me, or does the Dino GT's rearend (upper middle photo) look like our GTs?

The second page shows photos of non-Ferrari models. Of those, the Lotus Exige has the best lights.

[West Coast GT]

And some more photos. I included the top three because it appears the curve of the light lens may be the same as the back of a GT.

[SaturnVUEguy]

the Maserati 3200GT tail lights look really cool. I would love to see that on a GT. Wonder how easy those would be to come by in the US

[gvy]

Years ago, lumma did some extreme things with the GT's rears and fronts. ( Oh well with the complete GT)

The red one has opel ascona rear lights





Geert

[opelenvy]

Years ago, lumma did some extreme things with the GT's rears and fronts. ( Oh well with the complete GT)

The red one has opel ascona rear lights
Geert

Wow. It's hard to find the Opel GT hiding inside the red one!
Kind of like the yellow one in the classifieds here that looks like a Z.

[heimue]

These might look cool. Almost stock, but flush.
I can see that on a Manta.

I must say, the whole car doesn't look too shabby. . I DO like the car, and I have never said something like that about a rice cooker before!!!

Dieter