One of the things on my do list for the winter is to do a custom treatment on the tail of my Grand Prix. While the stock look is not bad I think it can be improved upon. A couple ideas I am kicking around is to cut the center out of the stock trim and french it in leaving only the ouside trim surround. Then use bar stock to mimic the "grill" only larger, with fewer bars and welded in and painted body color. The other thing I am considering is completely smoothing the back panel and recutting the light holes as three stacked slots. Also considered louvering the lights ala early GTO. Any other suggestions or comments are appreciated.
It's tough when you already have the factory's most "custom" lights already on the car. I guess you could just fill the entire tail light area plain and put custom lights in the fin ends. maybe some '68 or '69 Eldorado lights cut down might fit?
Hell they look almost perfect to me! Maybe remove grilly bits spray clear candy red over the lense part and replace grilles back on....If its possible... But damn it looks nice as is! cheeers MAiki
okies...if you must do anything....remove the badge....and make up new same size bars to have one seamless grilled light... Cheers!
Mai Ki-Ki, I like that as well but that badge is mounted on a cast boss, that center piece is one big honkin' casting. That is why I had considered cuttin just the perimeter and fabbing a tube grill to fill the space. I actually had thought about the Ford light idea but was thinking 64. Great minds think alike.
Here's a thot...and I can't photoshop...ala the way it was done in the fifties...remove the stock lites, cut the center out of the stock trim leaving only the ouside trim surround. Then use bar stock to mimic the "grill"...chrome it and put the taillights in the bumper...in the bumper cavity just below the grille. Use two long taillights, like a '59 Pontiac, only smaller and frenched into the bumper. This way it looks stock (and it's hard to improve on a stock Pontiac Grand Prix) but it's so subtle not many people will think it's been modified. Besides, anything else is going to be a lot of metal work...you up to it? R-
i don't think there's anything that would improve what you have. you might concentrate on other areas.
[ QUOTE ] Hard to improve on what's already there, but maybe a single center bar...? [/ QUOTE ] very clean!!
for lights in the bumper, didn't some 60's era lincoln continentals have them there? they might be a possibility if they are not too tall. sorry,no pic
[ QUOTE ] Put a HAMB sticker over the G.P. badge and spend all the saved time on lowering it. [/ QUOTE ] Good idea! I think the factory lights are custom enough.
george , that looks right on just the way it is ..... it is one of coolest looking taillight ideas gm ever used...... i say leave it .......just my .02......
The BEST POSSIBLE THING you could do to that thing would be to simply remove the stock lamps and replace them, in the factory opening, with a side to side row of 59 Caddy lights!!!!! Yeah, 4-Red on the outside, 3-amber for t-sigs and fill the middle with clears!!! Of course, I'll take that ugly ole factory lamp-set offa yer hands for the idea! I got something(anything!) it WOULD look good in! PM me and I'll send my mailing addy for them ugly factory lights! ------------- Dint mean a WORD of it. Get humpin on that A!!!!!
Just leave it alone GV. Don't change just for the sake of changing. That Poncho ass end is one of the cleanest treatments GM ever made. I love Grand Prixs.
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