Trunk reflector housing replacements
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Seems getting a decent reflector is getting near impossible. I've been searching the net now for days looking for even a used piece still not cracked. I currently don't really care if it looks like new, even a slightly clouded one would be welcome as long as it hasn't been broken. Anyone out there know where to get one. I can find a few scattered around the country still in cars but haven't paid for one yet. I found a place online that says not available for shipping and claims they are new. Fortunately for me my daughter in law is near the city it'* listed at so maybe I can have her go by and pick it up and ship it to me. I will work on that this week. In the mean time, I saw a thread here that mentioned putting LED'* in, someone on that thread mentioned a GXP which, in pics the GXP looks close the SSEi, SLe, Se. Are they interchangeable or is this a No. At this time, my lens was sep. and had a few cracks in it and I finished opening it up to clean out the dust and attempt to glue it back together, well that didn't work so good, it looks worse now then it did broken. One further note on these pieces, if you manage to get the old piece out without breaking it and or the little white snap retainers at the top corners, do yourself a favor and put a hole in the inside of the trunk lid so you can access those tiny little screws that hold those snap retainers in case you decide to remove the lens in the future. In the mean time if anyone has a lead on a decent lens, I'm sure looking and hoping. Much as I hate to drive my car without that piece in place, a mans gotta do what a mans gotta do, or a woman for that matter. I'm working at driving mine with a different color fender on the front left, along with chunks of paint missing in various places, off color lower trim pieces too. I've just finished replacing the HVAC motor, WOW what a job. Still working at getting all the windows to go up and down along with fixing a bunch of other interior stuff. Just got my ECM reflashed and it looked like all was going to be fine so I took it on a road trip and wouldn't you know, the battery decided to die while just about to turn around and come home. Ok new battery and then the radio quits, the security light comes on all the time and now the ign. switch is acting goofy. None of this stuff was happening before I pulled the dash, battery was disconnected from the start of that project so as not to trip air bag or cause any other issues. As they say, when it rains it pours.
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Seems getting a decent reflector is getting near impossible. I've been searching the net now for days looking for even a used piece still not cracked. I currently don't really care if it looks like new, even a slightly clouded one would be welcome as long as it hasn't been broken. Anyone out there know where to get one. I can find a few scattered around the country still in cars but haven't paid for one yet. I found a place online that says not available for shipping and claims they are new.
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The tail lights all are the same shape etc. Bonnevilles of this generation have bodies with the same panel stampings no matter the trim level. There are LEDs out there that can be substituted for normal bulbs.
One further note on these pieces, if you manage to get the old piece out without breaking it and or the little white snap retainers at the top corners, do yourself a favor and put a hole in the inside of the trunk lid so you can access those tiny little screws that hold those snap retainers in case you decide to remove the lens in the future.
I'm working at driving mine with a different color fender on the front left, along with chunks of paint missing in various places, off color lower trim pieces too. I've just finished replacing the HVAC motor, WOW what a job. Still working at getting all the windows to go up and down along with fixing a bunch of other interior stuff. Just got my ECM reflashed and it looked like all was going to be fine so I took it on a road trip and wouldn't you know, the battery decided to die while just about to turn around and come home.
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