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Old 04-16-2008, 11:28 AM
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Just finally put the tails on my truck. Got them for Christmas from my brother...
They required "adjustment."
The plates they put on for you to put your sockets in are not facing the right way. The way they came, you can't fit the socket directly into the housing.
My boyfriend and I did some creative slicing and dicing with the sockets and made them fit, but I was aggravated that we had to do anything to them to make them fit...
Anyways they are on, and they work.



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look pretty sweet. i used to have a 1st gen. man i miss that truck especially with all the new mods out for them. keep it lookin sharp
 
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Nice lookin Dak, but the clears don't really look that much different than the originals. Not knockin them, but with all the trouble they seem to be to install they oughta look a heckuva lot better. But seriously, that is a nice lookin truck.
 
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Old 04-16-2008, 08:10 PM
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good looking truck, looks like you have the classic 1st gen dakota 2 tone paint problem, lol i had the same thing until i repainted my truck over last summer.
 
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Old 04-16-2008, 08:59 PM
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same thing with the paint happened to me, and those look good to me. i wish thy made smoked ones though, they would look good on my truck.
 
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Old 04-16-2008, 11:51 PM
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Looks good with the red trim. I'm not too fond of them otherwise.


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same thing with the paint happened to me, and those look good to me. i wish thy made smoked ones though, they would look good on my truck.

Buy NiteShadez from VHT and spray a light coat on and wa-la
 
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I like those tails. and I have seen acouple of the smoked version. they look really good. but good luck finding a set. the last set I seen on ebay was over a year ago.

and I would just VHT nightshade the stockers and paint the out side edge.
 
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Old 04-16-2008, 11:58 PM
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cool, i will have to see if i can get some and try it out. i had heard of that stuff but forgot about it.
 
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those tail lights look pretty good
 
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I have loved to look at my truck since the day I saw her on the lot, and I still love to stare....
Overall, I liked the look of the OE, so I didn't want to get something insanely different, just something to go with my white truck.
I'm going to get the paint cleaned up this summer by a friend. That is my only real bad spot though, so I feel I'm pretty lucky. All I have to do is the tailgate and corners... Then I can get to the other fun stuff on my list!

 


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