Suburban tail lenses
 

Just a heads up that newly made lenses are now available. Don't do what I did and hit the Buy it Now button thinking you found the last NOS set on earth. The darn things are repops! (good ones though) I think I overpaid by a quite bit too. Oh well.

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Reeeally? Who is making them? And how is the quality?

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I'm sure a number of sellers have them as they are GM Restoration Parts authorized repros. The vague wording of the particular Ebay listing and high quality fooled me into thinking they were NOS. I can imagine a few other buyers are going to get suckered as well.
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I seem to have purchased an NOS set (left over military) lenses.

They are 'guide' lenses ...

I paid $70 shipped ...

Did I get reemed ??

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I'll take a high quality repop over brittle 50 year old plastic. I have a set of repops and they are very good. I also have a set of used and they are okay.
I also have the originals that have a blue dot inserted.

Unless you are going for concourse restoration, the repops are better than the old brittle ones any day. 2cents, keep the change.

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took a little to find them. for some reason my normal search terms "1960 suburban tail light lens" would not pull them up.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1960-1961-19...d7fb7c&vxp=mtr

to help others.

Quote from ad.....

http://i1052.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5a4a03dd.jpg

ONE NEW SET OF TAIL LIGHT LENSES FOR YOUR 1960-66 CHEVROLET OR GMC SUBURBAN OR PANEL TRUCK, AS ORIGINAL WITH "GUIDEX" ON THE LENS, FULLY LICENSED GM RESTORATION PART. NEW TO THE MARKET THIS WEEK, HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED FROM GM MANY YEARS AGO, SHIPS TO LOWER 48 STATES ONLY.

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Hell, Just noticed who was selling on ebay. Its the ebay store for truck and car shop in orange. Bet its now available via their catalog.



Not really. If you want NOS then I'd say thats not too bad. If you dont care about NOS, then these new ones are $46 a pair.

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this will help!... that ebay link- $16 shipping???? a little high if you ask me....
wonder if they will do some in clear? I think it would be cool to mount some mirror image on the doors for reverse lights.

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Thanks Spacedebris, for the link.

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I got these off a fellow on Jollies site last year for 26.50 for the pair shipped from MO.. got them for spares(still in the wrapper). guess that I did ok then!
http://imageshack.us/a/img577/1972/lens017.jpg

ron

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I cheated and called them.. Just ordered mine..

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was it the same price?

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Yeah--same $46 price over the phone...
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:metal::metal::metal:

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Talked to the truck shop today, they sold 40 sets in no time, what's the opinion of fit and finish ? Past experience with other repop lenses is the light does not shine through exactly the same ? Just curious what you think.

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Got my new Counterpart/GM Restoration part repops and compared them to an NOS lens. First, I have to say these are some clean lenses. I mean really super clean. In fact, they are noticeably cleaner and glossier than the NOS lens. This may not be a good thing however, depending upon what they look like when in use, especially at night.
You can see in the pics the repop lens appears a bit clearer (hence darker) than the NOS one. I suspect the slightly "frosty" original may illuminate more evenly after dark.
Other than this one difference, the new lenses are perfect in every detail and look as good or better than the originals.

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OK, so just so I understand, your going to put Chinese aftermarket parts on "OEM"forme's Carryall ? :eek:

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Oh gosh NO! :lol: When I pulled the BIN trigger on these, they were cleverly listed as new lenses with no packaging and no mention of them being repros. Until then, the latest info I had was that NOBODY had ANY in stock, and NOS or used was all one could hope to find. Within minutes of committing to buy I had found others clearly listed as new repros and my happy bubble was burst.
As You might suspect, I am a huge fan of original factory parts and seek those pieces exclusively for my trucks.
I posted pics for those who are simply after a good set of lenses. With that in mind, these repros are very nice quality.

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LOL :lol:! Just giving you a hard time Bruce ....I actually think this is one of the better looking reproduction items they make. Jon

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Got a couple pair of lenses today.. They ARE top notch reproductions. They have the correct markings on them and the castings are fantastic..

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Ditto! Got mine yesterday and they ae flawless!!! Now if I could just find a nice set of housings!

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Brothers has them on sale right now for $49.00. I bought a set and waiting to see the quality! I'll post when I get them.
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Just got my set today from Truck and Car shop. Very impressed. It is probably the first plastic re-pop I have seen that doesn't seem chinzy or cheap. It's about time!

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This is great news. Quality repros! For our '60-66 Burbs and Panels no less. Hallelujah!

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I got mine also and they look excellent! I will be running mine with Led bulbs so they should work fine, Now I need to get busy and get some nice housings so I can get them installed!