A reletively new trend in street appearence has been the switch
to clear light lenses. It cleans up the look of the exterior by
eliminating certain colors. The orange corner and bumper lenses
are easily replaceable, and typically are concidered legal or
insignifigant enough to cause a legal issue (make sure to use
colored bulbes so that the lights are still orange, otherwise,
you may get problems with the 5.0). The red tail's are replaceable
with completely clear, or clear with red reflectors. The red reflectors
makes them legal as long as your using red bulbs for the brake
lights. As far as bulbs are concerned, there are several ways
to go. for the yellow bulbs, those are reletively easy to find
at walmart or autozone. The red tails can be more difficult. Autosyndicate
sells several to suit your needs. He sells the high quality red
colored japanese bulbs, red silicon bulb covers (to go over white
bulbs), and red LED bulb replacements

Easy to replace, these lights, in my opinion, are the coolest
looking clear lights becase of the clear lens and reflective housing.
There are only 3 bolts holding each one on. Getting down on the
ground, you can see 2 above each light in the small pockets in
the front bumper cover. The other is directly above the foglight,
availible from the front of the truck, just as the other two were.
: Reach
behind the bumper and remove the light harness from the rear of
the light by rotating it until the bulb pulls strait out from
the back of the light.
: Remove the 2 small screws
on the top of each light. Remove the small screw below the light,
right over the foglight [image].
: Wrap and Store to prevent
scratching
: Remove the small metal
tab from the single lower mounting bracket/tab on each of the
old lights by sliding it off [image].
: Replace the tab on the
new lights in the same place, and reinstall the light. Each should
be marked "L" and "R" for left and right lights
: unscrew each bulb from
the harnes, and replace with new orange bulbs. These will only
go into the socket in one direction, so if it is difficult, remove,
and turn around.
: Testing. Test the turn
signals, and hazards with parking lights on and off.
These, although not entirely attractive (due to the fact
that the entire lens is a reflector, instead of having clear
portions like the bumper lens), finish the look of the front
of the truck, and in my mind are a requirement if you do the
bumper lenses. A little more difficult to get to, they requre
removing the entire grill to replace.
Pop hood,
and remove grill [how to]. There
are 8 hex and 2 bolts head screws holding the grill on.
Remove the 2 stamped
nuts on the back of each light.
Remove, wrap, and store
the old lights
Install the new lenses
(marked "L" and "R") bolt back on.
Remove the bulbs from
the harness, and replace with orange 194 waffle bulbs
Reinstall the bulbs
into the lights, and replace grill on truck
Testing. Test the turn
signals, and hazards with parking lights on and off.

Again, easy to remove and replace. The tails are a conciderable
issue as far as legality and personal preference with saftey
issues. In most states, completely clear tail lamps are becoming
illegal. It is required that you have a RED reflector visable
from the rear of the truck. This however does not require the
entire light housing to be red. Autosyndicate
sells these legal alternatives, that have a red reflector in
the center of a clear lens. It just so happens the relfector
is on the same horizontal line as the syclone and GMC truck
stickers on the tailgate. Of course, you must use Red bulbs
for the brake lights. You may want to tranfer, or purchace new
light surrounds. The clears come with a chrome finish surround
around the light, and syty stockers are black. they are removable,
but be carful not to damage them in removal. It is always a
good option just to go out and buy extras.
: Open
Tailgate.
: remove 4 hex screws,
I believe they are a T-15.
: Slowly pull out the
light enough so you can reach the back.
: Roatating the bulb harnesses,
remove all of them from the
rear of the lens, and let hang from the truck.
: Remove the brake and
small waffle bulbs and replace with red bulbs
: Reinstall the light.
: Testing. Test the turn
signals, hazards, brake lights, and reverse lights.Raise middle
finger at a cop, and see if he'll write you a ticket for clear
tails.
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