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Jul 15, 2002 | 11:49 PM

truckfreak69

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I have seen hundreds of chevy trucks going down the road with one daytime headlight burnt out or something, why is this such a common problem (so common im surprised when i see one with both working)?
And, why are the 99' chevies so cheap? I'm almost considering buying one considering they average about 5 grand less than a ford in truck trader, with extended cab, leather, 4x4 lol?

Jul 15, 2002 | 11:55 PM

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The headlights are probably made across the pond.

Has GM gotten rid of that "One side of the box at the rear,higher than the other",problem yet?
Or the taillight on one side that goes bright when the other side dims or goes out when the brakes are applied.

To me that's even more intrigueing.

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Jul 16, 2002 | 12:04 AM

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>I have seen hundreds of chevy trucks going down the road
>with one daytime headlight burnt out or something, why is
>this such a common problem (so common im surprised when i
>see one with both working)?

I had a tally going on this one to see which side was more prone to being out. I lost count at 1 for the passenger side and 6 for the drivers side. This was all probably within a couple of days. I just got tired of looking at those things after that.

>And, why are the 99' chevies so cheap? I'm almost
>considering buying one considering they average about 5
>grand less than a ford in truck trader, with extended cab,
>leather, 4x4 lol?

Remember, you get what you pay for. Maybe you should check out the Michael Moore film/documentry "Roger and Me". Then you will understand why GM vehicles are cheap.

Jul 16, 2002 | 12:34 AM

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I'm a part-time AutoZoner when I'm not taking classes toward my Civil Engineering Degree, and I can tell you that I can't remember EVER selling a replacement Ford bulb on a new F-series truck. I've sold so many Chevy bulbs that I don't even need the catalogue any more: I's a P/N 3057 to replace tail/turn signal/brake lights on these trucks, for what that's worth..... -TK

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Jul 16, 2002 | 07:03 AM

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I.m glad someone confirmed my hypothesis that I have had for several years, that is that GM lighting is much worse than others.

I can't tell you how many times I have seen one taillight, one brake light, the taillight go out when the brake light comes on, one headlight, backup-light come on when the brakes are applied, etc, all from GM's. Maybe instead of annual safety inspections in Texas, we should have all GM products tested quarterly! Now here I go being one of the LIBERALS I just complained about.

Seriously, I don't understand why after 50 years GM can't fix their lighting problems.

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Jul 17, 2002 | 08:11 AM

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>Seriously, I don't understand why after 50 years GM can't
>fix their lighting problems.

Likewise, I don't understand why they can't fix their styling problems. Seems their pickups went from better to worse in styling over the past 70 or so years, with the 90s being the worst (it's like no styling--dull and boring). The 03 pickup is the worse yet as they adapted the Avalanche front end styling to their pickup. And that silly horizontal bar cutting all the way across and splitting the front end of all Ch**y trucks has got to go. Compare a Ch**y and a GMC pickup and you will see that the front of the GMC looks 10 times better. Ya know, I think it would be fun to have a Ch**y pickup for a little while--just long enough to run it into the ground!

Jul 17, 2002 | 11:53 AM

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I own a Chevy car, and it definitely has dimmer lighting than my otehr cars and trucks over the past few years. I live out in the country so our roads are dark and I can definitely see the difference.

I am also a member of a Chevy group and they have been dealing with this problem in several ways, but in general the Chevy wiring harness is the bare minimum to handle the current wattage levels of the stock lights. almost every who goes through the trouble, gets a heavier custom made harness and higher wattage bulbs. So go even as far as to retro fit European spec GM lights.

As far as burning out the DRLs, don't know, never owned a car with DRLs. I have not burned out any bulbs on my SS with 75K on the clock.

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