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Old Jan 6, 2008
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tail lights step side vs. reg

hey guys i messed up off roading the other day clipped a tree with my rear end but my bumper got tore half way off and passenger tail light blew out... i have a buddy who is gonna build me a sick bumper when he has time but i just went to his shop and threw something together with his scrap... but for my tail light i was looking on ebay and was wondering is there any dif. between the step side and reg bed tail lights i dont wanna spend that kinda money and have it be wrong... well let me know
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Old Jan 6, 2008
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No difference in size at all since 93 and there's no difference between the bed styles. Just differs with 2 and 3 light set-ups.

eBay sellers just don't know what they're talking about and I don't know why then include that for/
 
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Old Jan 6, 2008
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Originally Posted by Rolldogg
No difference in size at all since 93 and there's no difference between the bed styles. Just differs with 2 and 3 light set-ups.

eBay sellers just don't know what they're talking about and I don't know why then include that for/
Rolldogg is exactly right, it doesn't matter which bed or which level(XLT,XL, EDGE) truck you have they are all the same i think except the newer STX's
 
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Old Jan 6, 2008
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Yeah. I made Daniel drive from Detroit to Grand Rapids for me to "Second try" the bulb so he could see me put the tails in correctly. Then we wired 'em... and now it is what it is.
 
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i bought black altezza tails for my stepside off of eBay because people were telling me there is no difference in the tail light housings. boy were they wrong because the ones i received would not fit on my stepside bed! now i have a worthless paper weight that i cant sell.
 
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why cant you sell them?
 
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Old Jan 7, 2008
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lol, cuz no one wants to buy them
 
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Old Jan 7, 2008
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ebay tails are ususally knockoffs.....and are not made to the quality that factory tails are. They usually don't fit right, made crappy, and you gotta probably drill holes and make the dang things work. At least that's been my experience with them.
 
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Old Jan 7, 2008
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i bought black altezza tails for my stepside off of eBay because people were telling me there is no difference in the tail light housings. boy were they wrong because the ones i received would not fit on my stepside bed! now i have a worthless paper weight that i cant sell.

If you still have them, send me a pic.
 
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Originally Posted by blue99ranger
i bought black altezza tails for my stepside off of eBay because people were telling me there is no difference in the tail light housings. boy were they wrong because the ones i received would not fit on my stepside bed! now i have a worthless paper weight that i cant sell.
yea most people say modification may be needed on these and I bought a set for a 1993 to 2000 Ranger and they were not suppost to fit an EDGE, stepside, or anything like that but they fit my 2003 XLT and RangerHaver from RPS has the same set for his 2001 stepside, you get what you pay for and nothing will be as good as stock fit

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