If anybody has a better way of getting bulbs out, I’d like to know, cause the only way I’ve found is to break the little bast*rds with a screwdriver and then pull remains out with needle nose pliers. Wear gloves too!
Reproduction Standard/Crew Cab OEM Style 3rd Brake Light Lenses
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Take a small (2-3") piece of Scotch tape and put one end over the top of the bulb glass, then fold the other end over the bottom of the bulb glass. Press it down to the glass as well as you can with a screwdriver or other pokey proddy instrument, then you should be able to pull the bulb out with the tape loop. Did this successfully a few times on my red truck before I switched to the LED 3rd brake housing.
someotherguy
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If you don't have them off the truck and next to each other it won't be obvious. The extended cab light has a different shape where it fits against the roof. They do not interchange with regular/crew cab.
Richard
This one’s for sale on ebay. See anything wrong with it?
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Trio
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That is weird that GM would make a distinct light for just the EC. Very inefficient, with no discernible reason or benefit..
Looks worse than my leaky one did.This one’s for sale on ebay. See anything wrong with it?
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No love for the extended cab owners. I pull one off every extended cab truck I find at the yard.
Onizukachan
Great Teacher
Go to oreillys, in the bulb section you can find a pair of bulb pliers for $9, which is what you pay on Amazon eBay etc for them anyway.
They look rather like scissors but with rubber grips for the bulbs Instead of a set of blades.
was the only way I could get the OEM cargo bulbs out to replace with LED.
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I had no idea these were a thing, thanks for sharing! Going to add some to my Amazon wish list. These will be much more convenient than the tape loop trick.
b454rat
I'm Awesome
There are more ext. cabs out there than crews, wonder why GM did that. I haven't been to a yard in what seems forever, but a buddy goes just about every day. I should ask him bout getting some of these. He listed on evilbay...
