96-99 lights & 00-05 lights

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96-99 lights & 00-05 lights

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Are the 96-99 lights made out of glass? I never seen any of them fogged up at all light the 00-05.
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Headlights? Yes. Tails no.
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92-95 where plastic 96-99 was glass

i just wish the 92-99 headlights where interchangeable, they are but its not that easy
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wake wrote:92-95 where plastic 96-99 was glass

i just wish the 92-99 headlights where interchangeable, they are but its not that easy
My 94 has glass actually as well
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Both '93 have glass here.
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92 has glass here, also with the PONTIAC stenciled on the left one.
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All headlights for 92-99 are glass, 00 - 05 are plastic.

You can swap the 95-99 headlights into a 92-95, but they don't fit exactly perfect and it takes some fab work to get them in and aimed right.
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my memory doesnt always serve me correctly . oops
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I wish the 00-05's lights were made out of glass and have a steel fender
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The fenders are steel.
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For real? Wow, I need to start doing more research on the 2000+ vehicles. In still wet behind the ears on this model
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'92-'95 fenders are plastic, '96-05 are steel.
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I must have gotten screwed then, or I have replacements, the Lesabre has plastic all the way around. Unless they just cheaped out compared to the Bonne's.
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I'll take plastic fenders anyday. No rust and lighter.
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Does anyone have any info of someone putting 96-99 headlights in a 92-95?
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Joe, your gen LeSabre's got plastic. Look at the design, hard to make in glass. 92-99 lenses are pretty much flat.

I don't like that the 92-95 fenders break so easily.
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That makes sense, they just cloud so quickly. I don't think they made it a month without clouding again after I cleared them last (sanding with 750-3000 grit, polishing for like an hour or two, more wet sanding, more polishing, then clear sealant). It probably doesn't help that 90% of my driving is at night, but still.
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I've got the same issue with my '97 LSS.
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