[ZPirate]

Originally Posted by Caerus

Installed the ISC Smoked Rear Reflectors from Phastek. Nice to get rid of the red reflectors and clean up the rear end. They are on sale now for $24, but I paid $30 - darn it.

https://www.phastekperformance.com/h...6-2021-camaro/

Looks good! Thanks for the sale info. I've read those are a pain the butt to get to. Any advice on changing them out?

[CalgaryZL1]

Originally Posted by ZPirate

Looks good! Thanks for the sale info. I've read those are a pain the butt to get to. Any advice on changing them out?

You need patience and a little bit of go by feel, can be frustrating. I timed it so when I did my exhaust it would give me a little extra room. Magnetized screwdriver would be bonus.

[RayKinStL]

Originally Posted by ZPirate

Looks good! Thanks for the sale info. I've read those are a pain the butt to get to. Any advice on changing them out?

LOTS OF PATIENCE. I found the right one a bit easier to install than the left one. So start with the right to get a feel for it, but the contortion you need for the left one can be super aggravating. You will drop the screw...multiple times...so have a magnetic stick ready to retrieve the screw when you do. A little patience and time and you will get it. (This is assuming you are trying to install is on the ground...probably easier on a lift or such).

[DamonZ28]

Originally Posted by CalgaryZL1

You need patience and a little bit of go by feel, can be frustrating. I timed it so when I did my exhaust it would give me a little extra room. Magnetized screwdriver would be bonus.

+1 on the magnetized screw driver. I changed mine out in about 20-30 minutes, much of which time was spent looking for a screw (which turned up on the garage floor nowhere near the car, lol). After doing the first one, the 2nd one took about 5 minutes. This was on my SS.

[DamonZ28]

Originally Posted by RayKinStL

LOTS OF PATIENCE. I found the right one a bit easier to install than the left one. So start with the right to get a feel for it, but the contortion you need for the left one can be super aggravating. You will drop the screw...multiple times...so have a magnetic stick ready to retrieve the screw when you do. A little patience and time and you will get it. (This is assuming you are trying to install is on the ground...probably easier on a lift or such).

Funny - this was exactly my experience as well.

[2SS Capt]

Originally Posted by Caerus

Installed the ISC Smoked Rear Reflectors from Phastek. Nice to get rid of the red reflectors and clean up the rear end. They are on sale now for $24, but I paid $30 - darn it.

https://www.phastekperformance.com/h...6-2021-camaro/

Originally Posted by ZPirate

Looks good! Thanks for the sale info. I've read those are a pain the butt to get to. Any advice on changing them out?

Originally Posted by CalgaryZL1

You need patience and a little bit of go by feel, can be frustrating. I timed it so when I did my exhaust it would give me a little extra room. Magnetized screwdriver would be bonus.

Originally Posted by RayKinStL

LOTS OF PATIENCE. I found the right one a bit easier to install than the left one. So start with the right to get a feel for it, but the contortion you need for the left one can be super aggravating. You will drop the screw...multiple times...so have a magnetic stick ready to retrieve the screw when you do. A little patience and time and you will get it. (This is assuming you are trying to install is on the ground...probably easier on a lift or such).

Originally Posted by DamonZ28

+1 on the magnetized screw driver. I changed mine out in about 20-30 minutes, much of which time was spent looking for a screw (which turned up on the garage floor nowhere near the car, lol). After doing the first one, the 2nd one took about 5 minutes. This was on my SS.

Originally Posted by DamonZ28

Funny - this was exactly my experience as well.

Exact same experience doing mine as well, but I think WELL worth the effort...

[Caerus]

Originally Posted by ZPirate

Looks good! Thanks for the sale info. I've read those are a pain the butt to get to. Any advice on changing them out?

I do not think I can add much more than what has been said here, but this was my experience. Yes, patience is a virtue for this "apparently innocuous" easy procedure. This is mainly a blind, feel and touch procedure. First thing is run the screws into the new reflectors where the plastic screw receptacle is to get a good internal thread started. This will make the task of blindly attaching and tightening the screw easier later.

Aim a flash light at the area where you will put a small Phillips screw driver (preferably magnetized) into the black abyss and attempt to extract the small OEM screw. If you are lucky after many tries to get the little tip into the screw and slowly, delicately, gently un-screw the fastener. You will drop it inside and must retrieve it with a slender pen magnet. The red reflector comes out easily.

I used the OEM screw (kind of mistake) which has a built-in washer versus the supplied screw which is shorter and a separate washer. Put a small orientation screw driver from the outside in to find the area first where you want to put the screw in from the inside. My screw driver was magnetized enough to hold the screw while I attempted to put it in a tiny hole that you cannot see. This is the most frustrating part. Once obtained the area where you will feed in the screw, pull out the orientation screw driver from the outside. Put your finger in that same hole area while you feed the screw from inside. Eventually you will feel the point of the screw with your other hand/finger outside. With that same outside hand place the new reflector in and try to start the screw to bite into the plastic hole. Accomplishing this task is a great relief. Tighten gently the screw carefully as not to risk the screw driver falling off the screw. Maybe 20-30 minutes of frustration. One down, one more to go.

I did the other side the same way, but for some reason I could not completely tighten the OEM screw (reflector was to lose) and wasted a lot of time. Took a break then went back creeping under the car to start all over. Removed the new reflector and decided to use the smaller screw/washer provided. These screws are shorter, hence easier to apply and overall better (guess that is why they included them). Next my magnetized Phillip screw driver went limp and would not pick up the screw. I resorted to blue painter’s tape wrapped around the tip and the screw/washer to hold them in place. This time luck was on my side and I was able to remove and replace quickly in five- or ten-minutes total.

What a fun project and a challenging surprise, but totally worth the outcome. I think the rear end looks so much better.

[dfwcowboy]

Before and after.

[NYTMARE23]

I went with the tinted overlays instead of the reflectors and came out great!

[Camby]

Originally Posted by Caerus

Installed the ISC Smoked Rear Reflectors from Phastek. Nice to get rid of the red reflectors and clean up the rear end. They are on sale now for $24, but I paid $30 - darn it.

https://www.phastekperformance.com/h...6-2021-camaro/

Wow, I didn’t even know I had ugly red reflectors. I had to go out and look. Thank you for posting this!

[frankcam6]

Originally Posted by dfwcowboy

Fed mine some 93 octane.

Greta whiffing your fuel vapor........

[CalgaryZL1]

Originally Posted by dfwcowboy

Before and after.

Thanks for posting this. I was looking at them caps the other day and wondered how they would look installed

[MakCamaro]

Just to come back to the reverse ligh bulbs discussion that we had a couple of weeks ago: I bought these Xenon reverse bulbs from eBay and they work great! Very bright and I love the colour at 6500K. No CAN-BUS error either and therefore no need for resistors.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/133942799...mis&media=COPY

[NYTMARE23]

What i did today was look at my ZL1 and Thank God I paid 67k for mine and not what they are asking for this Mopar.