To R/T or not to R/T, that is the question

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Originally Posted by Smallz

2 issues you will have with the rear bumper:

1: tail light wiring. although the plug inside the car behind the plastic panels is the same a 3000GT/ES has 1 extra wire due to the extra bulb in the longer tail lights. I did a swap from 3K to R/T tails and never really got the wiring figured out perfectly, the issue is in the blinker (R/T has a dual element bulb and 3K/ES has seperate bulbs)2: R/T rear bumper. the bolt holes are all the same, but the mounting is set lower on an ES bumper and higher on an R/T bumper

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As long as you use the pigtail for the lights from the R/T ,the lights are no problem,it will plug right up to the ES.
The bumper from the R/T ,you will need to make a couple of spacers to make up the difference in height.
BH

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Originally Posted by Smallz

Unfortunately it won't, there is an extra wire coming from the chassis which is the turn signal. The pigtail will plug in but still won't have all your lights, I recently did this so I know first hand. And as far as using spacers, well you can try but you would have to make up close to 2 inches.

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I beg to differ but,I did the exact thing,I took the pigtail from the RT ,with the taillights , plugged it in the base plug in, and brake,park and turn signals work,from what I can tell ,all Mitsu did was to spice 2 of the wires together originally.Your spacer needs to be 2.250 in length,You can drill and tap each end so it bolts to the mounting surface and the bumper.Just make sure you use all 3 retainers on top of the bumper flange.

BH

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Originally Posted by Smallz

Maybe something changed between 1st & 2nd gen, I did the conversion on a 94 SL, but either way, to the OP, I would go full R/T if your gonna do anything.

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That must be the difference,I did a 92 base with the parts from a 93 RT,You make a good point..thanks for that info..
BH

Well I know I have to mount up the 99 wing to show people what's going on with that so I can get a replacement or just fix it myself. So for fall I'll be rockin the ES with the 99 wing with a banana delete! Lol

disregard everything smallz says.

the 3kgt will need an r/t blinker box. an es will not. don't know why that is, but that's the case. shooter's es's/bases had the same blinker box as the r/t's. my 3kgt needed a different box.

your other option would be a 3kgt rear, which is marginally less involved & requires significantly less bumper spacing to work. i have a complete 2g conversion for that if you're interested.

Well I hope that will be my next driveable car, a 3000GT but I'm a Gen1 guy. I really like the evil eye hoods on the Gen2 and all but just can't do it and I see too many '99s around (internet) to really want one anymore. But thanks for the rear end offer.

did you ever get this finished? i know that es > r/t rear ends can be a bit of a PITA to do properly. my rear conversion doesn't have the corner mounts; the bumper is floating in the corners. :)