Now you can update your C5 or C6 Corvette’s entire lighting system with our Full Corvette LED Light Bulb Kit. The LED lights replace your Corvette’s factory light bulbs and utilize the existing light housings, keeping your Corvette factory looking with the increased safety and good looks of an LED light. Each premium LED light bulb has twice the life as an ordinary bulb, a 98% faster response time, and unlike the versions available from most automotive chain stores; these bulbs feature edge illumination, which helps fill the entire housing with light. Once installed, your Corvette will produce a more focused light for a brighter illumination. The C5 & C6 Corvette LED Full Car Light Bulb Kit includes:
- (4) Red Tail Light Bulbs
- (2) Amber Turn Signal Bulbs
- (2) Amber Front Side Marker Bulbs
- (2) Red Rear Side Marker Bulbs
- (2) Resistor kits for proper turn signal operation
C5 & C6 Corvette Full Car LED Light Kit
Interested in other LED accessories for your C5 or C6 Corvette? View all of our LED light accessories for C5 & C6 Corvettes here.
We have added three new capacitors to our inventory that are designed to work on 1955-1962 Corvettes. Each capacitor is a new reproduction of the original and includes the correct wiring connection, mount bracket and stamped part number. It is essential to use these 1955-1962 Corvette Capacitors because ignition systems, charging systems, and electrical devices used on C1 Corvettes create magnetic pulses that are of the same frequency range as AM radio. The result of not using the correct capacitors will cause radio interference or noise. These capacitors divert this noise to the ground so it is not heard through the radio speakers as an annoying buzz or whine.
We have carried 1958-1962 Corvette Park Light Assemblies for a while and we are now proud to offer them for 1953-1957 Corvettes. The 1953-1955E and 1955L-1957 Corvette Park Light Assemblies include pre-assembled lenses, bezels, gaskets, reflector cups, bulbs, sockets, and grommets with the correct wiring harness and mounting brackets. Both kits come as a car set and will restore that brilliant showroom look to the exterior of any C1 Corvette. Visit our 1953-1962 Corvette Headlight & Lamp section to see all of our C1 Corvette headlight components, bulb kits, park light assemblies and more.
1953-1957 Corvette Park Light Assemblies
Learn how to replace the alternator on your 1963-1982 Corvette. Replacing your Corvette’s alternator requires basic hand tools and a multimeter to determine the voltage the alternator is producing. Your Corvette’s alternator is an essential component in the electrical system of your Corvette, since it supplies the necessary DC voltage and keeps the battery charged. Like all things mechanical, eventually it wears out and fails.
The project car shown in our Corvette Alternator Replacement Technical Article is a 1967 Corvette 427 coupe, which had an incorrect chrome-plated alternator in it. The procedures detailed in the technical article are the same for small or big block Corvette engines from 1963 through 1982. Follow along and see how easy it really is to do this Corvette alternator replacement yourself.
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This weeks Corvette Question comes from Greg who owns a 1987 Corvette:
How do I remove the battery from my 1987 Corvette?
Answer: It is not as easy as it should be. You have to start by removing the inner fender panel behind the front tire. Once you have removed this, open your driver side door and on the lower rocker panel you will see some very small torx screws; they are silver. You need to remove the first two closest to the front. Once these are removed, on the very bottom of the rocker molding almost directly under the front door jamb will be a 7mm bolt head. You need to remove this bolt and then you will be able to lower the front half of your Corvette’s rocker molding. Once you have done this, you will see two 10mm bolt heads. One is on the top of the battery side cover and one on the bottom. Remove both of them and then you will be able to remove the battery side cover. Once you have done this, you can disconnect your Corvette’s battery cables (negative cable first). There is a bolt and retainer that holds the battery to the Corvette’s battery tray, you will need a 13mm socket and an extension to get it out. Once the retainer is off, you can remove your battery. This is also a good time to check your wiring that routes around the backside of the battery; these are all hot fuseable links. Just make sure they are in good shape with no visual damage. If there is noticeable damage, now is the time to fix them. Once everything looks good, you can install the new battery and just reverse the removal procedures.
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NOS (New Old Stock) Corvette T3 Headlight Bulbs are not all they’re cracked up to be. Besides the fact that a single NOS headlight bulb from a swap meet costs nearly just as much as a new Reproduction T3 Headlight Bulb Set from Zip Corvette, they typically don’t work properly. The reason is simple; as the bulbs set, they tend to crack allowing air to enter the area that should be under a sealed vacuum. With air entering the bulb, the filament will either burn out immediately or last a very short time once power is applied.
Since all of our
Corvette T3 Headlight Bulbs are 25% brighter than any NOS or used bulb, they are sold in complete car sets. If you installed just one new bulb you would be able to clearly see the difference between the old and new. All Corvette T3 Headlight Bulbs from Zip are produced from original GM blueprints and are built by an OEM manufacturer. They also meet all current Federal lighting standards and are guaranteed to produce more light than any NOS or used Corvette headlight bulb on the market.
1956-1971 Corvette T3 Headlight Bulbs
This week’s Corvette Question comes from a 2000 Corvette owner:
How do you close the automatic headlights on a C5 Corvette?
C5 Corvette Headlight
Answer: If your automatic lights are on and you would like to close them, you have to go into your options menu. To do this you must use the buttons located on the side of the instrument panel. There is a button labeled options – it is button number 4. When you push it, the screen below your gauges will ask you a set of several different questions. Examples of these questions include: do you want your Corvette Headlights to open automatically depending on the light outside? Do you want the alarm to activate automatically when you leave your Corvette? Do you want the horn to chirp when you arm and disarm? You use the reset button to select which question you want and the options button to go to the next option. Simply choose for the automatic lights to be turned off while on this screen and they should close. If you choose to close them in the menu and they are still up, then obviously the headlight switch on the turn signal lever is on.
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So often Corvette owners look to add exhaust systems, air intakes, and other similar bolt-on performance Corvette parts to their Corvette in an effort to add every ounce of horsepower without breaking the bank. All of these bolt-ons are great and will absolutely help any Corvette perform at a higher level, but it is baffling at how many owners overlook the computer side of their Corvette.
1997-2004 LS1 & LS6 Hypertech Power Programmer
Reprogramming the factory chip in any C5 Corvette is simple and will allow the LS1 or LS6 engine to perform better than ever. Precise tuning from Hypertech’s Power Programmer III optimizes the engine speed from off-idle to redline for maximum performance gains. What many C5 owners do not realize is that by programming their Corvette, they are not only getting the added horsepower and torque, but the Corvette’s computer will allow the engine to extract every bit of energy out of every molecule of fuel, giving you more miles at cruising speeds. Hypertech’s Power Programmer III optimizes the spark and fuel curves point by point over the entire rpm band.
Hypertech’s Power Programmer III connects directly into your Corvette’s under-dash ODB-II diagnostic plug. Simply answer a series of yes/no questions and the Programmer takes care of the rest. The finished product is a more efficient LS1 or LS6 Corvette engine with some added horsepower and torque as well.
Other Corvette performance tuning and diagnostic tools from Zip Corvette Parts
Today’s Corvette technical question comes from Jay who owns a 1977 Corvette:
How do you adjust the “back” of the headlights on a 1977? I know where the front adjustment is, but mine rubs on the back when they are opened. I have several manuals and have looked everywhere on the car I can think of. Can you help?
Answer: There is no adjustment for the back of your Corvette’s headlights. If your headlights are rubbing the surrounding fiberglass, we would first suggest unbolting the headlights and changing their position within the opening. The bolts mounting the frame to the front and rear headlight bars on the fiberglass have some adjustment in them, loosen the bolts and reposition the headlight housing in the opening. An additional issue may be worn out or misaligned side bushings where the headlight housing mounts into the headlight frame. These bushings are plastic and once cracked and brittle, will allow the housing to move around in the frame. Verify whether the bushings are broken and if not, loosen the bolts and reposition the headlight housing within the frame. There is adjustment in those bolts as well that will allow you to control the headlight housing position.
Here are a few diagrams that may help:
 Headlight Diagram 1 |
 Headlight Diagram 2 |
 Headlight Diagram 3 |
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Corvette Power Window Motor
In the 1968 to 1976 Corvette power window motor design, GM used the same motors as the 56-67 Corvette, but they flipped them around. What was a left hand motor in a 56-67 Corvette became a right hand motor in the 68-76 Corvette, and vice versa. However, the manufacturer of the motor never changed and neither did their part number, so when you look at the right hand motor (passenger side) in a 68-77 Corvette, the motor is stamped “LH” for left hand. It is a left hand for a 56-67, but not a 68-77. This often leads to confusion when a customer receives a new window motor that is correct, but they think it’s wrong. Of course you always need to be aware of how GM determined what is left and what is right, it was from sitting in the car; RH=passenger, LH=driver. Also, GM changed the electrical plug midyear 1976, so all motors produced by GM after the middle of 1976 had the new design plug. In 1978, the motor changed again, but it was only by adding a bracket to the back of the motor, the rest of the motor and the plug remained the same as the late 76. The motors that are supplied now will work in all applications, but if you are installing this motor in 56-76E (E=early) then you will also need a power window motor conversion harness so that the motor will plug into the earlier harness in your Corvette.
Here’s a project that’s fairly easy to do and only requires standard tools. The entire replacement of the power window motor should be completed in about 1.5 hours from start to finish.
Click here to read our Corvette Power Window Motor Replacement article.
