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I have a 63 and for some dumb reason, Cadillac decided to make the fin lights running lights only that year. I retrofitted mine with LED strips to fix that design problem : )
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Comment by Kurt on May 21, 2025 at 12:30am
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I thought I took more pics when I did this mod but only found these. I got the LED strips at Fry's locally but that store is closed now. From the pic, it looks like the P/N# is B42LSM1 but not sure if they are still available (mod was a few years ago). There are several LED strips on the market now. These are 12V red flexible, self-adhesive LED strips. You can cut them to length every 3 LEDs. I believe I bought one long strip & had enough to do both fins with some left over. As for wiring, I grounded each strip to the light socket in the fin and drilled a small hole to route the other wire to the brake light for each side. Brake light wiring is easily accessible inside the trunk.
The running lights in the fins still operate as designed. The LED strips only light up with brakes or turn signals.
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Comment by Bill Wolf on May 20, 2025 at 4:46pm
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Hello Kurt, what kind of lights did you use and where did you get them?
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