Morimoto has released Aventador-inspired tail lights for the 2014-2019 C7 Corvette. They’re DOT-compliant and feature optional sequential turn signals. I’m not sure why they’re not listed on their website, but I purchased a set from Vette Lights.
In the image above, the right tail light is a 3D scan of an OEM C7 tail light and bezel with the “fang” removed. The tail light on the left is cut from a photo I took of the Morimoto light. While my graphics hack job is pretty bad, I think I like the Aventador style a lot more. I asked my daughter which she preferred and she responded “the one on the left because it looks meaner” — that’s my girl:-)
The one wrinkle is that they placed the backup light in the “fang” which I plan to cut off. I have two options:
Put the backup lights somewhere else.
Modify the fang so that it’s flush with the bottom of the tail light. That might provide enough space to retrofit some backup LEDs into the lower outer corner. Filling in that corner may also make the lights appear more fit for purpose.
Thanks to some help from Ken regarding the connector pin mappings, I was able to get them wired up on the bench. I’m sure there’s a way keep the lights from saturating the video, but it escapes me.