wilbur

I'm looking at 5 3/4 stainless retainer trim rings that hold the headlight in the cups and was wondering do all GM..Chevrolet Pontiac... Use the same rings

Nowhere Man

Yes

wombvette

Well not exactly. You need the type that the tension spring will work with. Some dont have the hole and some the hole is cut out.

wilbur

Good thank you

rich5962

Interesting little part which millions were likely made. GM Part# 5954892 from '58 to '82 Corvettes, and so many other GM cars.

Plug in that part# here and many models & trucks will be shown.
http://www.gmpartswiki.com/query

I once had a NOS pair of GM buckets with T3's, retainers and rings. They could adapt to many GM vehicles as well as Corvette, and only required different riveted screw-retainer brackets(Lug Package) for the various models outer headlamp bezels.

wilbur

yes I know what you mean about the tensioner spring, I just had a look at my old ones and there are two mounting tabs and a circular hole for the tension spring. A lot of the ones I have seen on eBay have 3 mounting tabs and some have elongated holes for the tensioner spring (as opposed to a circular hole) and some have some sort of a slot.
I ended up purchasing a decent looking set for $15 that are exactly like the ones that I am going to replace on my 58.

rich5962

I went through some trouble a while ago on a '59 restoration. Someone changed the bulb cups(dogdish) on one side(where there was prior accident repair) to the 2 tab design. IIRC, originals were the 3 screw/tab design and the spring hooked on to the dogdish. Below you can see the cutout for the spring.



Some used the dogdish with only 2 screw tabs and the spring hooked into a hole for the bulb ring. But I believe these were on other GM cars of the era. I'm unsure which ones.

The '58-62 had 4 unique dogdishes, but IIRC the 63-67 had just 2 unique dogdishes as they changed the mounting tabs inside the headlight buckets. Then in 1968 to 1982 they changed back to the 4 dogdish design again.

wilbur

My headlamp buckets have a round cut out, I've seen some square off types as well.