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Old Mar 10, 2005 | 03:48 PM
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Did the Home Depot flush tail light mod this afternoon. Total cost $12, total time 30 minutes...

See Sig for before pic...




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Old Mar 10, 2005 | 03:49 PM
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Nice job, and at a price we can all afford.

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Parts list please! Thanks.
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Old Mar 10, 2005 | 04:00 PM
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Sweet!!! Is there a how-to on this somewhere???
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Old Mar 10, 2005 | 04:01 PM
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Yes!! Please provide your parts list and installation method. Definately like this flush look!!
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Old Mar 10, 2005 | 04:04 PM
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I like it!!
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Originally Posted by Willfulone
Did the Home Depot flush tail light mod this afternoon. Total cost $12, total time 30 minutes...
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Now tell me what to get at Home Depot so I can do this
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Old Mar 10, 2005 | 04:07 PM
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Great job! I love the flush tail light look!
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Originally Posted by tixin
Parts list please! Thanks.
(6) 1" L X 1/2 W X .194" Hole Size Nylon Spacers
(6) 1/4" L X 1/2" W X .194 Hole Size Nylon Spacers
(8) #8 x 2" Zinc Pan Head Screws
(1) Frost King Rubber Foam Weatherseal 3/8" W X 5/16" Thick x 10' Long (Adheasive backed)(I got the black weather stripping)

Simply unscrew tail lights, clean, put weather stripping around the tail light (where the red casing meets the black casing of the light) insert new screws and spacers on back side, screw back into mounting hole.

-The two center lights get one 1" spacer on each screw.
-The outside lights get three 1/4" spacers on each of the outer most
screw
-The inner screw on the outside most lights get one 1" spacer.
-Fit so the weather stripping looks good and screw them back in!

1" spacers $4.77
1/4 Spacers $3.42
Weather stripping $3.98
Pan head screws $.98

Tks to all who recommended this mod and the how to's

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Originally Posted by Willfulone
1" spacers $4.77
1/4 Spacers $3.42
Weather stripping $3.98
Pan head screws $.98


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I did this 2 weeks ago.
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Old Mar 10, 2005 | 04:36 PM
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Nice work!
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"Where's your ...., I've got a turtle head pokin' out a me."

Or something like that.
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"The outside lights get three 1/4" spacers on each of the outer most
screw"


Life is simpler if you buy 2 extra 1" spacers, and cut 1/4" off with Dremel, or hacksaw. Then you are not fighting three pieces when you want to take out your lights, for detailing or whatever. Then 8 screws, 8 spacers.
The outer shorter ones are easy to spot, but to make it ever easier, I sprayed the two outer spacers with some enamel paint I had in the garage, to really be able to tell the difference, when working with them.
AND, you saved $1.83.

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Thanks for the info. I'm going to have to do this myself.
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Great job and thanks for the info!!
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Chip,

Great job !! !!! !!!!

Now, take a small paint brush and paint those stainless steel screw heads black.


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Nice job!!!

Not too hard now that you've completed the mod, huh?


Originally Posted by Billy182
Sweet!!! Is there a how-to on this somewhere???
Hey Bill. I can pick up the parts for you and include them when I send your lights back if you'd like. It's not hard and once you see the stuff you'll understand how to space them out.

I also include gloss black screw covers that really add to the black lights when they're flush mounted.
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looks real good
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