DIY Flush tail light link?
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DIY Flush tail light link?
I cant for the life of me find a article on the specs, size of spacers, screw length so I can do it myself.. just ordered some LED lights and want to have everything ready when they show up!
Links or info please..
Pre thanks!
Links or info please..
Pre thanks!
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Wow, this was easy and inexpensive. I spent a little over $10. I did mine just a little bit differrent though. I bought 1" nylon spacers and cut 1/4" off two of them and added the 1/4" pieces that I cut off to the two outside screws. So the left screw in the left outside light and the right screw in the right outside light each had 1 1/4" spacers. The inside screw on the outside light (both left and right) had a 3/4" spacer. This made all 4 lights flush with the contour of the bumper.
I also used different weather stripping. I couldn't find the size mentioned in the DIY thread at either Home Depot or Lowes, so I used Automotive weatherstripping that I found at HD and it was 5/16 X 19/32 and ribbed, but it worked just fine. The job took me about a half hour and I think it looks great. Here are a few pix...
I also used different weather stripping. I couldn't find the size mentioned in the DIY thread at either Home Depot or Lowes, so I used Automotive weatherstripping that I found at HD and it was 5/16 X 19/32 and ribbed, but it worked just fine. The job took me about a half hour and I think it looks great. Here are a few pix...
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I wrote this when I did mine a year ago...as you can see it has been passed around a bit...
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I don't remember where I copied this from but I saved it for future reference:
Flush Mounted Tail Lights
(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
Flush Mounted Tail Lights
(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
Willfulone
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