Flush mount tail lights?
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It keeps the water and dirt from sitting on the ledge. I do not like them myself. I like the recessed look.
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I bought the kit from West Coast Corvettes and I like it. It's a quick easy mod, and best of all - if you don't like it after it's done, it's easy enough to reverse it.
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Originally Posted by rkhegler
Been thinking about doing this on my 99 FRC. Any opinions or comments on install?
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1373344
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I'll be modifying mine this weekend, bought everything I need from Home Depot. Have seen a lot of pictures and they all look great, if I don't like it on my 2004 C5 then I'll simply reverse the mod. I use a H2O-less cleaner so the puddling and dripping isn't an issue for me.
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Originally Posted by screw991le
The weather stripping is a good idea, but I just can't get use to the look.
Southern Car Parts sells a weather stripping kit that looks very sharp. I was just too cheap-o to use it myself. Actually, I'm not sure that it would work with flush mounted lights because I think there may be a slightly larger gap between the light assembly and the cavity when the light is out at the edge like that.
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Originally Posted by screw991le
The weather stripping is a good idea, but I just can't get use to the look.
Here is the look...
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Got all the parts needed at Home Depot
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Originally Posted by BarneePhife
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I did mine with the spacers from Home Depot and the Half-round weatherstripping. Couldn't find black so I got grey and a black sharpie. A couple passes with the sharpie and looks like a million bux. I think it looks better than stock and easier to clean. If you have a black car you know what I mean.
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Originally Posted by Grumpy
try as I might, the stores in our area do not carry the seal shown in this thread..anyone fix me up?? BTW the taillight seals mentioned work fine with the flushmount kit.
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I just did mine on Thursday , I also installed the "halo" LED lights . These lights are so bright , and flush mounted they look great . I purchased both the lights and flush kit from an east coast corvette shop .Here is a close up .
I'm happy ..
Last edited by Jims99frc; Apr 29, 2006 at 10:18 AM.
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Originally Posted by rcs128
it's cheap, easy, helps keep the lights area cleaner, and looks good. And you can reverse it in about 10 minutes if you ever change your mind. Go for it!
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