Most all the Ace Hardware stores around here have a specialty fastener section and you can often find fasteners there that others do not have.
taillight screws
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taillight screws
while installing my new blackout kit, i noticed that my taillight mounting screws are phillips head. this makes tightening them a pain. Does anyone know where i can get the torx screws?
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I agree with checking at an Ace Hardware store - the one around here seems to have a better selection than Lowes does.
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(ever pull a taillight - you can see right down to the mufflers! So actually, the taillight is 'outside' of the car!
Also got my torx screws from Ace. Didn't like the look of the black heads, So I painted them with touch-up paint to match the body.
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While we're on the subject of blackouts and the torx screws...
I'm wondering if all the blackout kits out there are the style that the screw head stick up over the blackout? I recently purchased some blackouts on Ebay from GSCreations and was a bit disappointed, I expected that the screw heads would tuck into the blackout, like I've seen on other applications...
I had to paint my screw heads gloss black, so they wouldn't be so obvious. I'm just wondering what how everyone else's blackout mount and if they're the same...
~Chris
I'm wondering if all the blackout kits out there are the style that the screw head stick up over the blackout? I recently purchased some blackouts on Ebay from GSCreations and was a bit disappointed, I expected that the screw heads would tuck into the blackout, like I've seen on other applications...
I had to paint my screw heads gloss black, so they wouldn't be so obvious. I'm just wondering what how everyone else's blackout mount and if they're the same...
~Chris
