Flush mount tail lights
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Heel & Toe
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Flush mount tail lights
Dose anyone have the flush mount tail light kit installed on their C5 and what do you think about them. I cant make up my mind on if I like them or not, it's hard to tell from the pic's i've seen on line.
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Don't have them on my car, but have seen a number of cars with them on there. I personally do not care for the look, but it is something that only you can decide whether or not you like them.
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Go to the hardware store, buy some 2 1/2 inch long screws of the right size, some 1/4 and 1/2 inch long spacers that the screws will fit through, and put the longer screws and spacers in to get the lights flush mounted. It will only cost a few dollars and take about 1/2 hour to do all 4 lights. Then you can look at YOUR car and see if you like them.
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Lowes sells nylon spacers in various lengths. I like the look. Also prevents/hides most of the dirt that accumulates on the ledges.
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Flush mounted taillights are something that people seem to either love or hate. I flush mounted mine not long after I got the car for a practical reason. I live at the beach and there is a lot of sand on the roads. It seemed to always collect in the taillight recesses. I bought the screws and spacers at Lowes after reading a post I found here. If you can't find the post let me know as I copied it into a word document and would be happy to e-mail it to you.
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Me too!!
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Something that will work for making the spacers is the semi-rigid plastic water connecting tube for bathroom/kitchen sinks!! cheap,,and you can cut to length!! After I paid about $15 for a "kit",,,and I saw what was there I had to do one of those Homer Simpson "DOOH" numbers!!
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Here's some additionalpics to help you decide. Also there were some discussions on here a while back about some members that weren't happy with the quality of the kit. I got mine from pfyc.com a supporting member here. One of the nice things I liked about this kit was that the screws supplied with them are stainless, and won't rust out like some of the other kits which are just steel screws painted lblack similiar to the factory ones. The rust occurs after you have scraped the phillips head with the screw driver thus removing some of the paint. This can easily be fixed with a dab of black touch-up paint though.
Note the stainless screws in the pic, which look nice as well, but can also be painted to match the original look:
Note the stainless screws in the pic, which look nice as well, but can also be painted to match the original look:
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Go to the hardware store, buy some 2 1/2 inch long screws of the right size, some 1/4 and 1/2 inch long spacers that the screws will fit through, and put the longer screws and spacers in to get the lights flush mounted. It will only cost a few dollars and take about 1/2 hour to do all 4 lights. Then you can look at YOUR car and see if you like them.
