flush mount lights
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From: Elk Grove Village IL
flush mount lights
I am looking on how to flush mount my rear lights. there was a tread a few months ago on how to make your own . If anyone knows how to make them please let me know .Thanks Joihn 
Last edited by boss31; Oct 8, 2005 at 02:39 PM.
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From: Morganton, NC, USA
I just did mine. First buy 8 - No. 8 X 2" roundhead stainless steel sheet metal screws (about $.25 each). Measure each side of the outboard and inboard lights and record how deep they are sunk into the taillight recesses. You can buy Nylon spacers with a 3/16" I.D. and a 1/2" or 9/16" O.D. You want to stack these so that they add up to the depths of the taillight lenses. Next buy a 10 foot coil of closed cell black foam insulation, 3/8" X 1/4" or 5/16" thick. You will wrap this around the peripery of the oval lenses. Push the lights back into place and use an icepick to locate the original screw holes.
I did mine slightly different as I used some 1/2" O.D. wooden dowels that I drilled a 7/32" dia. hole through axially. I cut one end of the dowels at a slight angle eyballed to match the angle of the rear panel and made a trial assembly. Then I either lengthend or shortened the dummy spacers to obtain a flush fit. I had some 9/16" solid plastic dowels on hand that I drilled and cut to match the wooden ones.
I did mine slightly different as I used some 1/2" O.D. wooden dowels that I drilled a 7/32" dia. hole through axially. I cut one end of the dowels at a slight angle eyballed to match the angle of the rear panel and made a trial assembly. Then I either lengthend or shortened the dummy spacers to obtain a flush fit. I had some 9/16" solid plastic dowels on hand that I drilled and cut to match the wooden ones.
