Oh yea... I did my Tail Lights too
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From: Blo-hio Transplant
redid the lights so now all 4 tails work as marker/brake/blinker.
hacked the bulb mount out of a spare set of upper:
modded the lowers to accept the upper socket and bulb. mounting it farther back from the base of the cup to put the bulb at the same distance from the lens as they are in the uppers (lower cup is shallower/smaller) also to get more cooling in the light itself (don't want any melted lenses):
here's one with the socket in:
I could not locate just the pigtail (male end of the wiring) so had to make my own. the sockets are PN 16530707 from GM
hacked the bulb mount out of a spare set of upper:
modded the lowers to accept the upper socket and bulb. mounting it farther back from the base of the cup to put the bulb at the same distance from the lens as they are in the uppers (lower cup is shallower/smaller) also to get more cooling in the light itself (don't want any melted lenses):
here's one with the socket in:
I could not locate just the pigtail (male end of the wiring) so had to make my own. the sockets are PN 16530707 from GM
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From: Arlington, TX
tail lights
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what did you cut? if you use the bucket off of your lower (reverse) lights
and epoxy a lens from the uppers you don't have to cut any sheet metal.
you also need to flip the lens to conform to the shape of the body.
or if you are using all uppers... I believe the upper left needs to be used for the lower right and vise versa
I just bought a set of stock tail lights from a member here the switched them out to LED's
what did you cut? if you use the bucket off of your lower (reverse) lights
and epoxy a lens from the uppers you don't have to cut any sheet metal.
you also need to flip the lens to conform to the shape of the body.
or if you are using all uppers... I believe the upper left needs to be used for the lower right and vise versa
I just bought a set of stock tail lights from a member here the switched them out to LED's
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After you had the backup lights for a while, how well did they work for you?
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Mine worked ok. The lights that SmootHHR used on his work work a hell of a lot bet for seeing whats behind you when you need to back up at night..
Nice pics Rob
Mine worked ok. The lights that SmootHHR used on his work work a hell of a lot bet for seeing whats behind you when you need to back up at night..
Nice pics Rob
