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70rs 07-09-2011 10:53 AM

Yeah, I get it. Mine look like crappy welded lumps. Haha! With a bit of practice I should do ok.
Another option is the weather pack connections. More$$ but water proof and easy to remove if ever needed to. Tough to hide those though. Pretty bulky.

tones2SS 07-11-2011 05:39 PM

Great updates. Nice looking gauges. Keep up the great work.

68400BIRD 07-11-2011 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by tones2SS (Post 359029)
Great updates. Nice looking gauges. Keep up the great work.

Thanks.

Just finished detailing my rear tail light lenses.
Some before and after pictures.
Here is what I started with.
http://i319.photobucket.com/albums/m...y/DSC07279.jpg
Buffed out the lenses.
http://i319.photobucket.com/albums/m...y/DSC07280.jpg
Housings before powdercoating.
http://i319.photobucket.com/albums/m...y/DSC07281.jpg
After powdercoating.
http://i319.photobucket.com/albums/m...y/DSC07282.jpg
Lenses all cleaned up and painted black again.
http://i319.photobucket.com/albums/m...y/DSC07283.jpg
Lenses inside housings.
http://i319.photobucket.com/albums/m...y/DSC07284.jpg

69MyWay 07-12-2011 03:22 AM

Wow - those lamps look excellent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

69MyWay 07-18-2011 04:17 AM

By the way....

One those brake lights, make sure the inside lip of the light socket hole is clean and free from paint as well as the back side (at least one) of where the mounting bolts/nuts go to the rear body panel.

The light socket doesn't have its own ground - it has to ground through the lamp housing.

Just got our lamps all in over this last week and found that out...the hard way.


:woot:

waynieZ 07-18-2011 09:37 AM

Those look great, you did an excelent job.

68400BIRD 07-18-2011 10:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 69MyWay (Post 360382)
By the way....

One those brake lights, make sure the inside lip of the light socket hole is clean and free from paint as well as the back side (at least one) of where the mounting bolts/nuts go to the rear body panel.

The light socket doesn't have its own ground - it has to ground through the lamp housing.

Just got our lamps all in over this last week and found that out...the hard way.


:woot:


Thanks for the advice. I'm already in the process of adding grounds to all of the tail light sockets. I'm not a fan of how they ground in the first place. Then add in that every square inch of my trunk now has several coats of spatter paint along with clear and my tail light housings are powder coated, will make for a bad ground for sure.:lol: The tail light sockets have a small hole that I can fit a wire down and solder to the grounding clip.

68400BIRD 07-18-2011 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by waynieZ (Post 360439)
Those look great, you did an excelent job.

Thanks Wayne!!!!

70rs 07-18-2011 11:14 AM

Killer job on those lights! Want to restore mine? :D

68400BIRD 07-18-2011 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by 70rs (Post 360470)
Killer job on those lights! Want to restore mine? :D

Send them over I have more time than money:lol:


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