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Old 10-14-2018, 07:02 AM   #1
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Question About 1958 headlights

Couple silly questions about my headlights.
When I got my truck most of the parts where just a a pile in the cab,so there are a lot of pieces I don't know how they were put together.Now I'm installing the headlight buckets and the bezels,but have no screws.do I need to use speed nuts?and what size do I need? and is the low beam on the inside or outside
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Old 10-14-2018, 01:42 PM   #2
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Re: Question About 1958 headlights

I believe the screws to attach the headlight buckets to the fenders are #10 phillips pan head sheetmetal screws. Low beam is to the outside
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Old 10-14-2018, 02:09 PM   #3
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buy oval head stainless, home depot has them
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Old 10-16-2018, 08:29 AM   #4
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Thanks
went to Home Depot and got screws
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Old 10-17-2018, 02:54 PM   #5
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To attache the headlight bucket to the fender I used truss head screws, wider and flatter than a pan head.
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Old 10-17-2018, 03:15 PM   #6
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careful torquing up the stainless, they break easier. no rust though.
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Old 10-17-2018, 08:33 PM   #7
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Original Chevy was a hex head . GMC ran phillips head.
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Old 10-21-2018, 01:31 PM   #8
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my chrome parking light bezels were pretty bad with pits, holes and rust
sand blasted, fiber filler inside, bondo outside, epoxy primer and paint
they've looked fine for 10 years, this was taken last year
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Old 10-22-2018, 06:18 AM   #9
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my chrome parking light bezels were pretty bad with pits, holes and rust
sand blasted, fiber filler inside, bondo outside, epoxy primer and paint
they've looked fine for 10 years, this was taken last year
Mine are real bad rust
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Old 10-23-2018, 11:23 AM   #10
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yep. i'd still blast them to see what you end up with
with long hair fiber filler you can basically build a new one from scratch
mine were almost that bad
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Old 10-24-2018, 06:55 AM   #11
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yep. i'd still blast them to see what you end up with
with long hair fiber filler you can basically build a new one from scratch
mine were almost that bad
OK my project for the day
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Old 10-24-2018, 01:27 PM   #12
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at $40 each plus shipping i figured it was worth fixing them
of course you end up paying yourself $5/hr for the effort
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Old 10-25-2018, 07:28 AM   #13
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at $40 each plus shipping i figured it was worth fixing them
of course you end up paying yourself $5/hr for the effort
Good news
I told my painter friend what I planned on doing,He hates when I paint suff,He told me just glass bead the parts and he would do the rest......
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Old 10-25-2018, 12:44 PM   #14
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if your paying someone else to do it, probably cheaper to buy the new chrome bezels
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Old 10-26-2018, 06:45 AM   #15
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if your paying someone else to do it, probably cheaper to buy the new chrome bezels
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My friend never charges me,he will paint it when he is doing something else
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That is a good friend to have!
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Old 10-26-2018, 12:59 PM   #17
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