very low buck frenched side marker mod

[foosed]

Well heres my shot at it. I painted a small ring around the light on the metal, it seeped through the tape in a few spots so im going to have to clean that up. They almost look worse in the pictures than they really are. All in all, super easy mod with great results, if i can do it so can just about anyone.

[TonyJohnson]

Looks great.

[0331grunt]

thats a good looking mod. I will be doing this to mine. Thanks for sharing. It will be a while on mine, tho texanidiot25- I like the allen head bolts, to. BTW-good looking color!

[texanidiot25]

Originally Posted by foosed

Well heres my shot at it. I painted a small ring around the light on the metal, it seeped through the tape in a few spots so im going to have to clean that up. They almost look worse in the pictures than they really are. All in all, super easy mod with great results, if i can do it so can just about anyone.

Can you post some far back pics? Curious to what the black ring looks like at distance.

[big_al_71]

Originally Posted by texanidiot25

If you work slow and mind the heat the paint ought to be fine. My trucks got some cheapy paint job so it was bad behind the lense to start. I put painters tape around the edges incase the wheel jumped outta the cut.

Plus if you don't like it, slap the clips back on and screw the lens back on like stock.

I am going to take a shot at this,,,I just got four van lenses that I got my detail dept. to sand down and polish and must say they came out pretty good so I am going to put these on for now..

But anyhow,

I have a quick question, how big of a dent do you have to do to the inner side of the bed for the rear lites to fit? Does it show alot from the inside of the bed (DENT)?

[big_al_71]

Originally Posted by foosed

Well heres my shot at it. I painted a small ring around the light on the metal, it seeped through the tape in a few spots so im going to have to clean that up. They almost look worse in the pictures than they really are. All in all, super easy mod with great results, if i can do it so can just about anyone.

they came out awesome......



All of you guys have done an outstanding job...

[foosed]

Originally Posted by texanidiot25

Can you post some far back pics? Curious to what the black ring looks like at distance.

This is the farthest away i have. Like i said it looks worse in the pics than it really is.

Thanks Big Al, I didnt have to dent in the box because my back lights dont work anyway, so i just didnt even hook them up.

[jorgensensc]

Hey Texan, paint one in between the lights to match your truck paint, just to see how it would look body color paint. It might make it look really sweet!
Shawn

[texanidiot25]

Originally Posted by big_al_71

I have a quick question, how big of a dent do you have to do to the inner side of the bed for the rear lites to fit? Does it show alot from the inside of the bed (DENT)?

I'm not sure what you mean? Talking about the 1/4" or so recess that the stock lense sits in normally? Basically what were taking adventage of to french?

Originally Posted by foosed

This is the farthest away i have. Like i said it looks worse in the pics than it really is.

Oh no I think you did a killer job, I'm just curious what the black outline looks at a distance (like in a full pic of the truck)

Originally Posted by jorgensensc

Hey Texan, paint one in between the lights to match your truck paint, just to see how it would look body color paint. It might make it look really sweet!
Shawn

I thought about it. Would need to pick up some chevy engine orange, matches decent enough. May try it one day it's not raining here.

[foosed]

Originally Posted by texanidiot25

I'm not sure what you mean? Talking about the 1/4" or so recess that the stock lense sits in normally? Basically what were taking adventage of to french?

I believe hes talking about the back ones, you have to dent out the inside of the box in order to hook up the light to the back of the lens. Not enough clearance between the lens and the box otherwise.

Oh no I think you did a killer job, I'm just curious what the black outline looks at a distance (like in a full pic of the truck)

Thanks! Ill get a farther pic tomorrow.

[big_al_71]

[QUOTE=foosed;3543535]I believe hes talking about the back ones, you have to dent out the inside of the box in order to hook up the light to the back of the lens. Not enough clearance between the lens and the box otherwise.


yes that is what I am asking about, I thought I read on the first page where something had to be done in the back....

[foosed]

yep, i tried to connect them anyway, and no matter how you move it around you just cant get enough clearance. Im not really sure of a better way other than denting it out.

[texanidiot25]

Originally Posted by foosed

I believe hes talking about the back ones, you have to dent out the inside of the box in order to hook up the light to the back of the lens. Not enough clearance between the lens and the box otherwise.

I didn't have a problem with either in my long bed. It was a tight fit to get the lense in place, but not any touble at all. And I didn't have superglue, so I still had to finger the nuts in place... Now if you had to plug in the light bulb harness i'm not sure how it would go, i don't have any on this truck.

I'm sure there are skinnier light bulb sockets out there.

[Twisted78SS]

I thought about trying to make an outer ring of sorts, out of aluminum or fiberglass/plastic and either paint it body color of leave it natural depending on what I use. Here is a shot with the idea in mind. It would be very similar to one posted already, but hide the attachment all together. I show the studs in the picture just to visualize where they would be.

[gregfull]

I know this is a low buck option, and it looks good, just thought I'd try to drum up some business. I have many sets of the firebird bezels that retrofit the firebird markers to fit our trucks. Here's the link: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=339524

[foosed]

Heres the pictures you requested.

[jimijam00]

cool, but not for me.