Is this hard to do?
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Is this hard to do?
I seen this truck today while driving down the road. I like the tail lights. I was wondering how hard it would be to install something like this in my fenders.
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It's a bit harder to find lights that will be highly visible, due to the angle of the backside of the fenders, but very doable.
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Trucks TV or Truck-U or one of those shows did something very similar on an episode not too long ago. I believe they used Vette taillight housings. I'll see if I can locate a clip from the episode.
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Exactly, yes that's the one. Thanks!
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A friend of mine wants me to do something like this to my truck. Not too sure if its legal here.
Nissan Hardbody - Mini Cadillac Tail Light Conversion - Mini Truckin' Magazine
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From a mechanical installation point of view this should be easy. You will need to figure out your new light set-up to include brake lights, turn signals, back-up lights, and plate light in order to be legal in most, if not all states. I would get the lights, and have a sticker type template made to position exactly where I would make the cuts. The fenders are fiberglass, so they probably can be cut with little more than a Roto-Zip, Dremel, or some other spiral saw. Also, if it were me, I would make about a dozen practice cuts on an old fiberglass shower perfecting the motions, and the cut-out size. I would exercise alot of caution in doing this, as I recall the fenders are a unique compressed fiberglass, and if you change your mind, or screw up a cut, you might have no option other than to throw them out, and find "new" ones at a salvage yard.
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Thanks guys, I appreciate your input. He was talking about building a small box next to the stake hole and putting them in there. I was thinking, if I did the caddy lights, to remove the chains, install a latch inside the bed, and fill the hole at the top of the stake, and install them in the stake next to the tail gate.
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A friend of mine wants me to do something like this to my truck. Not too sure if its legal here.
Nissan Hardbody - Mini Cadillac Tail Light Conversion - Mini Truckin' Magazine
Nissan Hardbody - Mini Cadillac Tail Light Conversion - Mini Truckin' Magazine