clearance lights type and spacing
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clearance lights type and spacing
I have a 1977 F250. It goes into the body shop tomorrow to complete it frame off restoration. Anyways, I am wondering which clearance lights it should have, and what the spacing it is. I want the stock appearance for this part of the truck. Thanks for the help.
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Lights from 73 to at least 86 will do it.Also if you can't figure out the spacing.Go to a local yard with a long piece of cardboard.Unscrew the light on a trk and then punch out the proper spacing for the holes.Little bit of work,but it's a nice template to hold onto and in the end a lot faster than trying to eye all five properly.Just make sure you have a common reference point to line up on both trks.
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From: In the Middle
Originally Posted by bucks77ford
weren't the lights spaced evenly across on some trucks or were they all like the diagram?
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There is a picture of the clearance lights in my gallery. I think it has the older style lights, chrome rather than plastic and they are taller. It will give you some idea of spacing, though it is not a closeup picture. If you are interested I can measure the distance And take a closeup.
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It would be really helpful if someone, that has a truck that came with stock clearance lights, would measure the center-to-center distances between them, and the distance back from the front roof edge, and post it in the 'helpful hints' section. I have thought about adding them to mine, as well.
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You guys are killing me so bad that I had to finally go outside with a tape measure and a camera. Measurements were pulled from the drip rail, and the aft section of the cab, right at the rubber for the rear window.
