Adding roof running lights?
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I was just going to put one in the middle and then stagger them out equally. I haven't been to the JYD lately, but hopefully this week. I saw some one ebay rgar were cheap, but also looked cheap, thin plastic, Years ago I had a small fin side marker off an old Merc and though it would be neat to track something like that down in 5x and use them. All glass & chrome. It was a red lens though and I think that violates state laws. In MI you couldn't use red or Blue, not sure in WA.
I work as an aerospace Engineer, for me 'close enough' still requires specialty micrometers
I work as an aerospace Engineer, for me 'close enough' still requires specialty micrometers
We're all sounding like a bunch of OC purists aren't we. I too was terribly exacting when I did it ... and it's taken me YEARS to work up the courage to be able to say, "Ah ... close enough" about a lot of stuff.
IIRC originally the cab corner lamps were all that was required on larger trucks unless you went wider than 80" or something like that, then you had to display the center three lamps as marker lights indicating extra width. The two corner lamps were angled outward and the center three were clustered in the center 6-12" apart.
When I was a kid we had a local freight hauler that had an early 50's C600 that was all painted up, chromed, lots of lighting including twin spot lights on the cab and his forward lamps were all amber except for the center three which were clear. This was early specs by regulation, now they're all amber.
I've seen some Fords with aftermarket lamps with the center three clustered but since Ford OE is a five light spread and the other setup looks a little too GM for my tastes I was very careful to be accurate.
For the true purists among us here's a link to some federal regs: DOT Regulations
IIRC originally the cab corner lamps were all that was required on larger trucks unless you went wider than 80" or something like that, then you had to display the center three lamps as marker lights indicating extra width. The two corner lamps were angled outward and the center three were clustered in the center 6-12" apart.
When I was a kid we had a local freight hauler that had an early 50's C600 that was all painted up, chromed, lots of lighting including twin spot lights on the cab and his forward lamps were all amber except for the center three which were clear. This was early specs by regulation, now they're all amber.
I've seen some Fords with aftermarket lamps with the center three clustered but since Ford OE is a five light spread and the other setup looks a little too GM for my tastes I was very careful to be accurate.
For the true purists among us here's a link to some federal regs: DOT Regulations
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