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#385605 02/27/02 09:05 PM
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I am meeting Burg tomorrow to get his. Any last pieces of advice? I've read all the how-tos, but you have the fresh install 411. For that matter, what are you doing tomorrow night? laugh laugh


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Sales meeting tomorrow night- sorry.

Taking off the emblems is a piece of cake if you take some fishing line and do a sawing motion back and forth to peal them off. Goo-gone, WD40, etc will make taking the foam crap off the paint easier but a spatula (I used my finger- will work easily too).

I spliced into the turn signal wires at the back of the headlights to make it easier and burg did a nice clean job so I would recommend that for your install.

Go to home depot and buy the 3M outdoor double sided tape. Its waterproof and sticks like a mofo. Spend the extra couple of dimes on the 3M stuff- cheaper tape will not last. Cut into the shape of the back of the lense.

The best advice I can give you is to use a dremel and take about half the material off the back of the lense themselves with a sandpaper wheel. You will need to really decrease the diameter of the cynlinders to get them into the existing holes.

Take your time and be prepared to do a lot of test fitting. You may be surprised by a couple of things:

1. How much you have to dremel off (ask burg or john about the side by side comparo I showed them)
2. How many times you may have to test fit
3. The holes on your car may be slightly different sizes
4. Once you put the lense on the socket with the bulb- its hard to get off so do that only when your ready to mount and wire them. You will know the lenses are on there good when you feel a little pop into place.

Whew eek

Bottom line- take your time and have fun with it. I would recommend waiting until the weekend to give yourself time to take breaks and do a really good job. I dremeled the markers the night before so I could focus on the install the next day.


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Great info, thanks.


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There is not correlation between difficulty and the length of my post above laugh


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Hey matt 2k,

Be sure to sharpen up your drywall saw!!! laugh

(inside joke...we'll tell you at our next meet!)


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I plan on taking the air die grinder out for a spin (pun intended).

Matt, what gauge wire did you use?


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I don't remember confused

Burg, John- a little help?


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Hey Matt, one more question (I'm doing this project tomorrow).

The black rubber socket seems bigger around than the lense itself. Did you have to grind it down too or can you remove it?

I got a sick feeling in my stomach about one thing with this. When I took off my driver's side door ding thing, the paint was messed up underneath and Northpoint Ford repainted it under warranty. I know they blended from the front fender to the back door. I have my fingers crossed that then took off the 24v badge when they painted.


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Take the socket off and mount the lense. Once the lense is mounted, put the rubber socket on it from behind. You will feel a slight pop as it seats onto the lens housing...

The socket is a biatch to come off so take your time.


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Quote:
Originally posted by redhawk:
Take the socket off and mount the lense. Once the lense is mounted, put the rubber socket on it from behind. You will feel a slight pop as it seats onto the lens housing...

The socket is a biatch to come off so take your time.
You mean from behind the fender panel? If so, what did you have to take off to get back there? Wheel well trim?


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