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Hi!
Have any of you used lights like these? http://www.ebay.ca/itm/1962-1967-VW-Beetle-LED-Tail-Light-Retro-fit-Kit-1963-1964-1965-1966-one-pair-/121361254073?pt=Vintage_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item1c41b1c6b9&vxp=mtr
The tail lights in my fiberfab replica are unprotected from the rear wheel splash and it looks difficult to make something durable to repair this. These lights are almost flush and would be much simpler to make a cover for!
What do you think?
Ed
The only thing protruding into the wheel well on mine is the socket base for the light bulb. You can use a spark plug wire boot ( distributor end) to seal that.
These LED’s are cool…there’s a thread on them somewhere in here…unfortunately , I’m not running that style lamp.Bill Ascheman
Fiberfab Ford
Modified 5.0, 5sp., 4:11
Autocross & Hillclimb
"Drive Happy"Mine has two bulb sockets exposed in the inside fender. ( separate bulb of the signal light and the combination tail/stop light. The above unit doesn’t have the separate signal light so requires a “converter” to make it work.
Maybe some of these bulbs http://www.ebay.ca/itm/380797165478?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
Along with these pigtails http://www.ebay.ca/itm/151269242509?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
And make my own lights?
IMHO:
A basic problem on my FF was that both front and rear lights wiring ran loose and unprotected on the underside of the fenders to the connection point with the lights. I decided that this was a potential problem because the connections could vibrate loose or in the event of a tire tread loss the wiring might be ripped off, compounding your problems.
I used some semi-rigid plastic tubing to arc the wires up under the fender and away from the tires (tyres?) as much as possible. It’s probably also good to allow a small slack loop so you can lift up the light assemblies for service.
Just my 2 cents.What you did sounds a lot like how BCW designed their wire path, though they molded them into the ‘glass.
Seems like a good idea no matter how you do it.
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