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| | | 70s taillights on an 80s van | Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 21 stranger | OP stranger Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 21 | Are they a direct bolt on or is the bezel different?
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| | | Re: 70s taillights on an 80s van | Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 7,662 Likes: 2 carpal tunnel | carpal tunnel Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 7,662 Likes: 2 | This tail light swap is not a direct bolt it. a set of flat stock straps will need to be made to mount the older tail lights into the newer holes. The chrome Bezels on the older style tail lights will hide the seam on the out side of the newer tail light hole mounting bars tail lights in place .........Wookee
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| | | Re: 70s taillights on an 80s van | Joined: Aug 2020 Posts: 13 stranger | stranger Joined: Aug 2020 Posts: 13 | hey Im about to do this conversion on my '94 g20 ! accidentally jumped the gun and cut off one of those big studs on the back of the housing!! oops looks like its time to break out my 110 MIG lol. this is very helpful. i dont have the chrome trim tho, prob gonna feather out the rim of the quarter panel housing with some bondo and just caulk the edges real nice or something, pics to come, thanks for the info!
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| | | Re: 70s taillights on an 80s van | Joined: Aug 2020 Posts: 13 stranger | stranger Joined: Aug 2020 Posts: 13 | [img] https://photos.app.goo.gl/C1aPscfD5CJKaQWU7[/img] what do i do here? the gap between the quarter panel and the tail light housing? bondo or rv caulk? did the mount just like wookee did but drilled and filed out the socket hole so i could use the '94 sockets
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| | | Re: 70s taillights on an 80s van | Joined: Aug 2020 Posts: 13 stranger | stranger Joined: Aug 2020 Posts: 13 | finally got mine in after lots of cussing. the heat index was 110 here in austin today
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| | | Re: 70s taillights on an 80s van | Joined: Mar 2020 Posts: 2 stranger | stranger Joined: Mar 2020 Posts: 2 | Looks great Vaz, just about to do my 93 g10. What did you end up using to fill the gaps? Looks like you got a clean install | | | Re: 70s taillights on an 80s van | Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 2,290 Likes: 137 veteran | veteran Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 2,290 Likes: 137 | | | |
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