Am I crazy for doing this on a 65 Barracuda ?
I have parking lights ! I found a set of used lenses for 60 bucks to my door. These are hard to find in good condition but they make repos . They'll cost you about 225-250 bucks to your door, but they look nice.
My bexels cleaned up nicely and I washed and detailed the lenses. My old gaskets were dried out some and showing some cracks. I took my finger and wiped some Dynaflex230 caulk over them making sure I had no build up. Just fill the cracks and wipe off all excess down to smooth and let dry.
The guy sent some used round gaskets with them but they don't have the ears like the originals that make sure they don't slip in where you would see them through the lenses. My old one's were sealed tight to the bezels and lenses will seal tight against the Dynaflex. ( It's the little things that count :) )
Got some new amber bulbs from Oreilly's . The old ones had yellow paint on them that was peeling. These new ones from Sylvania have tinted glass and are much better. Taking a break from the rear quarter today . PITA but if I had to do it again it would be a lot easier. I'm in no hurry and I want to get it protected and looking nice , dealing with a trunk floor extension,wheel well, and exterior body metal all coming together and parts of them long gone and just an empty space out there makes it a challenge. Especially when the body panel curves in 2 different ways in that area.
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I have parking lights ! I found a set of used lenses for 60 bucks to my door. These are hard to find in good condition but they make repos . They'll cost you about 225-250 bucks to your door, but they look nice.
My bexels cleaned up nicely and I washed and detailed the lenses. My old gaskets were dried out some and showing some cracks. I took my finger and wiped some Dynaflex230 caulk over them making sure I had no build up. Just fill the cracks and wipe off all excess down to smooth and let dry.
The guy sent some used round gaskets with them but they don't have the ears like the originals that make sure they don't slip in where you would see them through the lenses. My old one's were sealed tight to the bezels and lenses will seal tight against the Dynaflex. ( It's the little things that count :) )
Got some new amber bulbs from Oreilly's . The old ones had yellow paint on them that was peeling. These new ones from Sylvania have tinted glass and are much better. Taking a break from the rear quarter today . PITA but if I had to do it again it would be a lot easier. I'm in no hurry and I want to get it protected and looking nice , dealing with a trunk floor extension,wheel well, and exterior body metal all coming together and parts of them long gone and just an empty space out there makes it a challenge. Especially when the body panel curves in 2 different ways in that area.