WTB Tail lights in fair/good to excellent condition.

skhighlighn · Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:30 am

i'll have a set once i get my euro ones on. just gotta get a harness.

zurno · Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:23 pm

screw the harness, lol

skhighlighn · Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:20 pm

zurno wrote:screw the harness, lol

isn't that how rattles almost burned to death? what was the ghetto rigging solution? haven't had a chance to get to a junkyard for the proper vw harness.

zurno · Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:55 pm

that was his ghetto rigging on rattles to get rid of the hyperblinker

on my beater I am running euro tail with the stock larger size bulb holders top and bottom with the tabs trimmed off. this way you get the same exact filament as the regular lights and you dont have hyperblinker. then you just seal it with some kind of rtv or similar and call it a day

Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:27 pm

Yeah, the burning incident in Rattles was my dumbass...

I have teh wagon just like how Nick explained, and yet to have a fire...LOL No extra bulbs=No Fire.

Also, if you do need extra bulbs, put them in something that does'nt catch on fire.

skhighlighn · Tue Sep 11, 2007 11:02 am

zurno wrote:that was his ghetto rigging on rattles to get rid of the hyperblinker

on my beater I am running euro tail with the stock larger size bulb holders top and bottom with the tabs trimmed off. this way you get the same exact filament as the regular lights and you dont have hyperblinker. then you just seal it with some kind of rtv or similar and call it a day

sounds interesting ... and i may be a dumbass here ... but whats rtv?

Tue Sep 11, 2007 12:22 pm

Super flexible waterproof black silicone for weather proofing/ holding the sockets in.

zurno · Tue Sep 11, 2007 5:32 pm

yeah, I use the RTV (I think it might not say rtv, but its the black stuff in the same shaped tube) so that it can easily be pulled apart again and then the sealant stripped and a new coat applied

skhighlighn · Tue Sep 11, 2007 6:55 pm

zurno wrote:yeah, I use the RTV (I think it might not say rtv, but its the black stuff in the same shaped tube) so that it can easily be pulled apart again and then the sealant stripped and a new coat applied

excellent ... so i can alter the stock harnesses. that's great news guys ... i'll be doing that tomorrow. how long is drying time on that and where do i get it ?

zurno · Tue Sep 11, 2007 7:24 pm

are you back up in this area? need any help?

it doesnt take long for it to be good eneough to put them on the car, I'd do that first, then the wiring, and then put them in, should be dry eneough by then.

Nick

skhighlighn · Tue Sep 11, 2007 8:25 pm

zurno wrote:are you back up in this area? need any help?

it doesnt take long for it to be good eneough to put them on the car, I'd do that first, then the wiring, and then put them in, should be dry eneough by then.

Nick

yeah i'm in hudson actually. commuting to menomonie / working from home in hudson. got a few minutes tomorrow? i'll be basically free after 11 am. (class) i'll be getting quotes for body work in hudson too ... want to get my stuff painted and some scratches taken care of. johnson auto body does a good job i've heard? reasonable too. we'll see what they say.

zurno · Wed Sep 12, 2007 5:58 am

ok, just send me a pm or give me a call, I might work late though, but normally I'd be home by 4

Nick