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Re: WTB Tail lights in fair/good to excellent condition.
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:30 am
by skhighlighn
i'll have a set once i get my euro ones on. just gotta get a harness.
Re: WTB Tail lights in fair/good to excellent condition.
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:23 pm
by zurno
screw the harness, lol
Re: WTB Tail lights in fair/good to excellent condition.
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:20 pm
by skhighlighn
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.
Re: WTB Tail lights in fair/good to excellent condition.
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:55 pm
by zurno
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
Re: WTB Tail lights in fair/good to excellent condition.
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:27 pm
by o2designs
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.
Re: WTB Tail lights in fair/good to excellent condition.
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 11:02 am
by skhighlighn
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?
Re: WTB Tail lights in fair/good to excellent condition.
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 12:22 pm
by o2designs
Super flexible waterproof black silicone for weather proofing/ holding the sockets in.
Re: WTB Tail lights in fair/good to excellent condition.
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 5:32 pm
by zurno
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
Re: WTB Tail lights in fair/good to excellent condition.
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 6:55 pm
by skhighlighn
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 ?
Re: WTB Tail lights in fair/good to excellent condition.
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 7:24 pm
by zurno
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
Re: WTB Tail lights in fair/good to excellent condition.
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 8:25 pm
by skhighlighn
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.
Re: WTB Tail lights in fair/good to excellent condition.
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 5:58 am
by zurno
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