47 Coupe tail light placement

[Kudzuking]

Someone installed some fugly flush tail light on the coupe i have, I have purchased the housings and a set of blue dots, I know there's a housing to body gasket which i have also, but what holds the glass lens in the housing?, and can someone give me the demensions to install them on the body in the correct location?

[Young Ed]

I believe the gasket holds the lense in and the gasket is held in with small screws and little tabs.

[Plymouthy Adams]

Ed is correct..there are three metal tabs that screw to the base once the lens is attached to the inner seating lip of the seal..

I believe if I had not already gone to the trouble of getting nice bezels and blue dot lenses that I would go with the reproduction units..of course my car is upgraded to 12 volts and that is a prerequisite

[BobT-47P15]

On the inside of the fenders, up a little above where the "new" tail lights

are......can you see any hints of where there used to be 4 holes for

mounting studs and a hole with "tabs" on two sides (where the bulb

goes thru and the socket clips in)??

Maybe this picture will help some.

Another view..........

Perhaps someone with a P15 close at hand could measure distance to the opening from the bottom edge of the

fender.

Edited October 30, 2012 by BobT-47P15

[BobT-47P15]

From the Parts Manual.........

[alteredpilot]

@ bobt..

what are those skirts?

[Don Coatney]

As the poster elected to not respond after reading the information I and others have posted I have deleted my posting.

Edited October 30, 2012 by Don Coatney

[BobT-47P15]

@ bobt..

what are those skirts?

I bought them on eBay several years ago. Were used.....price was

reasonable....not the very best condition, but useable. No idea what

brand they were to begin with.

If you want decent skirts, I think Agape Auto in Indiana has metal

ones. Some say the fiberglass ones aren't so hot.....I guess

others find them OK. I bought some fiberglass ones from a forum

member a couple years ago, but they are still in the box. Going

to give them to the son in law for his P15 coupe.

The latches on my skirts didn't seem completely trustworthy, so I

have a small sheet metal screw in the front and rear edge of the

skirt, painted to match the car. Not supposed to need them, but

no big deal to me.

Since many skirts look a lot alike, I measured mine so as to know

what size to look for in the future. They are 33 3/4 long and 11

inches tall.

[Kudzuking]

Thanks for the exploded view from the manual BobT. I think i have figured out the problem, the housings must be from the LED kit, i guess the LED board acted as a seal to keep the lens in place, anyway, here's what i have to work with. Maybe i'll just epoxy the lenses in, Thanks for all the input.

[Plymouthy Adams]

I believe it has been posted in the past that the original glass blue dots by Lynx-eye will not work in the repop LED assemblies..

you bezel as pictured does not have the three threaded bosses for the original lens to be secured into place..

[Kudzuking]

Son-of-a-Biscuit eater, that's what i thought when i saw the pic. I like the old blue dots, but i may have to buy the LED boards for the housings if they can be bought seperately. Thanks Tim.

[BobT-47P15]

I can't think of the company name at the moment, but you probably can

look them up by searching google for those lights. They might choose

to sell you the missing parts. Don't know that for sure, but would be

worth a shot. There are usually a few sets offered for sale on Ebay.

When I first saw those lights and the nice new shiny bezels, I thought

that would be a real winner.....just add my lense......but, wrong. As

was said, they won't work together.

[steveplym]

Technostalgia makes the taillights.

http://www.cool-leds.com

Also Speedway sells these as well as several other vendors.