L-320 light conversion

[jeepinjakear15]

After searching and wondering what to do about my rear tail lights I came up with a solution. My original tail lights did not come with lenses and i like LEDs anyway, I thought about building a "farmer style" bumper and putting lights in it but that would be out of place. I did not want to cut the original tail light buckets off because I didn't want to do anything that the next guy could convert back to stock. so this is what I came up with.....\

 

 

I drove down to western Peterbilt and bought some brackets and maxima oval 60 LED units

 

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4026/4422958796_410b7b9e4b.jpg

bought the bracket for $4.90 and started to modify I cut the top edge off like this

 

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4060/4422192783_40d222537b.jpg

I also had to drill the holes in the bracket a tad bigger

 

Then I went and unbolted the light assembly

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4058/4422192883_14f8f32a17.jpg

 

 

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4013/4422192691_9a60e4b9fc.jpg

 

after I got the assembly out of there i tried out the piece the bolts are three inch so they will go through all the way to the other side.

 

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2696/4422958518_809644e557.jpg

 

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2738/4422958436_cf1e8beb38.jpg

 

had to drill some extra holes in the original bucket but you wont really be able to see them and it doesn't interfere with putting it back to stock I figured better than welding.

 

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4024/4422193101_c783b18d44.jpg

 

you can see the two extra hole on the outer edges of the inside of the bucket.

 

now to see how the light will fit looks good!

 

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2748/4422958770_eefa16c627.jpg

 

lighting up!

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4023/4422193063_21ba09461c.jpg

side by side comparison

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4069/4422958590_5099ed9505.jpg

both in place

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4055/4422958470_f5c7c7fb11.jpg

 

they aren"t set in stone yet but theres lots of adjustment with the bigger holes i drilled. I hope this helps somebody I thing its a great solution and a brighter one! The LEDS were 25 dollars a piece so providing you have Bolts, tools, paint, etc at home its about a $60 dollar upgrade!

[jeepinjakear15]

hmm dont know why the pics dont work i grabbed the html

[420n620]

you need the IMG code to transfer them over. :blink:

[jeepinjakear15]

Has anyone transferred pics from flickr how is this done? I don't know what is meant by I'm code as I look in the code there's the IMg src was the one

[zerow]

I don't even own a 320, and I want to see how this turned out... :angry:

[AZhitman]

You picked the wrong code off PB.

 

You need the one that begins with .

[jeepinjakear15]

still couldnt get them to work so i linked them sorry

[ppeters914]

This is me not being an a$$h!e. Reposting using IMG tags instead of URL tags:

 

After searching and wondering what to do about my rear tail lights I came up with a solution. My original tail lights did not come with lenses and i like LEDs anyway, I thought about building a "farmer style" bumper and putting lights in it but that would be out of place. I did not want to cut the original tail light buckets off because I didn't want to do anything that the next guy could convert back to stock. so this is what I came up with.....\

 

 

I drove down to western Peterbilt and bought some brackets and maxima oval 60 LED units

 

 

bought the bracket for $4.90 and started to modify I cut the top edge off like this

 

 

I also had to drill the holes in the bracket a tad bigger

 

Then I went and unbolted the light assembly

 

 

 

after I got the assembly out of there i tried out the piece the bolts are three inch so they will go through all the way to the other side.

 

 

 

had to drill some extra holes in the original bucket but you wont really be able to see them and it doesn't interfere with putting it back to stock I figured better than welding.

 

 

you can see the two extra hole on the outer edges of the inside of the bucket.

 

now to see how the light will fit looks good!

 

 

lighting up!

 

 

side by side comparison

 

 

both in place

 

 

they aren"t set in stone yet but theres lots of adjustment with the bigger holes i drilled. I hope this helps somebody I thing its a great solution and a brighter one! The LEDS were 25 dollars a piece so providing you have Bolts, tools, paint, etc at home its about a $60 dollar upgrade!

[jeepinjakear15]

Thank you your not an a hole your a god like figure hope you enjoy the writeup

[zerow]

Now that looks great! And way to go ppeters914 for handling the IMG code to make it happen :thumbup:

[SurgeL320]

This mod is so good i MUST do it to my truck. Did the brackets come with the lights together as one piece and was the wiring pretty easy ? Do they work as turm signals also or is that separate?

[SurgeL320]

I did my own lights after seeing your post . check it out this page of my build thread. http://community.ratsun.net/topic/12007-surge-l320-progress/page__st__60__gopid__300043entry300043 . But i gotta say thanks to jeepingjakear for the motivation