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ghetto flush mounts
After doing the ghetto tail tidy/turn signal delete/taillight to turn signal mods, the front signals looked dorky sticking out. Since my new flush mounts are coming from China, and may take a while I decided to try to rig something up.
Lights: Amber LED marker lights from Autozone. Blazer #CW1586A. The lights are screwed to a mount base. After you remove the mount base, you will find a ground tab that will need a ground wire soldered on. The green wire in the picture is one of the wires from the old turn signal that I cut off and reused. The ground tab needs to be bent up, and has a hole in it for the wire, solders easily. The workings of the light are nicely potted to keep moisture out. I cut the wires off the old turn signals to get plug n play wiring.
I used the mount base as template for the holes for the screws. They barely fit in the lip, but capture well and will not come loose. I used a 1/16" drill bit to drill the holes after marking the location with an awl. The pictures are kid of poor, but you get the idea. It looks better than the pictures. I went ahead and pulled the fairing and did the "diode mod" for the indicator lamp since I had my soldering iron out. The diodes are Radio shack 1N4001.
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