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Turn signal into head light bezal modification.
« on: Jul 20, 2009, 11:54:10 PM »
I made a front bumper for my 82 Toy and had no place to put the turn signals that were on the original bumber. I was did like the idea of mounting some sort of turn sigal on the new bumper. I decided to do what I know some others have done by placing the turn signals in the headlight assembly. So here is some no brainer tech.

My front bumper


Dorman parts I picked up at Pep Boys
Light socket 84725
Orange bulbs Sylvania 1157A LL





The white wire on the socket is ground. The other two blacks are hot. You only need to run one hot wire to the socket. Depending on which black wire you choose will dictate how bright you want your turn signals to be. I chose the one that had the brighter flash. You could also run the other wire to your running lights and use the bulb as a dual purpose set up.

The white/black wire from the Toyota harness is your ground the other color is hot. At least this is how it is on my 82.
« Last Edit: Jul 21, 2009, 12:10:00 AM by 4X Flyin »
82 1st Gen with 4.3L vortec and 4l60e. Linked front and rear

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http://board.marlincrawler.com/index.php?topic=50700.msg711361#msg711361

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I removed the clear lense on the head light bezal. Drilled a hole for the new socket to go into.











You can see the bulb fits inside with no problem. The backside of the sockets does not interfere with anything when installed again.




These things are bright and I am really happy how they turned out.

You can see the bulb fits inside with no problem. The backside of the sockets does not interfere with anything when installed again.

These things are bright and I am really happy how they turned out.
82 1st Gen with 4.3L vortec and 4l60e. Linked front and rear

My build up. Getting linked
http://board.marlincrawler.com/index.php?topic=50700.msg711361#msg711361

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This is a very common "mod" on Yotatefh....

nice write up though....     :biggthumpup:
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I will be doing this soon.  Looks way good :thumbs:

 
 
 
 
 

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