Working on the wagon..

[Blake442]

Looks good Jack!

 

[LSCustoms]

looks amazing! great job!

if you really want reverse light, just flush a white led into the lenses you made (and wire properly), prob barely notice it but would prob be pretty bright at night, flush them in on the outside upper corner

or put 1 in the 4 corners of the lenses (so four in each lens)

 

[Longroof79]

How did you do it??...you did more than just tuck it up closer to the tailgate, you have an even gap between the tailgate and the bumper..it looks fantastic..

Thank you, Steve,
First off, I had to grind a few vertical slots in the support bar in order to gain more movement upward. Secondly, I had to tweak the bumper in the center with a few bar clamps and a pry bar between the bumper and the edge of the body to allow more clearance. Otherwise the tailgate wouldn't open. It now clears, but with the tailgate down it kinda rests on the license plate pocket. I think I'll have to modify(shorten) the two support cables. I'm still trying to determine how to accomplish that, and still be functional.

 

[Longroof79]

Looks good Jack!

Thanks Blake!

 

[Longroof79]

looks amazing! great job!

if you really want reverse light, just flush a white led into the lenses you made (and wire properly), prob barely notice it but would prob be pretty bright at night, flush them in on the outside upper corner

or put 1 in the 4 corners of the lenses (so four in each lens)

Thanks Skip!
I might eliminate the back-up light all together. The back-up lights haven't worked in awhile. The switch that's wired for them by my shifter is broken and I never bothered to replace it.

I like the led idea. If I do re-install the deflector, I was thinking of cutting a slot in it and flush mounting an led strip for a third brake light.

 

[pontiacgp]

Jack, are you saying you tweak the centre weld to bring up the ends a little? If you did you got the angle perfect on each side...that is really nice work

 

[LSCustoms]

looks amazing! great job!

if you really want reverse light, just flush a white led into the lenses you made (and wire properly), prob barely notice it but would prob be pretty bright at night, flush them in on the outside upper corner

or put 1 in the 4 corners of the lenses (so four in each lens)

Thanks Skip!
I might eliminate the back-up light all together. The back-up lights haven't worked in awhile. The switch that's wired for them by my shifter is broken and I never bothered to replace it.

I like the led idea. If I do re-install the deflector, I was thinking of cutting a slot in it and flush mounting an led strip for a third brake light.

sweet... I will try to find a pick of the leds i had flushed into my harley bag for my turn/brake lights... could also do something like that, but anyhow, great work

 

[Ribbedroof]

Looking good, Jack!

Hoping the new year will entail a move in my buddy's shop location to one with more room. Looking at everybody else's progress is killing me.

REALLY like the small gap on the gate/bumper junction. Bumper looks good, too...just not sure I could narrow that far since I like to drive it every chance I get. Just know that as soon as I would do it, some numbskull would rearend me, and destroy the quarters.

Can't wait to see how it turns out!

 

[Longroof79]

Jack, are you saying you tweak the centre weld to bring up the ends a little? If you did you got the angle perfect on each side...that is really nice work

Steve,
I actually bent or bowed the bumper in the center. The tailgate is actually not straight across the bottom, it's kind of bowed in a sense.
So in effect, I tried to follow the contour of the lower line of the tailgate. This part of the project entailed more work than I had originally imagined. But I see the light at the end of the tunnel.

 

[Longroof79]

looks amazing! great job!

if you really want reverse light, just flush a white led into the lenses you made (and wire properly), prob barely notice it but would prob be pretty bright at night, flush them in on the outside upper corner

or put 1 in the 4 corners of the lenses (so four in each lens)

Thanks Skip!
I might eliminate the back-up light all together. The back-up lights haven't worked in awhile. The switch that's wired for them by my shifter is broken and I never bothered to replace it.

I like the led idea. If I do re-install the deflector, I was thinking of cutting a slot in it and flush mounting an led strip for a third brake light.

sweet... I will try to find a pick of the leds i had flushed into my harley bag for my turn/brake lights... could also do something like that, but anyhow, great work

Thanks again, Skip. Yeah, show me what led's you've used.