Re: Roll pan Questions-Long answers

From: Bob Mankin (bob@cadpros.com)
Date: Sun Aug 01 1999 - 21:12:54 EDT


Alan Short wrote:
>
> I put a Street Scene pan on my R/T and used a light housing from Dodge,
> designed for their roll pan(same as SS). I'll have to scrounge for the
> part #, but it is in the "books" at the parts counter. It's also in the
> "Archives" from sometime in late June, in a post about the subject.
> I bought it at the Dodge parts counter for 12.00, it uses 1 of 2 factory
> bulb/sockets.
> The housing slips in between the top of the pan and the top of the
> license plate housing from the back side. You have to cut a rectangular
> hole for the lens to recess and protude a little. I used a dremel to cut
> the opening, drilling the 4 corners and marking the opening with a
> razor. I used rtv silicone on either end of the housing, where a screw
> would have gone. It bonds well and it's already in a tight location.
> The plates:
> I centered the plate in the opening and marked the 4 holes with a
> marker, then checked them for square & center with a ruler. I used 4
> plastic push-in license plate mounting dodads from Pep Boys. I drilled a
> hole to the approximate size of the dodad and squared the hole with the
> Dremel.
> The painted surface takes drilling and cutting pretty well, just be
> careful with that Dremel, it can skip out if you go too fast.
> Wear some gloves and a dust mask. Glasses wouldn't hurt either, that
> fiberglass kicks up some nasty dust. A shop vac can help, if you can rig
> it up or have someone vacuum for you while you cut.
> Alan S.

Alan,

Good stuff! Thanks for posting it. Looks like I'll be droppin' by the
dealer parts counter tomorrow.

Bob



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