This started a couple weeks ago after I accidentally backed into a friend's car and broke a rear reflector housing. I also had a bunch of small LED bars laying around (who'd-a-thunk it?) so I decided to see if I could merge the two. This is what I came up with...
The first part is light on pictures because it's self explanatory.
After I determined that the light would fit in the spot, first thing (not shown) I did was bake the lens for 10 minutes at 200° then pop the red part out.
Then I laid the front of the light against the lens and traced it with a sharpie and cut that out with a Dremel cutting disc. Because the lens is rounded the light didn't fit perfectly into the hole, but that's okay.
I used a sanding drum on the Dremel to make it wide enough and all the way to the lip on the top & bottom. I wanted to keep the lip to so the lens would be strong and the light just barely squeezes in without going all the way through the lens.
Because I mounted the light in the flattest part of the lens I had to also trim away where the lens would normally bolt on. I used an oscillating multi-tool with a metal cutting blade for that. It would probably work in the rounded part without trimming the hole at all, but this was how I wanted it.
I liked it so this morning I had some free time and went to it removing the other reflector and trimming it. I just basically laid the lenses together and transferred the hole from the first lens onto the 2nd so the lights would be in the same place.
Then I removed the bumper and trimmed the hole the same as I'd done the driver's side.
One more test fit...
Then I primed (etching primer) and painted the lenses semi-flat black so they'd blend with the lamp. In between coats I ran all the wiring and removed my old reflector mod wiring.
Made a ground connection for the lamps here-
And switched the wires on the relay I've had setup since I first got it and installed KC 26 backup lamps.
Ran the power for the lights through the vent hole
By the time I ran to the hardware store to grab a few allen head bolts and SS locknuts for the mount the lenses had dried.
The mounts are just some cheap 3" L brackets bent a little to fit the curves and drilled for the LED mount to line up properly. I bent the brackets during the previous test fit, making small adjustments until it lined up.