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Posted by Old Drifter
- December 03, 2018, 15:20:44 PMAwesome job! Looks great! 
Posted by mittico68
- December 02, 2018, 02:31:55 AMReally a well made job!
Posted by Pilgrim
- November 30, 2018, 20:44:28 PMLooks great...good work.
Posted by greenbarn
- November 30, 2018, 20:09:50 PMThose look good, nice touch.
Posted by Tfrank59
- November 30, 2018, 20:02:38 PMHey how's everybody doing? My earlier post I said I got inspired to make those chrome fingers, well I made mine out of aluminum check out these vids:
Hope you can get some riding in even though it's cold now
Posted by greenbarn
- November 19, 2018, 21:04:25 PMTrall, the mounts I made could be made by cutting 1/4" aluminum out in a circle, then drill a hole in the center, put a bolt through the hole, and chuck it up to a drill press or even a hand drill .... then spin the spacer against a grinding wheel, or file, or sand paper or what-have-you, to smooth up the edges...... where there's a will, there's a way.
Posted by Trall
- November 18, 2018, 17:21:18 PMQuote from: High Plains Drifter on October 28, 2018, 17:39:21 PMThe Caddy lights look awesome on all the Drifters. So retro cool. Out of all the Caddy lights mods options this would be by far the easiest way of doing it.Diddly, I put a big washer on each side of the rubber grommet to "squish" it tighter, haven't had any trouble. I'm using incandescent bulbs going down a rough dirt road where I live.
I know the post is late, but you can omit that bracket if you want. Enjoy the ride. P.S. don't be looking back as your going down the road to check how cool they look...it'd tempting.
High Plains Drifter you mentioned adding a washer only but could you add pics or more steps on how and where you did it. Did you have to drill some holes in the Caddy light base to mount.
I've been wanting to add the Lights since I seen them on GB and RR Drifters but don't have acces or machinist skills for it.
I bought the lights recently so I would like more information on how you did it.
Thanks
Trail
Posted by Tfrank59
- October 28, 2018, 22:41:28 PMThat is very cool looking. I wasn't able to put the crowns on there with the Chrome fingers and stuff because I just bought the lenses by themselves on eBay. But looking at those pics I think I might try to make some crowns and somehow adapt them and slip them over the lenses cuz they look way cool just like a 59 caddy tail light. Thanks for that link.
Posted by greenbarn
- October 28, 2018, 20:04:37 PMGood looking bike, Tfrank59.
Anybody else interested, here is a link to the mods page in the forum that lists several ways to do this.
Posted by Tfrank59
- October 28, 2018, 18:02:08 PMWow this is an old thread you're reviving here. Since the time the last person posted before today this is what I've done with my bike and I think I was inspired by this thread. check it out
https://youtu.be/undQV_ln_rs
I've been tempted more than once and have succumbed to look back to see how they are especially at night with the turn signals on 
Posted by High Plains Drifter
- October 28, 2018, 17:39:21 PMDiddly, I put a big washer on each side of the rubber grommet to "squish" it tighter, haven't had any trouble. I'm using incandescent bulbs going down a rough dirt road where I live.
I know the post is late, but you can omit that bracket if you want. Enjoy the ride. P.S. don't be looking back as your going down the road to check how cool they look...it'd tempting.
Posted by Diddly squatt
- July 07, 2016, 21:24:36 PMLooks good. That's sort of what I had in mind. I have some aluminum stock for the brace also. Thanks for the help. Will be this weekend's project. Mike
Posted by greenbarn
- July 07, 2016, 19:34:12 PMThe backing plates for the '59 lights will fit just inside the diameter of the stock light bucket. If you drill new holes in the '59 backing plates, they will bolt right into the stock buckets with some appropriate sized screws. Then the '59 lenses screw to the backing plates. I used a bracket on each side, custom bent to fit, running from the bottom screw on the '59 lense, over to the bolt on the Drifter bumper cover (assuming you have a 2001 or later). I made this from about 1/2 or 3/4 wide aluminum flat stock. This stiffened up the lights a bit.
There are a few pics on this thread:
http://www.vulcandrifterriders.com/forum/index.php?topic=31695.msg69238#msg69238
Posted by Diddly squatt
- July 07, 2016, 11:04:21 AMI know a few of you have mounted the Caddy Bullet tail lights on your rear turn signal. I've read a couple of posts about making a bracket to help support the weight & keep horizontal. How did you actually mount the new light fixture to the turn signal housing? Once again, thanks for your help. Mike