Olderguy

[OLDERGUY]

Who has the trick for getting the stock headlights to set correctly on headlight bar. And what the best CAglue out there. I used Zap a gap some time back, but don't have any. Do pin these from the bar up to headlites and the bar to fenders looks lik a place to really mess up a paint job. I added pins to go in fender awhile back, but haven't done one in awhile. LOOKING FOR A BETTER WAY. Fat fingers and stiff to, you know gett'in old sucks! Oh using super glue also, and crazy glue. and Testors super glue, none seem to set very quick. Anyone who has any tricks tips or any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

[bobss396]

Here ya go, and welcome to the forum.

Put the headlight buckets face down on some 2-sided tape on some cardboard stock. Just catch enough of each bucket so it stays put. Line them up so the spreader bar is in the right place. Shim up the spreader bar using some styrene stock, so it can be dropped in easily. My weapon of choice to hold it in place would be 5-minute epoxy. Mix some up, wait until the 3 minute mark (or when it isn't likely to run) place a dab in each recess on the buckets. Drop the spreader bar in place, adjust as needed and let it set up. Once it is dry, gently pull bucket off the tape.

Bob

[OLDERGUY]

Thanks bobss396, I will give that a try. Any tips on mounting the assembly to the fenders without messing up the paint. What apoxy' 5-min' do you use. Thanks again. I think its time for me to get one of those fixed magnifiers also, gettin old a xxxxh.

[bobss396]

Thanks bobss396, I will give that a try. Any tips on mounting the assembly to the fenders without messing up the paint. What apoxy' 5-min' do you use. Thanks again. I think its time for me to get one of those fixed magnifiers also, gettin old a xxxxh.

Glad I could help. When I want to glue something onto a painted body, I cut small strips of masking tape and mask around where the part mounts, leaving a small "window" exposed where the part goes. Don't press the tape down tightly, you want it to come off easily. If your grille surround is in already, you can do a couple of tape strips to that for support while it dries. I'll pre-cut a number of 1/8" wide tape strips and have them ready to go before I start something like that.

I use mainly Devcon's 5-minute epoxy. Just mix up a tiny buy equal amount of each, let it set up a bit, apply it to where the part is going, not on the part itself. Drop the part in, do your adjusting, add some tape if you need extra support and let it set up. After that, remove the tape strips slowly. I always leave at least one end up as a flap so I can grab it with tweezers.

You can use gravity to your advantage, maybe not in this case, but car bodies can be taped to model boxes with the grille up if you want to attach something to the front of the car, and so on. Gravity is free, take advantage of it!

Bob