Finally getting around to finishing up the restoration of some parking lamp housings. These have been stripped, plated, painted and new wiring installed. After being re-plated, I coated the exterior with a clear coating to help the plating hold up. The interior is painted like original, but these are too glossy, so another scuff and repaint to come to correct that. Now they are ready for the re-wiring. I had the correct coded wire made from one of my suppliers. Black with white tracer and black with green tracer. The wires have new button contacts crimped and soldered to them , then threaded through a new plastic contact base. The rubber boot is original that has been cleaned and softened. A little bit of silglide is applied to the inside of the boot to assist installation. Once the wires are installed into the contact base and threaded through the reconditioned boot , new female connectors are attached and then snapped into a plastic connector. Fun project.
Special thanks to Chuck for assisting me with getting the correct plating.
Loren
