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taillight interchangeability 200 1981

posted by  Aye Roll on  Fri Jan 3 05:20 CST 2003
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On older cars (78 and earlier) this swap required drilling a couple large holes with a hole saw (in the area of the innermost bulb sockets). On yours there's kind of a big open area. You may have to notch things out with a cutoff wheel or a "nibbler" basically a reciprocating punch-type cutter. Best bet: check a junkyard, and compare the sheetmetal for any 83-up 240 sedan with yours. The taillights are ALWAYS taken, if they were any good, so access in a 'yard is usually not a problem.
In the end, I think it'd probably be easier to just find a newer car that came with those lights. They're certainly cheap enough now.
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Rob Bareiss, New London CT ::: 86 244DL, 87 244DL, 88 744GLE, 91 244: 808K total






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