Okay, first a bit of background. When I bought my truck, I noticed the rear side-marker lights did not come on. I assumed they were reflectors, but soon found out otherwise. The front ones worked fine, so I didn't worry about it.

Fast forward to Saturday- I found out the front left marker bulb was out. I remove the lens and boom! the whole assembly just crumbles right there in my hands. As with most things like this I thought (in this order)
Crap!
I am so stupid
How can I fix it.

So I called up the local napa and asked about replacements. When I was quoted $26.99 a piece I quickly decided I could do it better.

So a trip to napa later brought back 4 generic clearance lights ($.99!), some connector to connect the lights, and some heatshrink. To mount the lights, I simply drilled holes in the back and ran the screws backward. That was fine for the back, where I can get behind the lights, but on the front I had to drill through the light assembly to mount it.

Overall it turned out to be IMO better than stock and a heck of a lot cheaper, I even have 2 spares behind the seat! Also they are quite a bit brighter.

 

Nice job! I may use that idea on my rig, as it doesnt have side markers at all.

 

check the connection on the plugs(wires that plug into bulb) i had a bent connector and just pulled mine apart and bent it back. but then again i have a newer vehicle and it was with my clearance lights in the front. good luck with it

 

Nice find..filed away for future use...

 

Awesome! On my 83, both fronts are out and the rears have lost the light guts and are just lenses. So I've looked at buying replacements on eBay. There is a company on eBay that regularly posts these lights, something like $10 bucks each but s/h is like $20. I have held off for all this time buying them and now I am so glad. Thanks for the info.