54 chevy frenched tail lights question

Opinions on the best way to french em so they look stock? Make your own housings? buy em if they exist?

 

I made patten's off stock bezel /housing and then made it out of 18ga takes some time....................I did use rod on outside edge.

get down-CF

 

I stripped the chrome off of mine ,screwed 'em from the inside and then gl***ed 'em to the fender.Keep in mind that you will have to install the lenses from the inside after you do it .So you will need to trim out the area behind the taillight on the fender.Unless you intend to glue the lenses in (which I would'nt recomend on a daily driver).

 

I just scuffed the bezles up and used a 2 part epoxy, glued the housing in and took my favor thing in the world...Bondo..... whala, done deal.
O'yah, then melted my Lee lens...
yah, i'm not the sharpest tool in the shed.

 

I did the same thing about 8 years ago. Still holding up.-MIKE

 

If you're building a DP90 with red wheels bomber just glue them on but if you're EVER going to drop that $1000 materials cost for REAL paint do it the way the pro, Cole, said to do it, and while you're at make them look like an original design, not just a copy of the stock ones.
That make it all smooth, but with the stock parts game reeks of the "Street Rodder" blend-everything-in-and-call-it-custom illness.
There's a custom '54 tail light shot on DRD57's site that has an asymetrical orchid like twist to the rounded edge that looks way better than the
"Cheapest car GM made's tail light" could ever look.

 

I was going to fab some up if no one makes some steel or gl*** versions. I'm not fond of radical looking taillights on my 54. I want a subtle improved stock look. To each his own i guess. Thanks to all for the ideas but so far it looks like i'm going to be making my own.