The second one. 82207252

 

'97 will be 82207252 right?

What do the earlier 'triangle' ones look like?

 

I like the low-pro ones pictured.. I wonder if they will swap in place of my big orange ones?

 

Here you go...



The early Gen. 2 trucks have the metal mirrors instead of the plastic ones. They use the older triangular lights. The newer Gen. 2 trucks have plastic mirros and use the more square lights (82207252). I believe your 97 is an older Gen. 2 and thus would use the triangular ones, but I could be wrong.



I think they might. The screw holes between the two types seemed to match up just fine. I think it'd work just fine.

 

Thanks!

 

I have posted a detailed page on the installation of the Mopar overhead clearance lights. I think it'll help some people. The page is located here:

http://www.phildorsett.com/clearancelights.html

The biggest thing I can say in this thread is that while the actual lights on the 82207252 kit are correct for late 2nd generation trucks, the drilling template is NOT. You must go by the holes that are already on the inside of the truck, not the template that is supplied. The template is for 3rd generation roofs only. This is detailed more on my page above.

 

thanks. That howto will be useful for me.

 

Phil really nice article. Looks very sharp.


Looks like a PITA to install but I "have" to do it as per FMCSA regulations, since I am converting my truck to a dually.

Any reason to pay 2X as much for Dodge's vs Cabela's kit?

 

I have installed several cab lights on various trucks through the years. The older Ford cab lights look nice and are easy to install. I Paint all of the plastic base and the rear part of the orange the same color as the truck. That keeps the light from standing out. Instead of removing the head liner, I fish the wire across from light to light and by removing the sunvisor, I can pull the wire down the driver's post. I have a hard time getting over the idea of drilling large holes in the top of the cab. Please don't throw stones for suggesting Ford lights. I owned a lot of Fords until I blew up my 85 diesel twice. I finally was able to afford my 05 3/4 ton 6 speed. It sure leaves everything I have had in the past in the dust.

 

I got mine done the other day and let me tell you... it wasn't that easy. It all went ok and then yesterday I see that all the 2006's have lights with real rubber gaskets. I'm kicking myself for not checking up on that beforehand.

 

has anyone had any problem with these kits leaking? Will they seal as good as they would have been from the factory? As you can see my truck is missing the clearence lights. That is the only thing that i do not like about the truck. i really wish i had the clearance lights. i had no idea that you could just go buy a kit for it.

 

Not sure what Tbone is talking about, but I don't think you have to worry about leaking if you do the installation properly, use some extra RTV sealant as I did (can be seen on my website), and don't find yourself in the middle of a hurricane.

 

Which part are you not sure about? Dodge obviously went to rubber gaskets to try to cure leaking issues I think. The 2006's now look like the first two pictured below.




I siliconed mine good before applying them but it just took awhile getting the headliner out and all. Just about anything I've done so far takes more time since the truck is new to me. I spent about 20 minutes trying to figure out the clothes hanger clips in the headliner.

 

My cab ligt installation:
http://www.stamey.info/Truck/CabLightInstallation.htm

Chris

 

I wish I would have seen your write up before I did mine. I used the template. It didn't kill me, but I did have to do some "trimming" of the metal in the cab frame holes. I do wish I'd had a hole saw handy too. All I had was a 3/4 drill, and it ripped on the sheet metal a bit when it broke through. Wasn't a show stopper, but it was uglier than it should have been.

Chris