MGB: lights

Ok how do the front turn light mount on the bugeye.I like the way they look and want to put them on my midget.That part of the fender will have to be filed in anyways full of rust.And Can you put the all red tail lights on the rear?I like the looks of them better than the red over amber thats on the and need to be replace anyways. Thanks Kevin

The all red are for earlier cars and are two piece. It would require more than just lens but an entire unit with the base etc.
If you are speaking of the circular lamps, again it would require an entire unit. The new unit would serve to make a template to use to cut a hole in your car to mount them. two sheet metal screws as I recall...possibly 3 PM if I can help you with new lamp assemblies...

It does require some metal work, welding filling, etc...

Search on here, someone poasted a series of pictures about doing this. It was probably about 2-3 months ago.

that will be the simple way out on the fronts.Need to fill in the big rust hole not much metal left there the P.O. filed it with bondo.And the they are not even straght.
And looks like they are glued on.

maddy and 76mgmidget both used bugeye signals on their Spridgets. Photos are in this thread:

http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?3,1149266,1149266#msg-1149266

Here is a front shot of my '76 with bumperless/sprite indicators

Heres the rear, sprite bumperettes

The one fear I've always had with chrome bumpers/bumperettes on the back is that an impact will push a lot more of the car inward as opposed to perhaps making a sharp crease/dent where the other fool hits my cars. I still have the split bumpers on the back but suspect I'll be losing those at some point when I get the car repainted and cleaned up in the distant future...

so the rears anything to do or will the just bolt on?Need to fix that first.And just seen there cheaper than the red/amber.

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so the rears anything to do or will the just bolt on?Need to fix that first.And just seen there cheaper than the red/amber.[/quote]

They're a bolt on. Sort out the wiring and you're in business.

Kevin, I forgot what year your Midget is, but the Bugeye rear bumpers may not be a "bolt on" if you have a rubber bumper car that's been converted. The bumper mountings are quite different for those. On a chrome bumper car you can mount the original bugeye bumper bracket in one set of holes, but you'll still have a second set of mounting holes on each side to fill or plug. It appears that he has made up adaptor brackets from the original square mounting plates for the rubber bumper and mounted the bugeye bumper brackets to those. Nice job he's done there! With a little modification you can invert the bugeye bumpers for a bit of a different look, that's what I did for my car as well as moving them inwards to line up with the back up lights. I made my own brackets and reversed the inner supports in the trunk to line up with the new location. Plenty of options on where you position the bumpers if you're already doing bodywork and don't mind filling holes or making new ones.

I can't tell you the work involved, as the car was like this when purchased. I believe that the lower rear quarters were replace with an early models sheet metal to get the look. The bumperettes are attached firmly, with a strong braket.

Sam

Mine is a 1971 but I like the all red tail lights better.And the front fenders are all rusted out for the turn lights.I dont think the fronts are off the same year not even in the same distants from the head light.Bumpers I dont know what I will do just yet.