Opinions Sought - Tasker (TMP) LWB Turn Signal Housings

[jaudette3]

Good LWB turn signal housing cores are getting almost impossible to find. I have great demand for them and I'm going to take a look at Tasker's (TMP) product. I was talking to Scott Longballa today and he thinks that there might be a decent market for fully assembled ready to install units including gaskets, lenses, reflectors, bulbs and Kroon wire harnesses. He's going to trial fit a pair for me as soon as they arrive.



Has anyone had any experience with these, good, bad or otherwise? I'm interested in your perception of quality and fit. Has anyone heard about Porsche possibly producing them? Thanks for your input.

Cheers,
John

[gled49]

I used them in my Outlaw and was generally pleased. I had to splice in the bulkhead, headlight, and horn wiring. I had to trim and adjust bulb contacts. I had to re-tap all the threaded holes. There didn’t appear to be any way to attach the prisms for side markers (spring retainers). They are better than the plastic ones, fit was ok. For my car it was a good find and I’m good with them.

[jaudette3]

Thanks for the input, very helpful. Sounds like there were no fatal flaws.

[OliveR]

Anyone tried the Carpoint units?

https://www.carpoint.de/en/turn-sign...7-73_1613_2570

[gled49]

Car point ones look the same. Oh I also had to hone out the bulb holes as some of the bulbs wouldn’t install.

[Rick Cabell]

Sounds like you had to rebuild the whole light!

[jaudette3]

I bought a pair of these and I'm very pleased with them. Here's what I've posted at the AC Shop:

I'm about as hard-core as it gets when it comes to the topic of original vs. reproduction. I once spent eight years restoring a 1960 Super 90 Roadster using only original parts, either NOS or restored (including nuts and bolts!). That was probably a little bit of madness but I still restore original parts given my reverence for them.

Well, enough is enough. I restore a lot of turn signal and tail lights sets for the LWB cars and I've gotten sick and tired of rotten turn signal cores. The tail light cores are usually fine but the turn signals usually have through corrosion at one end and other whammo's. And then searching for better ones all I find are either more rotten ones or ones with extortionate pries. No more.

It was time to check out what was available and I am pleased to have found these new production housings. I have examined them carefully and judge them to be high quality. They are all metal, the details and craftsmanship are excellent, and the lenses from EuroLens fit perfectly. I don't believe that they can be identified as non-original when mounted on the car. Battle over.

We're making them available in two configurations: bare housings (includes short harness) or fully configured assemblies.

I'm selling them fully configured for $695 a pair.

Cheers,
John

[gled49]

Did they need a tune up like in post #2 & 5

[jaudette3]

Not really. A little jiggering for the bulbs and that was about it. It's always easier to seat the bulbs by loosening the back plate a bit, then tightening after the bulbs are in. I was really impressed by how well the lenses fit. The holes lined up perfectly and the lenses were snug to the housing, something that I have not always experienced restoring original one. They are missing the little steel spring bracket that holds in the reflectors but I have those on hand.