05 342 Light assembly

EaglesNest

I need to replace the entire light assembly on my 05 - 342 on the Radar Arch.  Any suggestions???  Thank you.

Black_Diamond

The white running/anchor light? Or the spreader lights?

EaglesNest

Not exactly sure what they are called.

There are 2 oval in shape.  On the inside of Arch not on top.

Black_Diamond

OK those are the spreader lights.  The trick with any of these is the existing hole Vs. what a new light needs.  Personally, I recommend going with an LED light of some sort, they are sealed, the light will last longer than the boat too.  www.hellamarine.com has nice stuff.  www.yachtlights.com is another one.  I put in the tri-color lights (white/red/blue) and love them.

EaglesNest

I have blue LED's in there now.  They look great at night.  Problem is, the plastic housing on both have broken and the lenses are gone.  Looks like crap.  I will look into those sites.  Thank you.

Youllbefine

Did you find the replacement parts for the plastic housing and lenses?

Cableguy Greg

Here is the ones that I had on my 232...
http://www.replacementboatparts.com/whiteoblongcourtesylight.aspx

jme097

Cableguy - Those fit into the OEM radar arch cutouts? I feel like those are small in comparison to the holes?

Cableguy Greg

It depends on the lights that are there. Some had the round lights that were made by either Attwood or Perko, which can be replaced with the ITC Tri-color LED lights. Some had the lights that I listed above.

jme097

Oh. Yeah I don't have any in mine. They're just the oval covers in there now. 

MarkB

I replaced  mine with these lights.

http://www.itc-marine.com/product/tri-color-led-light/

They basically screwed right into the old holes made. Just had to solder the wires to the 12V harness. Tool 10 minutes. Also replaced my swim deck (transom) light. There are pictures at the bottom of this post showing how they turned out. Can cycle between red, blue and white.

http://rinkerboats.vanillaforums.com/discussion/3955/where-can-i-buy-these-lights-online#latest

Michael T

It's easy to cut a hole in the plastic oval covers and drop the lights in. It's also easy to run a 12v wire to them too if you have to.