February 10, 200521 yr I forget who it is....but somebody has a red loyale or gl wagon with two round 6" off-road lights mounted on the top center of the bumper...who are you? I've seen the picture, but cant find it now. It's driving me crazy.
February 10, 200521 yr ain't red but it is a GL Meet "Willy the wunder wagon" I wunder why she still runs
February 10, 200521 yr 87 and up bumpers are styrofoam insude, so if you mount something to it the crew wll only bite through the top skin 85 and a6 bumpers are metal inside, so you can mont something to it i have a light bar i made from a shortened ea81 roof rack spar, and my lights are mounted to it, the spar mounts to the bumper
February 10, 200521 yr Author 87 and up bumpers are styrofoam insude, so if you mount something to it the crew wll only bite through the top skin 85 and a6 bumpers are metal inside, so you can mont something to it i have a light bar i made from a shortened ea81 roof rack spar, and my lights are mounted to it, the spar mounts to the bumper I want to mount a pair of KC Daylighter lights to the top of my bumper like Skip did, is this possible? I really cant mount the lights to my roof, because i have a kayak rack, they'll be in the way. Nor do i want to mount them to the hood.
February 10, 200521 yr What Miles says is correct but the skin is pretty thick. I drilled and tapped it for 5/16 fine threaded bolts. Mine have been fine for over a year now. (Read no wobble) The lights mounted in the bumper cutouts where the turn signals used to be are KC Daylighters. I rewired the turn signals to the corner lights beside the headlamps. The turnsignals are more visable there and it is a simple job to rewire them. I also increased the lamp wattage. BTW There are two lamps in this location. The yellow colored lamp still lights for a parking light. Hope this helps.
February 10, 200521 yr no magic here, I bought new lamps at Advanced Auto They have an entire section of higher wattage lamps for everything from brake lamps to reverse lamps.
February 10, 200521 yr What Miles says is correct but the skin is pretty thick. I drilled and tapped it for 5/16 fine threaded bolts. Mine have been fine for over a year now. (Read no wobble) The lights mounted in the bumper cutouts where the turn signals used to be are KC Daylighters. I rewired the turn signals to the corner lights beside the headlamps. The turnsignals are more visable there and it is a simple job to rewire them. I also increased the lamp wattage. BTW There are two lamps in this location. The yellow colored lamp still lights for a parking light. Hope this helps. Awsome! This is something I wanted to do also. Wire up those extra marker lights as turn signals.
February 11, 200521 yr With some 1/2" pipe, 3/16" plate, mig, and grinder wheel I made a mount that uses the front license plate bolts. See pics here in my album. http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/photos/showphoto.php?photo=2649&sort=1&size=medium&cat=500&page=1
February 11, 200521 yr With some 1/2" pipe, 3/16" plate, mig, and grinder wheel I made a mount that uses the front license plate bolts. See pics here in my album. http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/photos/showphoto.php?photo=2649&sort=1&size=medium&cat=500&page=1 Looks good, I thing I might use that desigh to mount lights on the friont of my 91 loyale
February 12, 200521 yr i think i remmber seeing it too, just don't remember the name to it either.. were'nt the lights black, round and close together?hmmm
February 12, 200521 yr Author i think i remmber seeing it too, just don't remember the name to it either.. were'nt the lights black, round and close together?hmmm yeah, that's the one i'm thinking of
February 13, 200521 yr Author nice! how did you mount those? i see you used a metal plate...gimme the details. i'm mounting mine on a 92 loyale, same location you did yours
February 13, 200521 yr use a holesaw (2"?) to drill up through the bottom of the bumper, and then a 1/2" hole i think to mount the lights. the metal plate under each light acts as a big washer. it provides support to the lights as the plastic skin over the bumper and the styrofoam under it isnt very good on its own.
May 10, 200520 yr Not to dig up an old topic, but I just installed some Hella 500's on my Legacy in a similar location, and the light output is fantastic. Hopefully this will keep me from hitting more deer!
May 10, 200520 yr heres my lifted wagon with lights on the bumper.. got these "driving" lights at advance for $18.. they use a 55 watt h3 bulb.. damn near brighter than the headlights, lol.. work great for delivery driving, since i can aim them out to the sides a bit and see mailboxes easier..
May 10, 200520 yr I mounted my hella lights below the bumper here, using the existing screws. Works great for me: These things are REALLY bright. they swivel up down/left right. I point them down the road but to the sides a little to catch the deer. A couple 900 mile drives to Montana & they've been great for spotting deer before they're on the road. --E
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