Newb question here: How do I mount some of those round or square driving lights onto my stock bumper like I see on some of your guys rides? Car is a 87' gl wagon.

lol its called a drill dude....thats how i did it anyway... when i still had the stock bumper:rolleyes:

Wont the screws tear the plastic under the weight and movement of the lights?

flat steel bar on the back side with nuts.

Is it easier to mount them on the bumper or on the grille?

lol its called a drill dude....thats how i did it anyway... when i still had the stock bumper:rolleyes:

 

:lol::lol:I give you the Mr. Obvious Award! That quote just caught me funny!!!:lol::lol:

ROFL at least he didnt say duct tape :-\ Perhaps if this was a Honda forum he would have :banana: ra ra ra ricearoniiiii:banana:

Under the "surfboard" plastic there is a steel tube

 

I drilled and tapped it to mount these on my 87 GL

 

How did you put those clear lights were the turn signals go?

I just bought a pair of lights for my front bumper,thanks for posting this thread=) Has anyone put lights on the wagon front cargo bar, are they strong enough and far enough forward?

The KC HiLighters are mounted to aluminum plates

I fabricated to replace the turn signal housings

 

The turn signals are rewired to the white side lights

beside the head lights.

 

Makes it a bit safer as the turn signals can now been seen from

the side better than before.

Sweeet, doesnt sound hard to do right:banana:

piece of cake, mate

just add more length to both original wires. like 3 foot more each side for side lights and 3 foot more for bumper signals...route wiring in vice - verca location from factory, install driving or foglights in bumper, and hook up lights.

Sweeet, doesnt sound hard to do right:banana:

Actually Mr. Bhien makes it more difficult than it really is.

 

Follow the wiring from the turn signal and you will find it up by

the parking light that I converted to a turn signal.

 

It was a simple splice at that point, no "3 foot of wire" needed.

I also changed the lamp to an amber colored one, and left

the small corner marker as the "parking light"

On my wagon, there were factory pre-drilled holes already in the metal reinforcement on the underside the bumper. I just crawled under the car, drilled through the plastic and was good to go. The cool thing was, I didn't have to measure to make sure the lights were evenly spaced.

Can I re'rout the parking light wiring to a set of driving lights without overloading the fuse, switch etc... I want to use the parking light switch for new lights... or should i just re wire new sitches... ewww lol

You will blow a fuse. Wire in a relay to control the driving lights.

+1 on the relay. You will burn up the switch eventually with out one. As a bonus Your lights will be brighter with a relay.

 

drilled straight trough the bumper cover and beam

2 IPF 6" yellow driving beams

 

drilled straight trough the bumper cover and beam

2 IPF 6" yellow driving beams

 

That is the ultimate stone guard!!!!

anyone ever try putting them on the bottom side of the bumper. I know the 6 inch round ones woudl work but how about some 4x6 lights.

 

Ben

anyone ever try putting them on the bottom side of the bumper. I know the 6 inch round ones woudl work but how about some 4x6 lights.

 

Ben

 

Ea82 had factory driving lights that were mounted on the bottom. There is a metal strip that is screwed on the bottom and they just bolted up to that.

I have lights under the bumper, I didn't take into account busting through snow drifts - so I broke a lens two nights back, could have been gravel in the plowed snow berm or the shock of rapid cooling, dunno

 

when it isn't the end-of-the-world-weather I will be moving them to the top of the bumper, I wish I could come up with a roof mount that didn't look cheesy

 

btw, throwing the extra wide light to the sides has definitely kept me from having a zillion rude deer surprises and helped me to figure out where the road center was in really really bad weather

Under the bumper I think then I found that strip. Can I get away with mounting some 6" rounds on that without worrying about road crap hitting it? It doesnt snow here ever lol.