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Colorado Yeti
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 Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2017 10:34 am Post subject: Anyone Have Fog Lights In The Lower Grille? |
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Have any of you mounted small fog lights in your lower grille? I am thinking about doing this and would like some design ideas. If you could show some pictures and include the make / model of the lights you used, that might be helpful also. I am thinking about using round lenses with amber bulbs or lenses.
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OddN
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| Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2017 11:07 am Post subject: Re: Anyone Have Fog Lights In The Lower Grille? |
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Round Hella foglights in SA lower grill (by Bernd Jaeger):
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dhaavers
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| Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2017 9:48 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone Have Fog Lights In The Lower Grille? |
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I will be installing LED fog/DRL's similar to Dave's <but> I will mount at the lower corners
within the fins of the lower grille. Materials are on hand but the work won't start until things
warm up in March or so...(we just finished a full week below zero here - uff da)...  
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jimf909 
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| Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2017 12:41 am Post subject: Re: Anyone Have Fog Lights In The Lower Grille? |
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Mounting them below the bumper or in the cutout of the spoiler works if you don't mind the loss in approach angle. So far it hasn't been a problem for my driving style.
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0to60in6min
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| Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2017 10:01 am Post subject: Re: Anyone Have Fog Lights In The Lower Grille? |
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Robw_z
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| Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2017 1:23 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone Have Fog Lights In The Lower Grille? |
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On my list of things I've thought about but will never get around to doing, it's crossed my mind that fog lights mounted in the (factory steel) bumper itself might look nice if done right. Á la Nissan Pathfinder:
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dyldebus
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| Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2017 2:32 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone Have Fog Lights In The Lower Grille? |
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Mine are always on, I can't see a thing with the stock lights. I keep waiting for someone to make a modern, bright, square light. |
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Paulbeard
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| Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2017 2:37 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone Have Fog Lights In The Lower Grille? |
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Mine are always on, I can't see a thing with the stock lights. I keep waiting for someone to make a modern, bright, square light. |
There are a couple of threads on upgrading to Ecode lights that fit pretty neatly in the existing grille.
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joetiger
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| Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2017 2:40 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone Have Fog Lights In The Lower Grille? |
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Here are some little bitty ones:
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Colorado Yeti
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| Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2017 5:12 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone Have Fog Lights In The Lower Grille? |
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| Thanks everyone. I think I have an idea of what I am going to do. I like the looks of Bernd Jaeger's set-up. Plus he's got a really kick-ass Viking-sounding name.....bonus. I ordered the driving lights today for the upper grille and the round 4" yellow fog lights for the lower grille. I'm also going to modify the parking light assembly, as I really hate the look of the rectangular wrap-around lenses. I will post picks when the project is complete. |
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kryptkat
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| Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2017 2:57 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone Have Fog Lights In The Lower Grille? |
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djkeev
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Birdcage
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| Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2017 6:44 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone Have Fog Lights In The Lower Grille? |
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Bring it by the shop when you get it done, we have whiskey Wednesday every week. A bunch of us locals hangin out, we stop work around 4 and start drinking around 4:01
1319 N. College Ave.
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jimf909
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| Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2017 7:57 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone Have Fog Lights In The Lower Grille? |
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| djkeev wrote: |
| Paulbeard wrote: |
| dyldebus wrote: |
Mine are always on, I can't see a thing with the stock lights. I keep waiting for someone to make a modern, bright, square light. |
There are a couple of threads on upgrading to Ecode lights that fit pretty neatly in the existing grille. |
The square Hella ECode headlamps are an AMAZING upgrade! My photo above shows them mounted.
Dave |
My photo as well. Highly recommended!
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WestyBob
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| Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 12:30 am Post subject: Re: Anyone Have Fog Lights In The Lower Grille? |
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Low and wide for fogs.
Above bumper and closer inward for aux. driving.
Anywhere for DRL's. |
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dart330
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| Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 4:04 am Post subject: Re: Anyone Have Fog Lights In The Lower Grille? |
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I just finished installing fogs with the factory brackets. Very happy with the beam pattern and aiming them at 25 feet per Hella's instructions. Any further outward mounting would have them protruding past the bumper.
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joetiger
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| Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 1:09 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone Have Fog Lights In The Lower Grille? |
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That looks great, Dart. Where did you find factory brackets?
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