Fiberglass Bumper Fog Light Brackets

[dart330]

I had a couple people PM me about these brackets after I posted a picture of my lights mounted with them. I was lucky enough to find someone in the UK selling a set of brackets they had purchased and never used. If you can find someone to buy and ship them to you, they are available new from Brickwerks.

https://www.brickwerks.co.uk/t3-parts/electrical/lighting/t3-spot-fog-lamp-brackets-grp-bumpers.html

I installed the brackets in the same position the metal bumper brackets would go (the 3 pre-drilled holes in the bumper).

Here they are mounted before putting the bumper back on.

I got a wiring kit from Jason Brown.
https://sites.google.com/site/vanagonheadlightrelays/

Installed, fuse, relay and ran wiring to the lights through the large holes in the bumper next to the 3 small holes.

Ran the wires from the fuse block all the way inside the lights to protect from the elements, locally grounded to the brackets. Picked up the light guards to replace the covers so I don't have to worry about anyone accidentally turning them on with the covers and overheating them.

[Terry Kay]

The fog lamp installation looks good using those brackets.

When are you going to remove the plastic bumper cover again and take care of that rusty apron panel before it rots all the way through, or climbs up the front header panel?

The toys look great, reality should have been dealt with first before the rust gets worse.
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[Zeitgeist 13]

Those brackets look really nice. I mounted Hella 500 driving lights directly on the fiberglass bumper cover using very large washers from a cable spool I dismantled. The lights are surprisingly stable, even on rough terrain.
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[16CVs]

Nicely done. What are you using for a switch? If not a Factory fog light switch did you use an indicator light?
I have a set of the factory brackets, but am too much of a Pussy to drill holes in my Tristar to mount anything.

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[dart330]

I had picked up a factory switch before they became NLA. The indicator light only comes on at the 2nd position for the rear fog light, which I have run the wiring for, but haven't decided where to mount it yet.

I consider these safety items here on the Gulf Coast where we have regular periods of thick sea fog roll in and reduce visibility severely. I went ahead and did these while I had the dash out so I could easily do the wiring correctly.

[Christopher Schimke]

Nice install! The front of that van looks great with the SA grills and fogs.

For anyone interested, I have one last set of those BW fog brackets in stock and will be getting more in a month or so.
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[ZsZ]

Another source: https://www.tk-carparts.de/article/8116/Halter_SATZ_Kunststoffstostange_vorne_EDELSTAHL.html

but the BW one seems thicker
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[joetiger]

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, right?

I ordered T3's last set of brackets--thank you for the lightning fast shipping!

I know they're for fiberglass and not metal bumpers, but I figured OEM is OEM and I like the way they hug the front. You can tell in this photo that the steel bumper sits way lower than the fiberglass ones.

I do think these fogs look great in front of the SA lower grille.

I'm going to paint the brackets black so that they match better. Also I used an OEM switch from a pick-n-pull 944, as outlined in this extremely useful thread:

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=440649&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
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[PDXWesty]

Here's two other do it yourself posts from a while back. Everything comes around again sooner or later.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=377713

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=395572

And a diagram for info:

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