I got some new PIAA Driving lights to augment the barely acceptable headlights and I discovered that actually mounting them was quite a bit more complicated than I thought. I wanted to anchor them to a solid structure, not just the bumper cover. I thought the perfect location would be the brakes cooling ducts, but there's really not a good way to mount them in there. After a period of idea generation, I noticed a single bolt next to each brake cooling duct. Then, I went to Lowe's, got a piece of wide, thick, flat aluminum bar stock. I measured, cut, filed, drilled and bent it and bolted it up with those two bolts. It makes for a solid, flat mounting surface right under the bumper inside the intake grid.

 

Sorry... accidental repost.

 

sweet

 

Looks good, but if I can make a recommendation, paint the aluminum flat black.

PaulC

 

Yep looks pretty good, ditto on the aluminum.

 

Agreed w/ PaulC

Even still AWESOME JOB! If I were into extra lights, I'd do it!

 

I agree on painting the aluminum.

 

do they make any kinda differnece for actaully seeing the road i see them EVERYWHERE around here and they never seem to be very functional. if they will help with seeing ill try picking up a pair but if there just there to look cool tahn forget it

 

Ditto, Ditto, and Ditto.

 

Painting the aluminum isn't a bad idea, but that sucker's in there for good. Removal for painting would be a royal PITA. I guess I shoulda thought of that before finishing the job. On the other hand, the bright aluminum isn't visible til you're down on the ground. The bumper cover hides it pretty well.

Pinfield, they can make a real difference. I think it's important to get some made by a respected manufacturer and not any cheap ones. PIAA, Hella and Catz come to mind. These that I installed really fill the road right on front, center with light. My headlights, even on low-beam, projected the light quite a way out. These auxiliaries help nicely.

Thanks for the compliments guys. When I work at finding a solid, simple solution to doing something I like to pass it along. Kinda like the airbox templates.

 

yeah i noticed that yous look like real lights they are bright and a white light most of the one i see around here are yellow and think most of the kids that use them get them from wal-mart