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MildSeven

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Let's light up some moisture.
 

So, I got some Marchal fog lights from : Schickentanz, thanks again.

 

When mounting them, I wanted to avoid drilling holes, anywhere. I've seen that a lot of people will mount them to the hood hinge brackets, but that means the lights are close to the center (near the kidney grill). I wanted the lights to be pushed out (near headlights), I also wanted the brackets to be semi-hidden.

So, I decided to use the bumper-mount bolt holes to support the bracket… I doubt I’m the first to do this, but I hadn’t previously read about it.

I started by making a (mock up) bracket with a left over 3/8” MDF sheet. I would cut out the pieces with a jigsaw and glue them using wood glue. I found this step to be super helpful with the overall design, it’s much easier to cut and glue MDF, then cut and weld Metal. Unfortunately, I didn’t take any photos of it and I threw it out already.

 
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In addition to the above, I added a trapezoid shaped piece at a 90’ from the vertical part of the bracket, this piece also has a triangle shaped support, welded below it to reinforce the 90’ from flexing.
 
The trapezoid piece will stick-out of the grill, through the 2nd opening from the bottom of the grill.
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I had to make the bracket in 2 pieces, if not I would need to cut the grill. So, I drilled the trapezoid piece, to install a bolt near the end (the portion which sticks out of the grill).

For the 2nd portion of the bracket, where the actual light will be mounted/bolted. I wanted the bracket to be angled towards the car, to keep the lights as close to the body as possible.

I used 4 pieces.
  • I drilled 3 holes to adjust the mounting height of the lights, but then I ended up joining the 2 lowest holes so that I could slide the light up and down for more adjustability.
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I painted the 2 pieces black and added a grommet to pass the wire. I test mounted them again (below).
 
 

Here’s the final product, installed with the grill on.
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POWER. The first time I flipped the switch, the fuse blew and I'd be lying, if i didn't say I tried it a 2nd time with a new fuse tongue.gif. So, I ended up having to take apart my center console. It turns out I mislabelled 2 wires, the ground and the load (wire which feeds the lights). So flicking the switch would join the negative to the positive :s. Wasn't cool. I thought I was all finished and then I had to find an issue. luckily it wasn't a huge thing and I was able to sort it out within 30-45mins... without damaging my delicate custom console.

Lights on!
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Out for a drive to mom and dad's
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I'm really happy with the way the brackets turned out, I'm even thinking about fabricating some to sell.

 

I think, I prefer my 02 with the fog lights. What do you guys think about?

 

Thanks for reading,

Anthony

Next project: Custom fibreglass duckbill.

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Anthony, congratulations on the great fabrication work!  I'm biased, but I think every car looks better with fog lights.  The yellow lenses really pop with the Verona red paint.  Beautiful car, and thanks for posting these great photos.

Cheers,

Gavin

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What wiring method did you decide to use? I'm debating hooking mine up to just the fog light switch, or whether I should combine them with the regular headlights.

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41 minutes ago, backeis said:

What wiring method did you decide to use? I'm debating hooking mine up to just the fog light switch, or whether I should combine them with the regular headlights.

 

During my restoration, I had installed a fused block (4-5 spaces/fuses) which is powered directly from the battery (via a relay with ignition on).

 

I ran a wire from that block to a switch in the center console and from there straight to the fog-lights.

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