Upper Grille Foglights & Modification
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Yosemite Sam
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The switch came with the lights.
RaceThisLTZ
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I wanted to thank you for the idea. It is a good amount of work but it is awesome. I used a pair of 55w Hella 2500 driving lights. They are extremely bright and help so much on some curvy back roads at night. The angle eyes are an awesome perk too. Look very good! Thank you again!
And for anyone else who wants to know, the switch that comes in this kit fits perfectly in the slot where you pull the panel for your fuses. nice snug and tight.
And for anyone else who wants to know, the switch that comes in this kit fits perfectly in the slot where you pull the panel for your fuses. nice snug and tight.
Yosemite Sam
I Hates Rabbits!
That looks awesome!! :banana:
RaceThisLTZ
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I agree . I was going to take out another row on the grille like you did but could not justify it with how they fit. The overlap was a very small amount.
SonicBoy24
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I don't know how big these lights are, but that would be pretty difficult with everything jammed packed so tight.
Yosemite Sam
I Hates Rabbits!
Unfortunately the bumper has to be removed. There is no access from the top (I tried!) :blankface:
KartRacer
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Thanks Yosemite, I have read and retread the directions and am not concerned about the the or difficulty, oh wait yeh the time! Still going to have to do it. Want to hook them up without separate switch. Had Piaa lamps on my Silverado and always hated the extra switch.
Thanks for your efforts.
Lots of projects, lights, gauges and on and on.
littleturbo
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On a happier note. I found a way to remove the upper grille without removing the bumper. Have to remove the lower grille. Then remove the upper radiator cover. It's held in buy 10 screws 4 bolts and 6 push clips. Then a few clips were it meets the top of the bumper cover. After that remove the crash bumper pad
. Once that is out of the way take a flex shaft that fits into a drill
then remove the 6 screws but pushing the flex shaft in between the bumper skin and the crash bar the 6 screws are located across the top of the grille. Be warned u might loose a screw or 2
their are 3 screws on opposite sides of the grille. And 4 tabs across the top and 6 tabs across the bottom and 1 tab on each end. I'm not sure were this post is supposed to go. But this seemed like a good enough place to put it for the time being
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littleturbo
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i had the upper grille out in about 15 minutes or less. That's only because the lower grille was already out of the bumper. the only down fall is the screws will be a pain to re-install i however plan on leaving the screws out of mine for simplicity.
RaceThisLTZ
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Resurrecting an old thread so sorry,
After running the driving lights a problem arose with my set up lol. The 55 watt halogens got extremely hot! Hot enough that they actually melted my upper grill. So I sourced a cooler solution with more light. My choice was a 20" 120W LED light bar. I measured the space available and bought a bar that fits light a glove. I'm very happy with the results and the light output is different. Much brighter all around but not as much distance as the driving lights. Still bright even in the day time though. The bar has 40 3w LEDs. The center 24 LED are a spot 10 degree with the outside 8 on each side being a flood 30 degree. what that means is a S*** ton of light everywhere in front of the car. definitely worth pulling the bumper to do and makes me feel a lot safer driving mountain roads in the middle of the night.
After running the driving lights a problem arose with my set up lol. The 55 watt halogens got extremely hot! Hot enough that they actually melted my upper grill. So I sourced a cooler solution with more light. My choice was a 20" 120W LED light bar. I measured the space available and bought a bar that fits light a glove. I'm very happy with the results and the light output is different. Much brighter all around but not as much distance as the driving lights. Still bright even in the day time though. The bar has 40 3w LEDs. The center 24 LED are a spot 10 degree with the outside 8 on each side being a flood 30 degree. what that means is a S*** ton of light everywhere in front of the car. definitely worth pulling the bumper to do and makes me feel a lot safer driving mountain roads in the middle of the night.
Yosemite Sam
I Hates Rabbits!
I'm planning on replacing my behind the grille lights with LED lights soon. The glass is cracked on one of my lights.
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RobbyS
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Resurrecting an old thread so sorry,
After running the driving lights a problem arose with my set up lol. The 55 watt halogens got extremely hot! Hot enough that they actually melted my upper grill. So I sourced a cooler solution with more light. My choice was a 20" 120W LED light bar. I measured the space available and bought a bar that fits light a glove. I'm very happy with the results and the light output is different. Much brighter all around but not as much distance as the driving lights. Still bright even in the day time though. The bar has 40 3w LEDs. The center 24 LED are a spot 10 degree with the outside 8 on each side being a flood 30 degree. what that means is a S*** ton of light everywhere in front of the car. definitely worth pulling the bumper to do and makes me feel a lot safer driving mountain roads in the middle of the night.
What did you attach the bar to?
RaceThisLTZ
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The bar is attached to the top of the bumper. I used rivet in threads and just bolted it right to it.
KartRacer
Member
Yosemite
You going to stay with round or going the bar route?
I still have not made any lighting upgrade. I have looked at your install forever and am wanting a large increase of long range lighting power. Considered that the small lamps can't give me the throw I am looking for and the manufactures never want to be honest about the throw pattern and distance. I even have considered using larger lamps in the lower grill area but not sure how that will affect air to the intercooler.
It's getting dark early again and need to make a upgrade for this rural driving.
You going to stay with round or going the bar route?
I still have not made any lighting upgrade. I have looked at your install forever and am wanting a large increase of long range lighting power. Considered that the small lamps can't give me the throw I am looking for and the manufactures never want to be honest about the throw pattern and distance. I even have considered using larger lamps in the lower grill area but not sure how that will affect air to the intercooler.
It's getting dark early again and need to make a upgrade for this rural driving.
Yosemite Sam
I Hates Rabbits!
I was considering 2 short bars in the upper grille still. I didn't want to block the intercooler although with the grille that I have I could mount a long bar to the front of the crash bar.
gijoefontaine
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After running the driving lights a problem arose with my set up lol. The 55 watt halogens got extremely hot! Hot enough that they actually melted my upper grill. So I sourced a cooler solution with more light. My choice was a 20" 120W LED light bar. I measured the space available and bought a bar that fits light a glove. I'm very happy with the results and the light output is different. Much brighter all around but not as much distance as the driving lights. Still bright even in the day time though. The bar has 40 3w LEDs. The center 24 LED are a spot 10 degree with the outside 8 on each side being a flood 30 degree. what that means is a S*** ton of light everywhere in front of the car. definitely worth pulling the bumper to do and makes me feel a lot safer driving mountain roads in the middle of the night.
Where did you get this bar from?!
and how do you get the bumper off?
Where did you get this bar from?!
and how do you get the bumper off?