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zukenutter

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Joined: Sun Feb 08, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 9045 Location: Brisneyland
Vehicle: 2006 Jimny JLX
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 Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 12:08 am |
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Today I made fog light bumper mounts. Went off to the hardware store and put together a plan of attack based on what I had at hand. The brief consists of the following key points.
- Shield the back of the from debris being thrown from the tyres.
- Give me a practical mounting point for the light that's easily serviced
To my surprise it looked nice in the end as well
I bought these bits from the plumbing section at the local hardware.
Put a rubber grommet in the back of each
Used these lights
The hole
Fitted the outer rim
Finished. Although I have replaced the couple of dodgy screws with S/S versions

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zookster666
Joined: Sat Jun 27, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 1090
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looks good mate how much light do they put out
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Scrawny

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Joined: Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:30 pm Posts: 10528 Location: Brissie
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atari4x4

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Joined: Mon Dec 11, 2006 10:30 pm Posts: 34843 Location: East Radelayed
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 Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 12:32 am |
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nice work they look good, it's good to see you're still using PVC 
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zukenutter

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Joined: Sun Feb 08, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 9045 Location: Brisneyland
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I'm yet to wire them up. They're really just to fill the ugly holes. Not often it gets foggy around Brisneyland.
Atari there's definitely more uses for plumbing bits than just flushing.
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Choppy

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Joined: Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 1074 Location: sunshinecoast
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they look really good well done, this jimny just gets better and better
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ODA1
Joined: Mon Jan 08, 2007 10:30 pm Posts: 1414
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nice
should paint it black and leave the little bolts silver or even put litle bulbs in the space between the bolts for a little bling that go on with the parkers 
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Polar_Bear
Joined: Sat Aug 12, 2006 11:30 pm Posts: 2511 Location: Adelaide SA
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ditch the 2 countersunk screws and swap them to round head stainless 
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zukenutter

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Joined: Sun Feb 08, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 9045 Location: Brisneyland
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Polar_Bear wrote: ditch the 2 countersunk screws and swap them to round head stainless 
Already done they were only temporary, although now that I look at it with fresh eyes I think I'll swap the S/S screws for some S/S allen bolt & nyloc nut jobbies.
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zukenutter

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Joined: Sun Feb 08, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 9045 Location: Brisneyland
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zookster666 wrote: looks good mate how much light do they put out
I wired these up a while ago and have tested them out a few times. Due to the fish eye lense they give a full 180 degree spread. Also wired the Cibie Oscars at the same time, had the whole lot running on the beach recently... Fantastic!
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BAZZOOK
Joined: Sat Mar 24, 2007 10:30 pm Posts: 1052 Location: MORNINGTON. VIC
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Hey nutter, how is that number plate spottie mount attached. Does it just have 2 bolts thru to bar at middle of no. plate? any bracing ? I was thinking of mounting a couple of square hella's i have laying around. instead of spending $85.00 on a bracket, mount them on bumper with plates either side to stabilize. do your spotties vibrate? Thanks.
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BAZZOOK
Joined: Sat Mar 24, 2007 10:30 pm Posts: 1052 Location: MORNINGTON. VIC
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PS. I believe cop computer geeks can unswirl.
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zukenutter

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Joined: Sun Feb 08, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 9045 Location: Brisneyland
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I still have to add more bracing from the number plate holes to the factory number plate mounts, but at the moment it has two bolts through the number plate plus a checkerplate tool tray that's attached by a single bolt which is hidden when the bonnet is closed as well as the spotties clamping it to the light bar.

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BAZZOOK
Joined: Sat Mar 24, 2007 10:30 pm Posts: 1052 Location: MORNINGTON. VIC
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Thanks. thats a good idea. Wouldn't have thought of that. Looks like I'll have to see Dank a for mount
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gman
Joined: Tue Dec 01, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 172 Location: Longford, Tasmania
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zukenutter wrote:
haha we can see your camera angle in the driving lights, but it looks like your using a book to take the photo. 
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zukenutter

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Joined: Sun Feb 08, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 9045 Location: Brisneyland
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Was wondering how long it would take for somebody to comment 
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