I brought this up in another thread.

I recently pruchased a set of $8 55W driving lights from Harbor Freight. These are on sale through December 6th. I re-used a pair of channel mount CB antenna bases I purchased from Mike @ Xtreme last year. These were originally used to support a set of PIAA 520 driving lamps over the hood. I got tired of that look and pulled them off. Last week, I had an idea to reuse them in a similar application. My old aux lights had taken a substantial beating. Espcecially since they were suspended under the rear bumper. They saw the end of their usable life after a trip up Slaughterhouse last year. They saw the end of their decorative life after a "look what I can do" stunt over a large rock.


Yesterday, I got to work removing the plastic bumper trim. In the process, I received a dried mud facial. How pleasant. Thank goodness I had the foresight to where goggles.


After wiping away a full pound of dried mud and dirt, I drilled three holes to hold the bracket. Why three? Because I took me two holes to realize one hole would be sufficient to hold the whole works. :pat:



After reassembling everything, I stepped back and took a picture.



These are wired into one of the terminals on this switch:




$8 for the lights, and ~$9 for the brackets...I'm happy with that.

 

I like it...I'm gonna work on something like that for mine.

 

Thats a good idea, very good job!

 

Nice use of CB antenna brackets.

 

very cool. how's the light output? how come you didnt wire them to the reverse lights directly? Im assuming it would be a pain in the butt...

-Casey

 

Tell us about the cabinets in cargo area. And maybe some pics.

 

Those are nice.

 

Go to his website, he's got a lot of info on there...just thought I'd chime in about that.

Nice work man! Looks really good, I'm working on a way to do that to my 2nd gen, we'll see if I can be as crafty as you are!

Fink

 

Sweet! Looks good. Those were only $8?? How is the beam? Are they pretty wide? I need some rock lights...

I chose the more perminant wroute... I took a plazma cutter to the coffee can back there we know as the rear bumper.

 

cool i can order the light and the hiway blasters!

 

Thread hijack, but is that a NAKED person with an OCTOPUS on their back for your avatar!!!

 

you said facial LOL

 

 

It's much worse than that. I had the misfortune of seeing the video clip that avatar is from.

does not cut it at all...

 

The look good.. very nice mounting job..

Warning: I have a set of these lights and there is no weather seal where the mounting bolt comes out of the housing.. on mine you can look into the unit from the mount hole.. if you can see in, moisture can get in..

I have used these on my F-350..
http://www.grote.com/cgi-bin/product...t_number=64931
cost less than $8.00 each at heavy truck parts store..

 

Looks great!

I'm going to do the same thing on my 88. But I'm going to run a relay to the reverse lights so the fog lights come on with the reverse lights.

 

Just as a note, if you live in a climate that has seasons, those Harbor Freight lights WILL crack when you turn them on. Hot bulb + cold weather = many water seeping cracks in the bottle quality glass.

 

does it not have a good enough gasket(s)? if not, cant you fab one up? or use some type of sealant?

bob

 

Bob, is that in reference to my post?
If so, nothing can help the cracks. The glass is cracked across the surface and will fall to pieces when the retaining plastic piece is taken off.

 

I think it would be kinda ghetto if those lights came on every time he threw it in reverse.