supreme5101

Can someone please tell me or direct me in how to drill after market hella driving lites onto the bumper of my 95 gxe?????

i have been lookin everywhere for advice and came up empty handed..........

someone please enlighten me

thanx

JPMax

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1. put front of car up on ramps
2. put e-brake on
3. unscrew all the bolts holding the plastic liner under the front of the car to the bumper cover
4. you should be able to access the bottom of the metal bumper behind the bumper cover.
5. drill holes as needed.

Ruthless

Ahhh, The spot that comes with the car is good enough dont you think? This aint no jeep YJ

supreme5101

im a fast learner, but im also a newbie....

thats good enuff to give me a pretty clear idea of how to do it.....

but do u have any pics or a site that does have pics?????

supreme5101

what do you mean????

Ruthless

you are mouting extra lights on your car right??? I just dont see why you need them. My guess is you are putting them under the bumper you will this them on every curb( parking lots) speed bumps and any debris on the road..... inless you still got the Maxima 4x4 edition

supreme5101

NO....

im mounting them in the lower grille area........

its a 95 gxe

how will i hit them on anything?????

JPMax

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I've mounted aftermarket fog lights in the lower outer grill holes before on my 95. Not that hard. Only annoying part is that the driver's side has a little air intake thing that doesn leave much room to work.

I think Ruthless is talking about putting them in the normal OEM fog light openings. However, only the SE models came with these openings.

So unless you want to cut out the openings on your GXE, you'll need to drill some mounting holes into the metal bumper behind the cover.

supreme5101

ook, thanx for clearing that up, cuz it made no sense at all...............

but you do understand im talkin bout the lower grille thats located(level wise) under the headlight level............rite????

JPMax

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OK..lemme try again.. obviously a visual person.


Red circles are where stock fogs lights would be on an SE model.

GXE and GLE models did not come with fog lights.

Behind the bumper cover is a metal bumper beam. What I did was open the plastic under the bumper in order to get to this beam and then drill holes in it to install aftermarket fog lights so they showed through the lower grill hole circled in green.

supreme5101

YES..........

thats wear im gonna put them(in the green)

thanx man

AlpineGt66

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yup thats where i put mine! what fogs are you going to put there?

here is a pic of mine. ill get a better one up later.

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supreme5101

i was going to put these in there, only because it has a bright wide beam(hella, optilux 1200), correct?????

JPMax

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Measure the width of the opening before you go buy the lights.

I think the openings farthest out (green circles) are pretty small and will only fit small (3") round or square lights.

Also, just a side note:
Some people just mount the lights on the underside of the bumper cover, but that makes it easy to steal the lights.
That's why installed mine on the metal beam instead. A bit more trouble, but way more secure.

MaximaSE96

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I am trying to find a similar size to stock ones to replace the OEM cause I want to

supreme5101

the fogs i showed should fit, the height is only 2.4inches, and it fits 3inches...........

well, i hope they fit, because the beam on the hella,optilux 1200, is darn good................


what do you guys think?????

zeeman

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after the holes are drilled, did you guys need to make the threading on the metal beam for the screws to secure the fog lights to hold?

Dave H.

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But they are 5.4 inches wide, which may cause some trouble since there are those vertical bars in that opening. I found some small projector fog lights that fit nice.
I didn't use the supplied hardware (screws). I actually bought some bolts and nuts and mounted then with those to the bumper plastic. They feel more secure then what they would have been.
Also a tip about keeping them level, put some washers under the bracket through the bolt/screw to keep it level and then mount it.
That helped me. Hope it helps you.

JPMax

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5101: The lights you are looking at may be too wide for the opening unless you cut out the plastic vertical bars.

zeeman: no I didn't need to thread the drilled holes. just drill the hole a little smaller than the screw and put some muscle into it.

supreme5101

which small projector fogs did you use???.........company and model number if possible

Ruthless

its all so clear now... makes sense..

ThurzNite

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did this thread shed some light?
Jae

Dave H.

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I searched the internet to find this for you, since I don't have any paper work anymore. Here it is: PL-720B PILOT FOG LIGHT AMBER
And here is what they look like:
http://www.audiowarehouse.peachhost....R179892084.htm
But I didn't get them there, too expensive. Do you have an Autozone close? If so, they can order them for you and it should cost around $40.
Hope that helps. Dave

ThurzNite

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Is there a reason why you want projector fogs? I'm a fan of driving lights, you can always point them downwards are crossed if you need them for fog. I have these on my car:
http://www.partsamerica.com/ProductD...rtnumber=XT853

Jae