my fog light install/bumper lense trim

[6000nasty]

this is how i spent my evening. first i took a set of bumper lenses and cut them half off, cut at 5 1/8" from the outter edge. this left the far top mount and the bottom mount. off the inner half i used a cut off wheel, cut the amber lense off, smoothed off the edges to make it flat, and proceeded to file the cut edges of the bumper lense housing so i could join the corners with clear silicon. little bit of patience and you end up with these bad boys...
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y19/flipped_cracker/bothbumperlights.jpg
i removed the old lenses from my bumper and put these new ones in to see how it would look w/o the fog lights also...(side/corner shot)
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y19/flipped_cracker/cornershot.jpg
i've had a set of rectangular fog lights for a while. got em from wal mart, $20. i've had em mounted under the bumper, and on top. but when i realized that they would fit in the cut out in the bumper, thats when this whole project idea started. the inner top mounting hole for the bumper lenses was perfectly alligned to the middle of the fog lights. it was a little tight but i got em in and heres the final result...
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y19/flipped_cracker/closeupfogsoff.jpg
even with half the bumper lense gone, i think it still puts out enough illumination to do its job as a running light/turn signal...
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y19/flipped_cracker/afterfogsoff.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y19/flipped_cracker/afterwithheadlights.jpg

3 hours well spent

[trusconi]

Very nice and very well done.

[TreasonAgainstCaesar]

neat idea. I never woulda came up with that.

If you want to improve them even more, replace the side piece turn signal lens with a piece of chromed plastic (think reflector, just like the back of the original housing). THis would keep the light from bleeding out on the side. It wouldn't make a huge difference, but would add to it a little.

[Mikz86TA]

Get some day pics so people can see better what you did.
I totally understand and I like it!

Kinda like the Baretta GTZ. On a std Baretta the parks were x2 and on the GTZ it was half park and half fog.

Good vision for something different and execution

[6000nasty]

treasonagainstcaesar - i completely agree. i just utilized the parts i had already. i wanted to have a reflective side like you said and that would've been much brighter. but this project was more of a mock up. now that i understand what it took to do it, and the measurements and all that good stuff, i just may do it again with my other set of lenses. but i also like the fact that light comes out the side. if there were no fogs and light came out the side, i think it still looks pretty cool....its kind of a half and half scenario with the side peice.

mikz87ta - i'll get some day pics today. i did it all last night in the dark with a camera phone w/o flash. my garage only has 2 55w regular bulbs...so the illumination in there is very minimal, therefore, the front shot doesnt show up

[6000nasty]

front shot...
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y19/flipped_cracker/dayshotfront.jpg
side shot from middle of bumper....
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y19/flipped_cracker/sideshotfrominside.jpg
outside...
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y19/flipped_cracker/sideshotfromoutside.jpg
i wish they were a bit more flush, but whatevs...they don't stick out too much.

[6000nasty]

and mikz86ta...sorry for writing your name as 87ta....

[Mikz86TA]

NP. Not using caps at the beginning of a sentence bother me more. LOL

Yeah maybe work on getting them flush and it would be totally pimp

['94 Big Blaze]

Damn i like that idea, i've went over ideas in my head soo much it aint even funny and i never came up with this.

[TreasonAgainstCaesar]

Are they not flush because the housings are that deep, or because that's the way the brackets lined up? I agree, more flush would be a big improvement.

[6000nasty]

thats just how the fog light bracket lined up with the remaining mounting hole for the bumper lenses. all i would need to do is get a peice of metal, drill 2 holes about an inch from eachother, and that'd push the lamps back an inch and bring it more flush.