Greg_E 211 Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Here is take two of my driving lights install. Take one was wrecked by a deer back in March and I'm finally getting around to working on take 2. After selecting some lights that should be OK (Hella FF50), it all starts with a couple of holes (only got one cut today) Then wedge the light in to see how I like it and where the hole needs work And from the side, not going to stick out very far at all More work tomorrow, probably going to take a while to finish this one because they will require me to make a custom mounting bracket. Going to need to fill in the grille bits where it was cut with some kind of epoxy to help finish it off a little. Link to post Share on other sites
Greg_E 211 Posted August 17, 2013 Author Share Posted August 17, 2013 Another day, more progress This bracket needs to be pushed back to clear the light, melting the plastic didn't give enough room. Also needed to collapse the light housing a little And what it will mostly look like when I get the bracket made and installed Should be able to get these working tomorrow. Link to post Share on other sites
Greg_E 211 Posted August 18, 2013 Author Share Posted August 18, 2013 And the rest, didn't take any more pictures while making the final pieces because it seems there is little interest. Summary is you need some 1x1 inch angle (I used aluminum), cut to about 3.5 inches long (two of them), some 5mm or 6mm button head bolts, and the correct tap for your bolts. Drill a hole to use the mounting bracket for your lights, bolt it all together and mark the holes to secure the angle to the bumper, then drill and tap the angle. The finished pictures (all with photo-flash because it was getting too dark) lights off low beams and optional factory fogs high beams and new driving lights Hope these survive longer than the last lights did, the body shop did a horrible job putting my car back together and I need to go out to get some parts tomorrow to finish putting all the expanding snap things back in. Link to post Share on other sites
psquare75 35 Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Where did you mount the switch? Link to post Share on other sites
Greg_E 211 Posted August 21, 2013 Author Share Posted August 21, 2013 (edited) Since mine is an LS I used the space on the left side dash where the remote mirror would go. Untaped the rubber grommet where another harness entered an snuck the relay trigger wires through. I do need to add that the harness that came with these FF50 lights was junk, all it had was a bundle of wire, some crimp on ends, a relay, and a cheapo switch. I ended up cutting the ends off the broken FF200 lights I previously had installed, and use the entire harness that was already in place. The FF40 lights also have a good harness, but do not have the black plastic buckets, so they would look especially ugly sticking out past the grille. Still haven't driven at night, but they do light up the street signs sooner/brighter in the near sunset so they are doing something. In hindsight, I might not have used a switch with these lights and just rigged them to always come on with the highbeams, they look a lot more like they should be there than having big old lights bolted to the grille ralley style. Lots fewer questions this way. Most states allow these to be operated as long as not more than 4 lights are on at any one time, since the fogs go out with the high beams, I should be safe. Edited August 21, 2013 by Greg_E Link to post Share on other sites
psquare75 35 Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 I don't have fogs right now (1lt). One local dealer wants $125 to activate them, which I found pretty high. I'm tempted to get some driving lightss and mount them in the dummy plates and just mount a switch someplace. Link to post Share on other sites
Lazerface 24 Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 those look great. but i did like the rally style too Link to post Share on other sites
Greg_E 211 Posted August 21, 2013 Author Share Posted August 21, 2013 big ugly switch I'll have to spend more time searching for a better switch sometime in the future, something that looks more in place. Link to post Share on other sites
Greg_E 211 Posted August 30, 2013 Author Share Posted August 30, 2013 (edited) I've had a couple chances to drive at night and have these pretty well aligned... They are only OK. If I had it to do all over again, I probably would have gone with these: http://www.rallylights.com/rallye-ff500-free-form-driving-lamp-kit.html The lights I have (FF50) are supposed to reach out 100 meters farther, but I'm just not seeing this in real life. I probably would have just drilled a hole in the solid part of the plastic grill and mounted the FF500 there, maybe a piece of aluminum as a big backing plate to help prevent some of the flex in the plastic. Edited August 30, 2013 by Greg_E Link to post Share on other sites
Shane Duus 6 Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 How did you pull the switch panel out? I want to tap into the rear hatch lock/unlock button so my aftermarket electric locks will lock with the rear hatch button, and onstar can control the lock onlock Link to post Share on other sites
Greg_E 211 Posted November 15, 2013 Author Share Posted November 15, 2013 Pull the fuse box cover inside the car and reach up to carefully push the snaps out, I still broke one of mine when I did this. Once that fuse box cover is removed you can look up at the switch panel. Please do a new thread on your lock install, I'm sure a lot of us would be interested in seeing what you are doing. The stock actuators are really pretty cheap so I was considering building a system into mine too. Link to post Share on other sites
Shane Duus 6 Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Will do. I read somewhere that all the doors but the drivers has wired in actuators in place, just the master driver door does not. I am going to get into her today and verify. if this is the case, the OEM driver actuator is around $50, but it does not come with the key fobs, or transmitter, so I will probably get a remote starter with the keyless entry module built in to activate the locks from the key fobs. If the doors do not already have actuators, I will just go with a cheap ebay kit for now. I put one of those in my Jeep Wrangler TJ, and it worked flawlessly, so it should be pretty easy. Either way, i will take lots of pictures from start to finish. Link to post Share on other sites
silverstud@webmail.co.za 0 Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Does anyone know how to take out the door panel? Post a few pics please..... Link to post Share on other sites
Shane Duus 6 Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Does anyone know how to take out the door panel? Post a few pics please..... Take a look over in my Adding Keyless entry thread. I have a how to for the removal of the front panels. I will tackle the rears maybe this weekend and post a how to. Shane. silverstud@webmail.co.za 1 Link to post Share on other sites
silverstud@webmail.co.za 0 Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 Thanks Shane Link to post Share on other sites
jhli 0 Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 Looks good. I was thinking about putting a set on the closed part of the grill. Link to post Share on other sites
Forgotten7angel 1 Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 I seen how crazy the fog light prices were at the dealer, so I just put in upgraded headlight bulbs, and pulled the little "not fog light" player off, cut them and used a good 2 part plastic adhesive to put in some LED running lights that fit the holes perfectly. The only downside of the brighter headlight bulbs is that people tend to flash me a lot more Now thinking my brights are on. They're nowhere near HID bright though, so IDK why they complain. Link to post Share on other sites
My4by2 17 Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Like what you did recessing them into the grille area! I'm headed for more of a "rallye" inspired look so I went with these & a mount to put them on my front plate bracket. Should have it installed later this week. Link to post Share on other sites
ChevyBeat 28 Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 (edited) On 2013-8-22 at 2:37 AM, Greg_E said: big ugly switch I'll have to spend more time searching for a better switch sometime in the future, something that looks more in place. Greg, you really gave me good reason to think again for switch. I was planning for similar rocker switch for fog install. But will go with push type one. Just a side by side comparison. I liked rocker in pic as it perfectly match with ice blue backlight on cluster of my beat. So with other one I need to replace LED, its having white backlight. Update - today I took off the coin holder from dash and found the dimensions are matching with push button in above pic. 25mm wide and 42mm high. Depth is not an issue. For ref. Push button is ebay item no. 201869700398, for Toyota. Below is coin holder we get in India. Edited June 29, 2017 by ChevyBeat Additional info with post. LittleBlue! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
ChevyBeat 28 Posted September 3, 2017 Share Posted September 3, 2017 Finally bought the GM light stalk as the price difference was reduced comparing to switch meant for Toyota (₹550+)from regular big ugly switch(₹250). I got GM one in ₹700. Now, I'll buy fog lamp and required sealed connectors. Just waiting for rainy season to end. Another task will be touchup on scratch my neighbour gave to my BEAsT. Link to post Share on other sites
graysono 1 Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 I've put mine on a mount above screws holding front number plate on! LED's, they look amazing and work superbly being in centre of car. I have good quality LED bulbs in headlight and they come on with high beam. LED bulbs good but high beam merely adds light on top of low, low beam stays on, but it needed some more fill. Apologies dark here in NZ and raining so got a quick pic to show you position lights off. Link to post Share on other sites
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