in grill lights
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in grill lights
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i was just screwing around, so! i wanted to put some nice driving lights in my grill, so it still looks stockish... i chose IPF's 968 driving lights, they come with a 55w bulb installed, and an additional 100w bulb, and the lights are designed with a dual reflector, so they work as a flood and spot at the same time... EXTREMELY BRIGHT and does a good job... this is the second set i have owned, i had a set on my f-250 and they worked awesome...
so i decided i would install them and put them behind the grill (like i said) and on the cross member at the bottom, and just infront of the rad... the only problem was, this cross member was way too low for the lights to be installed it blocks roughly the bottom half of the light... so i went to a local steel manufacture, where i bought 2 pieces of 2"x4" box steel, with 1/8th wall, drilled 2 holes in the bottom of each, which i used to bolt through the cross member, using only stainless steel hardware, and 1 hole through the top, where i bolted the light. i also preped the metal with varsol, and sprayed it with trimclad rust paint...
here are some pics of the install, and finished product.
here you can see the blocks, which have already been painted
and a shot with the grill back on
i was just screwing around, so! i wanted to put some nice driving lights in my grill, so it still looks stockish... i chose IPF's 968 driving lights, they come with a 55w bulb installed, and an additional 100w bulb, and the lights are designed with a dual reflector, so they work as a flood and spot at the same time... EXTREMELY BRIGHT and does a good job... this is the second set i have owned, i had a set on my f-250 and they worked awesome...
so i decided i would install them and put them behind the grill (like i said) and on the cross member at the bottom, and just infront of the rad... the only problem was, this cross member was way too low for the lights to be installed it blocks roughly the bottom half of the light... so i went to a local steel manufacture, where i bought 2 pieces of 2"x4" box steel, with 1/8th wall, drilled 2 holes in the bottom of each, which i used to bolt through the cross member, using only stainless steel hardware, and 1 hole through the top, where i bolted the light. i also preped the metal with varsol, and sprayed it with trimclad rust paint...
here are some pics of the install, and finished product.
here you can see the blocks, which have already been painted
and a shot with the grill back on
Last edited by --weezl--; 03-04-2010 at 05:29 PM.
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yeap, it's still better than nothing, i would say the grill probably blocks about 30% which is a lot... but i'm not planning on using these lights ALL that often... and i can always take the grill off if i'm going to need to use the lights... it's 4 bolts and 2 clips... SIMPLE
where i have the switch right now works... but it's not my first choice... like i said, it's going to be removed and a custom insert for the pocket under my head unit will be installed...
where i have the switch right now works... but it's not my first choice... like i said, it's going to be removed and a custom insert for the pocket under my head unit will be installed...
#9
i know eh! sadly though, they don't make the full honey comb grills for my truck :( i am going to possibly get a custom grill, one that will block less of the light... not sure what though, yet... i'm also debating putting a bull bar on the front, and will probably end up putting the lights on that, if i get one...
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the way the IPF system is set up, if you wire it correctly, the switch only works when the high beams are on... i didn't want to do this, i did mine so that they come on when i turn the park lights (and the switch is "on") you could hook the wire up to the fog light lead, and hide the button under the dash, in the "on" position...
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