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Installing lights


Ordered some smaller lights, planned on mounting them on both sides of the front plate on the plastic part, but looked into it and really could't find a good place to mount them to. i
 
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get yourself some light tabs, they mount on the back side of the bumper at the top.
 
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I got some cheap walmart oval fogs that fit perfectly next to the license plate. I just drilled through the plastic and put them em in. They look good there in my opinion.
 
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http://www.amazon.com/Hella-FF50-Aux.../dp/B000GKEYBK

those are what i ordered.

j99ranger4x4 - could you get me a link for those please?
 
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I think www.stuffforyourranger.com used to sell them, I dont see them on the site right now.

Heres a how to so you can make your own tho
https://www.ranger-forums.com/showth...ight=light+tab

but with the lights your getting i wouldnt suggest mounting them like that. Just put them next to the license plate on the valance.

and paint your bumper/valance lol you got three shades of black on the front haha
 
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yea the valence has always bothered me lol. but ive seen a pic of an xlt with the lights by the license plate on the front and looked good, but they were also rectangle haha. think i might try the light tab idea and see if it works, already have the pre drilled holes and would save some problems for me, i looked at the valence really couldnt find a good spot for it
 
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well send those ones back and get some Hella 500s. or drop the coin on some KC daylighters or slimlights. Worth it IMO. I have 4 daylighters on the front lol
 
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mainly wanna get better lights imo the standard ones kinda suck, and i dont have fogs haha. if need be i can just use the hella ff50's as reverse lights (those suck pretty bad too) and change get some 500's form wally world, have em on clearance here
 
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yup i have back up lights too. ones broke tho. let me know how those ones are.
 
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know a guy who has a jeep set up for offroad type of thing he said he was gonna put those on his so he could see everything when hes out there haha
 
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Originally Posted by skier2880
I think www.stuffforyourranger.com used to sell them, I dont see them on the site right now.
They were moved to the clearance section...half price now! Only $10

http://www.stuffforyourranger.com/st...98a8ab2423e16c

I just placed my order a few hours ago...
 
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i did as well also grabbed a set of ff500 from wally world haha
 
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I hope you didn't pay $95 for those oval lights....

Here's a set I had on my truck (since removed from front) that I got for about $20.00 Given, they're not Hella's but they use the same H3 55w bulbs.

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I've still got a set of them under my roll pan for aux backup lights.
 
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