sheesh, coffee too strong this morning...

"...BUMPER..."
"...(watch out which ALLOY to use..."

Alistair

on 7/10/01 9:13 AM, Alistair Bell at albell@uvic.ca wrote:

> John,
>
> If you remove the bunper (just a matter of the endcaps and 4 13mm bolts)
> then you will see 4 groups of 3 holes in the underlying body structure for
> mounting aux lights.
>
> VW made metal brackets that mounted to those holes (I think D. Marshall
> sells them), but it is easy to bend some metal to suit...just be sure to use
> stock that is thin enough to bend easily but thick enough to resist
> vibrating too much. I have used both aluminum watch out which allow you
> choose, ask your metal expert which one best for hand bending and use some
> heat on it as you bend...propane torch), and stainless (again use heat).
>
> Mounting the bracket on the 2 outboard groups of holes is the easiest as the
> holes can be accessed from inside, can use nuts and bolts to secure.
> However, you have to use some sort of threaded insert on the inboard group.
>
> Have fun!
>
> Alistair
>
>
>
> on 7/10/01 10:44 AM, John Dagastino at themisanthropicmeanie@YAHOO.COM
> wrote:
>
>> bought some driving lights, so that the road in front
>> of me might actually have some light on it.
>>
>> and my difficulty lies in finding an appropriate place
>> to mount the lights, there are no useful holes under
>> the front end of the van and no fiberglass bumpers to
>> make a hole in,
>>
>> any ideas?
>>
>> :(
>>
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