

| Subject: | Re: fog lights |
| From: | joel walker |
| Date: | Thu, 25 Jan 2007 21:19:58 -0600 |
> where does everyone have their fog/drivinglights mounted on their > van? also round vs square/rectangular light prefferences? mine is an > 85 with the round headlights. do NOT put foglights UNDER the bumper. :( you'll regret it. it took me two sets of lights before i figured out it was gonna happen no matter which brand i used. too many curbs/kerbs and sloped parking lots out there. which is also why i took that dufus air dam off my 91 buses ... it kept scraping the ground and hitting those concrete parking-space separators. i'd recommend putting fog lights on top of the bumper (take the bumper off first, and drill the mounting hole far enough forward on the bumper so that it misses that little raised 'fence' on the body. that'll keep anyone from getting a wrench under there to unscrew your fog lights (that happened to me. but on the rear bumper ... no fence). i'd also suggest putting the fog lights just inboard of the turn signals, so they don't block the radiator (the outer most 4-5 inches of the lower grill is not radiator, but just blank space). i turned my slightly outward, instead of pointing straight ahead, cause i wanted more light to the sides (and slightly behind the front of the bus). works great in the woods. :) good luck! joel p.s. while you have the bumper off, notice those holes in the front 'chin' of the bus. those holes go all the way back to the spare tire well ... so you can run the wires for the fog lights through the holes and then up behind the bumper (over that fence) and you don't have to drill holes in the body for the wires. :)
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