[quote name='Rob x-7' date='May 27 2005, 04:55 PM']do the covers fit perfectly flush?



I havent even taken those lights out of the box, im trying to ignore them, lol


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I have yet to take the covers out of the envelope they cam in... I'll mess with them later on... I made new mounts for the lights today. I'm going to actually mount them to the body of the car and cut out the area behind the light so that I can get to them for adjustment... I'll have to bring my camera with me when I run out there to work on it again sunday...

 

why not just cut the area behind to allow access for adjustment and mount them on the bumper?

I was thinking mounting them to the car itself would set them back too much in the bumper and look odd or maybe even hinder light operation.



why is the light mounting on this thing such a mystery?

does anyone know the suggested mounting technique or is it up to the installer to just slap the **** together?

 

[quote name='Rob x-7' date='May 30 2005, 10:22 AM']why not just cut the area behind to allow access for adjustment and mount them on the bumper?

I was thinking mounting them to the car itself would set them back too much in the bumper and look odd or maybe even hinder light operation.



why is the light mounting on this thing such a mystery?

does anyone know the suggested mounting technique or is it up to the installer to just slap the **** together?


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the real bumper has holes drilled in the sides, and the lights have studs on the sides, so you wiggles the lights around and then tighten the fasteners

 

that seems to be the same, no pre-drilled holes though

 

The lights with the Amemia bumper fit fully in to the holes and mount up easy... The hella lights are way thicker and they won't fit up in to the hole because of the 4 mounting/light adjustment tabs on the sides. I had to cut out the metal area behind the lights and made metal mounts for them and then welded it in to the area I cut out. Also went out and bought stainless steel bolts and plastic nuts to eliminate and rusting that would screw with trying to make later light adjustment... I'm not sure how rust preventive the springs are so I'm going to spray them down with some grease just to be safe. I keep forgetting to bring my camera with me, but I'll try to take some pics of what I did to make them fit. Had to beat out some of the inner fender liner as well up in that area to have access to one of the light adjustment screws on each side due to where the bumper positions them. Ended up being a day and a 1/2 of work and I had to put the bumper on and take it off about 20 times to get the fitment right. Lots of work, but in the end they will look bad *** and being solid mounted to the body I won't have the bouncy light vibrations from any movement of the fiberglass bumper while driving.

 

please take pics of the light mounting technique



and thank you for reminding me to leave those lights in the box for now, lol

 

this bumper is a pain .



Chuck says to "drill holes, put bolts thru, put nuts on inside and tighten"



once you get the lights and bumper in your hands tho you realize

A) lights dont fit in the light "tunnels"

B) brackets seem to short

C) its a process.



Dragon, the plexi covers look crappy the way they come, I had chuck send me 2 uncut sheets of the same plexi (basically got 2 large rectangles of plexi, just the exact same thickness) so that we could cut the plexi to the shape it *should* be.



this bumper is more of a problem then ive had in the rest of the buildup of my car, ive considered trashing it a bunch of times but the fenders are cut and i still like not having popups so i still prefer the bumper, if id do it again id probably go with the real bumper.



kevin.

 

check for flush fitment of the plexi as well, you might have to grind some of the flange away to get it flush

 

Dragon - Do you have any "new" pics of the car to share with the rest of the class?

 

[quote name='Jerk_Racer' date='Jun 4 2005, 12:20 AM']Dragon - Do you have any "new" pics of the car to share with the rest of the class?


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Dude.. thats fucked up...