I'm glad it worked out for you ... it's a real clean way to switch your extra lights.

Modifying the switch is a nice little mod. I can now use my grill lights as daytime lights on the country roads, as well as providing additional light w/ the high beams at night.

 

Hey that is how I did mine! lol



Your brackets are much more beefier though....nice job all around. My 7" IPF lights will burn your retinas out from a kilometer away so I put a manual mouse toggle below my headlight swich.

 

Primerib, it was pics of your truck that inspired me to install the lights. They look real good on your truck ...

 

Thanks. I really like those Hella's also and your electrical work is spot on!

 

Thanks! When I do work on my vehicles, I try to do it of a quality that I won't have to redo it a few years later.

 

I did the same thing! however a bit different. not sure how to post a pic here, but its on my profile, yours looks way better then mine however, great work

 

I added a pair of Hella 500 driving lights behind the grille of my '99 a few weeks ago. I had NO IDEA how pitiful the high beams on my truck were until I turned these things on!

I was trying to figure out how I would mount them to the plastic cross-piece in the grille and keep them from vibrating around. I followed some of the advice/methods in this thread (thank you) and had a smooth installation. I would never have thought of mounting them upside-down with the added brace otherwise.

I mounted mine straight through the upper piece, without angle brackets, and this worked out great. I trimmed away the upper plastic a bit to be able to get a socket on the nut. (No pics during install, but the driver-side light needs adjusted down a smidge. Might remember to snap a few then.)



Andy

 

i put some on my friends 02 F150xlt this weekend and we mounted them straight to the lower piece but put wood blocks inside the plastic to keep it from crushing. They are real sturdy and work great!

Great write up fairlaner!

 

Looks good

 

Noice! Another addition to the to-do list.

 

pic from the front with the lights off please


you get the shifter boot installed yet? (can't remember)

 

Got the boot installed ... How to replace auto shifter boot ... thanks for your help

Here's a front pic ... strange lighting is from an incredible sunrise at the beach

 

Fairlaner, it looks like yours are centered better vertically than mine. Looks good. Very "factory."


... and I have also confirmed why driving lights are sometimes referred to as "pencil-beams."

HELLA 500's IN FOG


Andy

 

Looks good.

 

Very nice!