Aftermarket Fog Lamps - '93 JGC
05-21-2006, 09:41 PM
#14
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Re: Aftermarket Fog Lamps - '93 JGC
Good point. I should have known that. Maybe a nylon spacer? I like
your idea of using a couple of nuts. I may just find a couple that
add up to 7/16"
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On Sun, 21 May 2006 15:29:55 -0400, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
wrote:
>You want steel spacers/washers/nut to fill the hole. Aluminum will
>electrically react with the steel bracket and rot out really fast. One
>nut on either side might make up the space.
>
>Mike
>86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>
>---- wrote:
>>
>> I bought some Hella lamps to replace the factory fog lamps on my '93
>> JGC. The factory lamps attach to a bracket that extends above the
>> bumper, and have two ears for a horizontal bolt through the lamp base.
>>
>> The Hella's have the horizontal hole in the mount, but they are meant
>> to attach to a supplied bracket that has a bolt that is supposed to
>> drop through the bumper. I thnk I can make them work with the factory
>> brackets by finding a 7/16" spacer to take up the extra space. I know
>> many of you must have replaced these factory lamps with aftermarkets.
>> Do you have any clever ideas about mounting to the factory mount, or
>> should I just go to the hardward store and try to find some aluminum
>> spacers?
>>
>> ----
your idea of using a couple of nuts. I may just find a couple that
add up to 7/16"
----
On Sun, 21 May 2006 15:29:55 -0400, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
wrote:
>You want steel spacers/washers/nut to fill the hole. Aluminum will
>electrically react with the steel bracket and rot out really fast. One
>nut on either side might make up the space.
>
>Mike
>86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>
>---- wrote:
>>
>> I bought some Hella lamps to replace the factory fog lamps on my '93
>> JGC. The factory lamps attach to a bracket that extends above the
>> bumper, and have two ears for a horizontal bolt through the lamp base.
>>
>> The Hella's have the horizontal hole in the mount, but they are meant
>> to attach to a supplied bracket that has a bolt that is supposed to
>> drop through the bumper. I thnk I can make them work with the factory
>> brackets by finding a 7/16" spacer to take up the extra space. I know
>> many of you must have replaced these factory lamps with aftermarkets.
>> Do you have any clever ideas about mounting to the factory mount, or
>> should I just go to the hardward store and try to find some aluminum
>> spacers?
>>
>> ----
05-21-2006, 09:41 PM
#15
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Re: Aftermarket Fog Lamps - '93 JGC
Good point. I should have known that. Maybe a nylon spacer? I like
your idea of using a couple of nuts. I may just find a couple that
add up to 7/16"
----
On Sun, 21 May 2006 15:29:55 -0400, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
wrote:
>You want steel spacers/washers/nut to fill the hole. Aluminum will
>electrically react with the steel bracket and rot out really fast. One
>nut on either side might make up the space.
>
>Mike
>86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>
>---- wrote:
>>
>> I bought some Hella lamps to replace the factory fog lamps on my '93
>> JGC. The factory lamps attach to a bracket that extends above the
>> bumper, and have two ears for a horizontal bolt through the lamp base.
>>
>> The Hella's have the horizontal hole in the mount, but they are meant
>> to attach to a supplied bracket that has a bolt that is supposed to
>> drop through the bumper. I thnk I can make them work with the factory
>> brackets by finding a 7/16" spacer to take up the extra space. I know
>> many of you must have replaced these factory lamps with aftermarkets.
>> Do you have any clever ideas about mounting to the factory mount, or
>> should I just go to the hardward store and try to find some aluminum
>> spacers?
>>
>> ----
your idea of using a couple of nuts. I may just find a couple that
add up to 7/16"
----
On Sun, 21 May 2006 15:29:55 -0400, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
wrote:
>You want steel spacers/washers/nut to fill the hole. Aluminum will
>electrically react with the steel bracket and rot out really fast. One
>nut on either side might make up the space.
>
>Mike
>86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>
>---- wrote:
>>
>> I bought some Hella lamps to replace the factory fog lamps on my '93
>> JGC. The factory lamps attach to a bracket that extends above the
>> bumper, and have two ears for a horizontal bolt through the lamp base.
>>
>> The Hella's have the horizontal hole in the mount, but they are meant
>> to attach to a supplied bracket that has a bolt that is supposed to
>> drop through the bumper. I thnk I can make them work with the factory
>> brackets by finding a 7/16" spacer to take up the extra space. I know
>> many of you must have replaced these factory lamps with aftermarkets.
>> Do you have any clever ideas about mounting to the factory mount, or
>> should I just go to the hardward store and try to find some aluminum
>> spacers?
>>
>> ----
05-21-2006, 09:41 PM
#16
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Re: Aftermarket Fog Lamps - '93 JGC
Good point. I should have known that. Maybe a nylon spacer? I like
your idea of using a couple of nuts. I may just find a couple that
add up to 7/16"
----
On Sun, 21 May 2006 15:29:55 -0400, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
wrote:
>You want steel spacers/washers/nut to fill the hole. Aluminum will
>electrically react with the steel bracket and rot out really fast. One
>nut on either side might make up the space.
>
>Mike
>86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>
>---- wrote:
>>
>> I bought some Hella lamps to replace the factory fog lamps on my '93
>> JGC. The factory lamps attach to a bracket that extends above the
>> bumper, and have two ears for a horizontal bolt through the lamp base.
>>
>> The Hella's have the horizontal hole in the mount, but they are meant
>> to attach to a supplied bracket that has a bolt that is supposed to
>> drop through the bumper. I thnk I can make them work with the factory
>> brackets by finding a 7/16" spacer to take up the extra space. I know
>> many of you must have replaced these factory lamps with aftermarkets.
>> Do you have any clever ideas about mounting to the factory mount, or
>> should I just go to the hardward store and try to find some aluminum
>> spacers?
>>
>> ----
your idea of using a couple of nuts. I may just find a couple that
add up to 7/16"
----
On Sun, 21 May 2006 15:29:55 -0400, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca>
wrote:
>You want steel spacers/washers/nut to fill the hole. Aluminum will
>electrically react with the steel bracket and rot out really fast. One
>nut on either side might make up the space.
>
>Mike
>86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>
>---- wrote:
>>
>> I bought some Hella lamps to replace the factory fog lamps on my '93
>> JGC. The factory lamps attach to a bracket that extends above the
>> bumper, and have two ears for a horizontal bolt through the lamp base.
>>
>> The Hella's have the horizontal hole in the mount, but they are meant
>> to attach to a supplied bracket that has a bolt that is supposed to
>> drop through the bumper. I thnk I can make them work with the factory
>> brackets by finding a 7/16" spacer to take up the extra space. I know
>> many of you must have replaced these factory lamps with aftermarkets.
>> Do you have any clever ideas about mounting to the factory mount, or
>> should I just go to the hardward store and try to find some aluminum
>> spacers?
>>
>> ----
05-21-2006, 10:02 PM
#17
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Re: Aftermarket Fog Lamps - '93 JGC
KCs are rubber shock mounted:
http://www.kchilites.com/store/Dayli...NZzjlGYFj4IvJj
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
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---- wrote:
>
> Good point. I should have known that. Maybe a nylon spacer? I like
> your idea of using a couple of nuts. I may just find a couple that
> add up to 7/16"
>
> ----
http://www.kchilites.com/store/Dayli...NZzjlGYFj4IvJj
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
---- wrote:
>
> Good point. I should have known that. Maybe a nylon spacer? I like
> your idea of using a couple of nuts. I may just find a couple that
> add up to 7/16"
>
> ----
05-21-2006, 10:02 PM
#18
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Re: Aftermarket Fog Lamps - '93 JGC
KCs are rubber shock mounted:
http://www.kchilites.com/store/Dayli...NZzjlGYFj4IvJj
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
---- wrote:
>
> Good point. I should have known that. Maybe a nylon spacer? I like
> your idea of using a couple of nuts. I may just find a couple that
> add up to 7/16"
>
> ----
http://www.kchilites.com/store/Dayli...NZzjlGYFj4IvJj
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
---- wrote:
>
> Good point. I should have known that. Maybe a nylon spacer? I like
> your idea of using a couple of nuts. I may just find a couple that
> add up to 7/16"
>
> ----
05-21-2006, 10:02 PM
#19
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Re: Aftermarket Fog Lamps - '93 JGC
KCs are rubber shock mounted:
http://www.kchilites.com/store/Dayli...NZzjlGYFj4IvJj
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
---- wrote:
>
> Good point. I should have known that. Maybe a nylon spacer? I like
> your idea of using a couple of nuts. I may just find a couple that
> add up to 7/16"
>
> ----
http://www.kchilites.com/store/Dayli...NZzjlGYFj4IvJj
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
---- wrote:
>
> Good point. I should have known that. Maybe a nylon spacer? I like
> your idea of using a couple of nuts. I may just find a couple that
> add up to 7/16"
>
> ----
05-21-2006, 10:06 PM
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Re: Aftermarket Fog Lamps - '93 JGC
http://www.kchilites.com/store/faq.aspx
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
---- wrote:
>
> Boy, I searched all over that site and couldn't find any faq or
> support pages.
>
> ----
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
---- wrote:
>
> Boy, I searched all over that site and couldn't find any faq or
> support pages.
>
> ----