The Hella lights I have ground through the bracket.

Mike

---- 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"
>
> ----
>
> 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?
> >>
> >> ----

 

Then you would have ground issues Bill.... My Hella Black Magic's
ground through the bracket.

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)

"L.W.(Bill) ------ III" wrote:
>
> From the KC site I would have figured out to use a couple shock
> absorber grommets, and been on my way.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> ---- wrote:
> >
> > That works, but my lamps are Hella, not KC's.
> >
> > ----

 

Then you would have ground issues Bill.... My Hella Black Magic's
ground through the bracket.

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)

"L.W.(Bill) ------ III" wrote:
>
> From the KC site I would have figured out to use a couple shock
> absorber grommets, and been on my way.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> ---- wrote:
> >
> > That works, but my lamps are Hella, not KC's.
> >
> > ----

 

Then you would have ground issues Bill.... My Hella Black Magic's
ground through the bracket.

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)

"L.W.(Bill) ------ III" wrote:
>
> From the KC site I would have figured out to use a couple shock
> absorber grommets, and been on my way.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> ---- wrote:
> >
> > That works, but my lamps are Hella, not KC's.
> >
> > ----