those are straight up zip-tied to the grille........

the grille is actually fairly robust and a quite sturdy platform to mount lights on. i honestly feel it itsupport the weight of 4 Hella 500s quite easily, which is what i plan on upgrading those to in a few months.

 

Finally got my PIAAs mounted and wired up. Sorry for the bad picture...I will post more later with the lights actually on.

 

Hi folks, can anyone tell me what the outside diameter of the OEM Gen 2 driving lights is? The O.D. of the reflector housing that is (excluding any mounting parts)?
TIA!

 

Nobody? Please?

 

i got mine from vipcustomparts.com

 

Got a 10" Rigid Ind light bar that I meant for my truck but it went on the mini instead for whatever reason, I don't know why, don't ask, here's pics

 

Uh........

 

lmao, yeah I get that a lot, it's ok. You should see how ugly the inside is. I think I may have the ugliest mini out there...WOO! One-off build achieved!

 

Mission accomplished then!

 

Thank you! Good talk.

 

Wondering how much power from the 12v does these lights take up and how you wire them? when i get my Mini, I hope it comes already with the two in front of the hood, and then I'd like to get a row of four bigger rally-style lights on the front bumper.

 

Jealous! I really really really want rally lights. They're just so damn expensive.

 

Expensive is in the eye of the beholder. If you're handy you can DIY them for less than $100.

 

Really? I thought they were really expensive when I asked the dealer (expensive being 1k)

 

Well, if you insisted on oem driving lights and paid to have the dealer install them you could probably spend that much. A pair of comparable aftermarket lights can be had for less than $100. You'll have buy (or fab) your own mounting brackets and spend a couple of hours on the install if you go DIY.

 

Good to know! Now to weasel someone into helping/teaching me....

 

Search is your friend. Their are lots of threads on various driving lights available and DIY instructions.

 

bring your car over

I install 'em for free after u buy the parts

buy me lunch and I'm happy

have installed a bunch for folks since 2003

long drive tho

and I don't even live in NiceVille

 

Lights finally installed. Outmotoring mid brackets and Hella 500FF driving lights. Had to modify the bumper to make fit but the finall look is worth it.

 

Even if you buy a mount from one of the vendors you can always bolt on lights from elsewhere on the cheap..

 

Hella Black Magic 500s with the outmotoring mounts. Photo by Killboy.com

 

Mcameron, what size are your larger ones? I ask because I plan on something that size but I want to put it behind the grille

 

Does anyone know how to do this? Or any ideas? Really any feedback is good feedback!

 

Shouldn't be too difficult; just make your own mounting brackets and bolt the lights directly to the grill. See my gallery for an example of diy brackets.

 

Does anyone have the Specs / Measurements for the Out Motoring Gen 2 MID Light Brackets?? I want to make my own, but can't seam to find the measurements and I don't want to pull the bumper off twice... once to measure, second time once I finally get around to fabricating the light bracket!