I'd like to install a pair on my front bumper/grill. I just don't want to spend upwards of $100+. Can anyone recommend a pair that will work in the $50 price range?

 

This is almost close to what I want to do too!!
I just want the look of the driving light, I dont really care about if
it works or not.
Anyone sells a fake driving lights?

 

Well if you don't care about good visibility then Wal-mart usually has a selection, I think you could get some low cost round truck driving lights.

 

Hella 500's

$60 brand new at Summit.

 

I used some off-roading lights and a wiring harness from the same store, then used the factory mounting brackets. Total it cost me $120. Cheapest I've heard of to do 2 of them. I got the lights and harness from 4wheelparts.com.

Here is the link to the lights I bought. I also ended up putting 100W bulbs in them, do quite nice on twisty roads at night.

http://www.4wheelparts.com/4wp/produ...g&man=EXPLORER

Hope this helps.

 

Thanks for the link GAMini.

Rick, do you have a link you could post, $60 is right in my ballpark.

 

and, for $60 the hella 500's will actually DO something....

 

I do want them to do someting, it's just my budget will not allow me to drop $150+ on those PIAA lights or ones like those. Why are those so expensive?

 

If you really want "cheap" driving lights check out the optilux line from Hella. Consider the normal Hellas as Lexus and the Optilux line as Toyotas.

But if you mean dirt cheap, go here http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/P...011161/c-10114
You can't beat the no name kits from JC Whitney ... $32 for complete kit, 100 watts no less!

 

Oh, nice find chows4us! Nice look and nice light. I won't be able to use them much but I sure love how they look on the MINIs. I'll get a pair ordered up. Thanks again!

 

Great. let us know how they work for you Be careful with the wiring since those 100w bulbs probably need thicker wires than normal 55w bulbs BTW, those are fogs

 

Bling Lights. Thats where I got mine. They also send you a free hat!

Blinglights

 

Inexpensive lights belong on inexpensive cars...I would hesitate to put a $20 Walmart lamp in a $200,000 house...it could diminish the value of your investment...

It's always about proportion...

 

http://store.summitracing.com/egnsea...ts=false&N=115

Hella line of lights...

 

Ok, I'll go with the Hella's. I know it's a good brand, they've been around for a very long time. Had several pair on my Toyota 4X many, many years ago.

 

Where do they sell $200K houses these days???

and whats wrong with Walmart? Dont you just love those greeters? I got one of those do it yourself pieces of furniture there with 2,000,000 parts to put together and directions in Japanese or Lithuanian or something to throw my computer junk (books) into and it hasn't quite fallen down yet

 

I've seen PIAA kits with aftermarket mounts. Are they available separately? Anyone fab their own?

thanks,

Ray

 

Many companies sell mounts. Go to hellausa.com, Mossmini.com, outmotoring.com, alta etc.

 

You're kidden me right? Where do you live? I want to move there...

 

I live under a pile of Chow fur!

No I am serious. What the average cost of a new house these days? I dont think I have seen any house for sale (not a town house or condo) in the $100s for years ...

Oh wait, about 50 miles outside of Tuscon while driving their 10 years ago I did see new houses advertised for about $70K!

 

You ARE kiddin me I'm in midwest Michigan and $200k is about the average for a new construction...if I could transport my property to Kalifornia, it'd be worth 4 milliion...no kiddin:impatient

When my business takes off, I'll be you neighbor

 

See my post in electrical mods on installing a pair of hella 500's They work and look great. Made my own brackets out of aluminum. Look and work great.

 

Can you help me find it jessminiS? I searched in that forum under your name and under hella, coming up empty. Thanks.

 

Just returned from Walmart, they had the Hella 500's for $62.88. Now I need to fab a pair of mounting brackets and I'll be set.

 

How are you guys attaching the lights to the Bonnet? Are you mounting brackets driectly to the bottom side of the grill? How are you guys attaching these, I don't want to drill holes in the bumper for them.

I thought about mounting them in this small slot, where the arrow is pointing to.



It seems very strong and there's plenty of access behind the bumper to get to the bolts and no drilling holes in the bumper or bonnet.