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#74212 - 11/02/01 03:41 PM ARB and Lights
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So... I guess everyone ditches the factory fog lights when they put an ARB bullbar on, or are folks mounting them somewhere I haven't seen yet?

About the wiring: Are folks using the same wiring from the existing fog lights to hook up other lights on their ARB?

Just curious.. any other lighting mods and info would be welcome in this thread just in case I missed anything along the way.

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#74213 - 11/02/01 03:51 PM Re: ARB and Lights
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I followed XOC's idea about mounting the factory lights below the ARB.

You just have to drill a small hole and mount the lights.

The factory lights don't really do much but help you been seen.



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#74214 - 11/02/01 07:07 PM Re: ARB and Lights
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my PIAA 1550s are sitting in the garage until i can find a place for them that is protected from the trails, which i have yet to see. i may make some sort of a box that brackets to the bar and atleast provides some protection from the underside. not sure yet. gothamist just had his bar modified this weekend to go where the directionals are like Pikachu's but gothamist has some sort of cage for protection. he says he will be posting pics tomorrow or so. I will let him fill you as to not steal his thunder.

as for using the fog light wiring for other lights, no. most people i seen if they have IPFs or PIAA driving lights use the wiring harnesses those lights supply because they want to eventually put fog lights back on.



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#74215 - 11/02/01 08:01 PM Re: ARB and Lights
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I agree about protection.

i really don't care about the Fog lights but hated the fact that i had no were to put them.

They are tucked pretty far back and won;t take any straight on impact. From the side might be a different issuse. I also they are sitting low if I hit some water.

Good enough for now (winter no puddles )


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#74216 - 11/02/01 08:13 PM Re: ARB and Lights
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I took out one of those little tabs this weekend on a really tough stream crossing (big rock pile on the other side.) I was glad my fogs weren't there...

But indeed, I will post pics of the way mine are mounted shortly (Pikachu, Eric (president of Skid-Row) and myself came up with the idea around 10pm Friday...it's vaguely Mad-Max inspired. )

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#74217 - 12/02/01 07:22 AM Re: ARB and Lights
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I also located my aux light like Ian suggested.. Word of warning.. they are not completely safe there.. I crunched one :-)

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#74218 - 12/02/01 09:39 AM Re: ARB and Lights
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Since I have not added a winch to my ARB yet, I mounted the PIAA's to square aluminum tubing and then to available holes in the bumper.


dave and Xtoy - good enuf for now

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#74219 - 12/02/01 12:15 PM Re: ARB and Lights
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Carlton, the forum is working, but browser caching is enabled, so you can't click the "take me back, I can't wait" link after posting a message, otherwise you wont see it.

You may have crunched the fog light mounted in that spot, but I have to wonder, why would you run into a rock that big in the first place ?

There is no way to drive over a rock that size without tearing an a-arm off.

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#74220 - 12/02/01 01:24 PM Re: ARB and Lights
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Ian.. I did not hit the "hurry up I can't wait button" so I do not know what was going on.. weird..

It was not a rock that I hit it was a tree branch that the tire kicked up after rolling onto it.

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#74221 - 12/02/01 04:41 PM Re: ARB and Lights
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Well, I crunched that little piece of the body on a rock...it was a stream bed I had to pull out of, the rocks were big but manageable (I had to slide on my skids a bit but I made it.)

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#74222 - 12/02/01 05:32 PM Re: ARB and Lights
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I realized I said I would post pics of my foglight mounting on my ARB. Well they didn't really turn out okay, but you can sort of see it in this pic from last weekend.

(They are mounted in the directional holes of the ARB, and there are pirated U-bolts welded in front of them to protect them.)

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#74223 - 13/02/01 07:17 AM Re: ARB and Lights
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Gothamist, since it's brought up here, may I ask you what kind of fog lights you used?

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#74224 - 13/02/01 07:24 AM Re: ARB and Lights
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The ones in the directional holes for the ARB are PIAA 1500XT's, in the clear fog pattern. I love them--they work great as highway driving lights, since they don't blind anyone (that I can tell) and really fill in the lowbeams. Synchro was the guy who turned me onto them, and he's right...the PIAA Superwhite bulbs and 1500XTs make an awesome general onroad driving setup.

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