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Is it possible to make the park lamps on a 68 into fog lamps then put a headlight in like these for park lamps?
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Re: Park lamp to fog lamp conversion??
Anybody???
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Re: Park lamp to fog lamp conversion??
I have thought about swapping grills to do this. The main issues that I have seen by examining the parts is fitting the housings into the parking light slots. It is more involved than simply swapping bulbs, the housing, and lens need to change as well. One way to do it would be to fab a mounting bracket that would attach to the core support and provide a strong mount for aftermarket fog lights. The alignment and fitment would be very involved with this method.
To make things easier, I would suggest using a '71-'72 front bumper, and installing your fog lights in place of those parking lights, allowing you to keep the factory parking lights in the grille.
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Re: Park lamp to fog lamp conversion??
The bumper idea is a good idea but will a 71-72 bumper fit on a 68?
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Re: Park lamp to fog lamp conversion??
Bracket modification to fit a '71 bumper onto a '68 would be more straightforward, and less complex than fabricating and engineering a bracket.
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Re: Park lamp to fog lamp conversion??
I looked into that years ago and wound up getting a '67-'68 front bumper plasma cut for fog lamps and rechromed. It's on my '67 K/10 Suburban now. It was criminally cheap in 1978, especially with a buddy working in a chrome shop.
Another way would be to get an extra inner grille lower insert with the flat mounting for the parking lights and fit fog lights there. You could then have the turn signal /parking lights on the other one. Fog lights work best as low as possible. '67-'68 brackets are different from '71-'72 ones.
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Re: Park lamp to fog lamp conversion??
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Re: Park lamp to fog lamp conversion??
It was a long time ago, but IIRC I was told there were issues. But it would have to be tried to find out conclusively. It may have been more expedient at the time to cut out a '67 bumper for a '68.
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Re: Park lamp to fog lamp conversion??
So will the headlamps with the park lamps built in work on my 68??
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Re: Park lamp to fog lamp conversion??
I used the built in turn signal headlights on a 63' truck I did, you will have to take the wires from the turn/parklights to the new headlights there are two connections on the back of headlights. then you could mount and wire in some foglights in where the old parklights were, should work.. find some about the same size
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Re: Park lamp to fog lamp conversion??
I was looking at some newer truck and car driving lights. It looks like some of them could be adapted to fit in the same space as the original blinkers. Then you get some h4 housings with the extra blinker light inside. Here's a pic of the headlights.
I haven't done any measuring or anything, I just started looking around. I don't think it has to be exactly the same dimensions, just close enough to maintain the original look we all love. I've seen the '72 bumpers on the '68's, and I think it looks too different.
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Re: Park lamp to fog lamp conversion??
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A couple people on here have done it ( not mine ) . . . . |
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Re: Park lamp to fog lamp conversion??
you cant use the park lamp wireing to use on fog lamps as it is not heavy enough to hold up for long
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Re: Park lamp to fog lamp conversion??
The bumper with the round lights is offered by LMC. The second one looks like a regular bumper from a 71-72.
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Re: Park lamp to fog lamp conversion??
They would definitely need their own wiring for the driving/fog lights. You would be using the original parking light wiring for the one inside the h4 housing. I'm not too sure how visible these blinkers inside the h4 would be, but I've seen them being used that way on older hot rods. I've even seen it done on Harleys.
I've also considered doing a light in the same place but above the center bar, matching the blinker below. I think I've pretty much poo pooed that for me though.
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Re: Park lamp to fog lamp conversion??
Alright I think I'll try that maybe and if I can't figure out the fog lamps at least I will have some sweet headlights!
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