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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Melissa, TX
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Driving lights in the bumper?
I have a decent driver 72 bumper. Considering putting it on my truck and mounting driving lights. Anybody else done this?
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Re: Driving lights in the bumper?
I say gopher it! I always thought it would be a cool idea if you could make it look stock, maybe use some 69-70 clear turn signal lenses...
-Chris
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Re: Driving lights in the bumper?
was on mine , front end off know ...... bumper cut with 4 in round light .
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: PA
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Re: Driving lights in the bumper?
I was thinking about that. I think the stock lights in my 68 grill and clear ones in a 71-72 bumper for driving lights.
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Re: Driving lights in the bumper?
the lenses would spread the light way too much to be used as a driving or even a fog light, but if you were to find some kind of light that would fir in there say at wall mart or something, it may look ok.
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Re: Driving lights in the bumper?
You'll need 71-72 outer mounting brackets to go along with that bumper.
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Re: Driving lights in the bumper?
I don't mean to rain on your parade, but it's dangerous to drive with dim white lights on the front of your vehicle. It can cause a head-on collision when the driver of an oncoming car wants to pass another, and he mistakes your dim white lights 1/4 mile up the road for a pair of bright headlights a half-mile away and thinks he has room to pass. That's why they changed to amber parking lights in the '60s. They couldn't convince people to quit driving with their parking lights on (it's illegal, but nobody enforces it), so they changed the color.
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its all about the +6 inches
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Re: Driving lights in the bumper?
A driving light or fog light would not be dim, they are actually quite bright.
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Re: Driving lights in the bumper?
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Re: Driving lights in the bumper?
Gotcha. I thought you meant the type of always-on white front lights seen on some of the later-model GM cars. If you put some serious lights in the bumper, you MUST post the results.
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Re: Driving lights in the bumper?
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Re: Driving lights in the bumper?
Here's one from American Classic Truck Parts.
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Re: Driving lights in the bumper?
That's the one I saw that gave me the idea to mount lights in the 72 bumper I have. I have the correct brackets as well so it will be a simple swap, just need to find lights that look decent.
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