Mounting 4 Hella's

SWRT · Post by **SWRT** » Wed May 11, 2011 4:06 am

I know there's a guy on here that took out his grille and mounted 4 Hella's
in it's place. Does anyone know what member that is?

Also, does anyone have any other ideas on mounting 4 of them?

Falken-18c · Post by **Falken-18c** » Wed May 11, 2011 4:23 am

just get an light bar and put it on top of the bumper a friend of mine has one one his 99 legy gt looks good but iv also seen some ugly looking bars

SWRT · Post by **SWRT** » Wed May 11, 2011 4:26 am

I have a 1990 Legacy by the way. They dont make light bars for my car

Falken-18c · Post by **Falken-18c** » Wed May 11, 2011 4:49 am

i say make your own i was thinking like a aluminum chair botom and legs then cut each leg the bend leg out hamer down flat then drill a hole and bolt on top of bumper here a pic of what type of chair im talking about http://s1213.photobucket.com/albums/cc4 ... ghtbar.jpg
im just thinking about strengh of it might not be good but u can buy a light bar just like it and bolt on any bumper. and this will probly cost you hardly nothing if not free

Falken-18c · Post by **Falken-18c** » Wed May 11, 2011 8:51 am

http://cgi.ebay.ca/FIXIE-FIXED-GEAR-TRA ... 231082a097 this same type of idea but im planing on doing somthing like this im just trying to show you my idea im still looking for a beter example. just look for any type of bar in genral

SWRT · Post by **SWRT** » Wed May 11, 2011 11:26 am

I'm thinking the chair may lack strength and the lights would bounce around,
but that titanium one wouldnt

That's a good idea.

Falken-18c · Post by **Falken-18c** » Wed May 11, 2011 6:37 pm

yea thanks. if yea do it id love to see pics i think it will look awsome

Grayguy · Post by **Grayguy** » Wed May 11, 2011 11:31 pm

Hmmm, who was that that had that awesome setup....?

Oh yeah, THIS guy!

SWRT · Post by **SWRT** » Thu May 12, 2011 12:10 pm

Crap...I cant see photobucket at work

I just remember it's a Legacy sedan (cant remember if it's the SS or not) and
it was black (possibly primer, matte or flat black) and he had 4 Hella's where his
grille would have been.

I was just wondering how he did it. If he had to take off the front bumper and
bumper beam and drill through the bumper beam or what.

Grayguy · Post by **Grayguy** » Thu May 12, 2011 1:16 pm

I took off the grill, drilled 2 1/2 holes in the beam, welded nuts to them, built a fairly simple bracket out of 3/16th angle iron and flat bar, mounted the lights, and wired them. I will have to look around for more pics, I m ow I took some for someone else, but my old computer crashed and I sold that car, so I might not be able too.

SWRT · Post by **SWRT** » Fri May 13, 2011 11:55 am

Yeah, I'll have to check that out when I get home today. I was thinking of drilling directly
through the bumper beam and just mounting the lights to that, but I wasnt sure if the hood
would still open and close properly.

Grayguy · Post by **Grayguy** » Fri May 13, 2011 4:27 pm

I am pretty sure they wouldn't clear the hood, at least not the 6" round ones.

SWRT · Post by **SWRT** » Sat May 14, 2011 7:40 pm

Ah, I see. Is that the only picture you had?

Grayguy · Post by **Grayguy** » Sun May 15, 2011 2:50 am

That's the only one I have, but I'll try to talk to my friend who bought the car and have him take some pics of the mount.

SWRT · Post by **SWRT** » Mon May 16, 2011 7:00 pm

That'd be awesome! Thanks, man

Deride · Post by **Deride** » Mon May 16, 2011 11:28 pm

I still have my hellas and mount that are exactly like Grayguy's were. I'll try to take some pics later for ya.

SWRT · Post by **SWRT** » Tue May 17, 2011 11:53 am

Dude, awesome! I really appreciate it!

Deride · Post by **Deride** » Wed May 18, 2011 11:38 pm

We just took the grill out, drilled 2 holes in the bumper beam and welded nuts onto the holes so the light bar was removable and the grill could be re-attached with it off. As you can see its a pretty simple setup but worked great and very solid mount.

SWRT · Post by **SWRT** » Thu May 19, 2011 3:08 am

I freakin love that idea! I wish I knew someone that could weld

Grayguy · Post by **Grayguy** » Thu May 19, 2011 5:30 am

Thanks for posting pics, Idk why I didnt ask you too days ago haha. In true max-fab fashion, bare steel turned rust red is the finish of choice lol

Danny-G · Post by **Danny-G** » Thu May 19, 2011 8:24 am

Measurements? Thickness of iron used? I'm thinking of making one myself now.

SWRT · Post by **SWRT** » Thu May 19, 2011 12:37 pm

I love that idea and I'm going to do that too. It looks like it'd be freakin sturdy too. Do the lights bounce at all?

Deride · Post by **Deride** » Thu May 19, 2011 10:11 pm

No they are very stout unless you leave the nuts on the hellas too loose.

Deride · Post by **Deride** » Thu May 19, 2011 10:14 pm

Oh and they are at legal height for our state and are road legal to run as long as you only have one pair on with headlights. (and they aren't aimed into on-coming traffic obviously.)

SWRT · Post by **SWRT** » Fri May 20, 2011 12:04 pm

Dang...that's awesome! How can you find if they're the legal height for your state?
I'm not sure how that works with FL.

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