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Mounting 4 Hella's
Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 4:06 am
by SWRT
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?
Re: Mounting 4 Hella's
Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 4:23 am
by Falken-18c
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
Re: Mounting 4 Hella's
Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 4:26 am
by SWRT
I have a 1990 Legacy by the way. They dont make light bars for my car

Re: Mounting 4 Hella's
Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 4:49 am
by Falken-18c
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
Re: Mounting 4 Hella's
Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 8:51 am
by Falken-18c
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
Re: Mounting 4 Hella's
Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 11:26 am
by SWRT
I'm thinking the chair may lack strength and the lights would bounce around,
but that titanium one wouldnt

That's a good idea.
Re: Mounting 4 Hella's
Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 6:37 pm
by Falken-18c
yea thanks. if yea do it id love to see pics i think it will look awsome
Mounting 4 Hella's
Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 11:31 pm
by Grayguy
Hmmm, who was that that had that awesome setup....?
Oh yeah, THIS guy!

Re: Mounting 4 Hella's
Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 12:10 pm
by SWRT
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.
Mounting 4 Hella's
Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 1:16 pm
by Grayguy
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.
Re: Mounting 4 Hella's
Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 11:55 am
by SWRT
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.
Mounting 4 Hella's
Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 4:27 pm
by Grayguy
I am pretty sure they wouldn't clear the hood, at least not the 6" round ones.
Re: Mounting 4 Hella's
Posted: Sat May 14, 2011 7:40 pm
by SWRT
Ah, I see. Is that the only picture you had?
Mounting 4 Hella's
Posted: Sun May 15, 2011 2:50 am
by Grayguy
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.
Re: Mounting 4 Hella's
Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 7:00 pm
by SWRT
That'd be awesome! Thanks, man

Re: Mounting 4 Hella's
Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 11:28 pm
by Deride
I still have my hellas and mount that are exactly like Grayguy's were. I'll try to take some pics later for ya.
Re: Mounting 4 Hella's
Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 11:53 am
by SWRT
Dude, awesome! I really appreciate it!
Re: Mounting 4 Hella's
Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 11:38 pm
by Deride
Re: Mounting 4 Hella's
Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 3:08 am
by SWRT
I freakin love that idea! I wish I knew someone that could weld

Mounting 4 Hella's
Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 5:30 am
by Grayguy
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
Re: Mounting 4 Hella's
Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 8:24 am
by Danny-G
Measurements? Thickness of iron used? I'm thinking of making one myself now.

Re: Mounting 4 Hella's
Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 12:37 pm
by SWRT
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?
Re: Mounting 4 Hella's
Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 10:11 pm
by Deride
No they are very stout unless you leave the nuts on the hellas too loose.
Re: Mounting 4 Hella's
Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 10:14 pm
by Deride
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.)
Re: Mounting 4 Hella's
Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 12:04 pm
by SWRT
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.