2 Dummy Fog Lamp Inserts Update -- matte black

[Jason K Gray]

On 7/26/03, Huw wrote:
>Ever look behind one?  That where the bumper shock absorber is mounted.
>These "dummy inserts" are really bumper bolt covers. Usually people want to
>mount fog lights there... no dice.

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On my '87 4KSCQ, I installed Hella 550 square driving lights
(http://www.autobarn.net/hel500higper2.html ) in the bumper location where
the stock turn signals were located. These driving lights are not exactly a
simple bolt-in, requires cutting away of a bit of the metal bumper behind
the plastic cover, removal of the glass light housing from the plastic
holder body, and fabrication of a cover for the space formerly occupied by
the stock "fake driving light" reflector that are just outboard of the turn
signals. (I used cut-up lenses of the turn signals, flipped 180° to cover
the
reflector hole). The Hellas are a tight fit here but results look very nice
located in the bumper and do absolute wonders for nitetime road visibility
at a fraction of the cost of euro replacement headlights. Downsides of
installation in this location is that the driving lights are rather
vunerable to damage if your were to nudge something with your bumper.
  Removal of the stock  turn signals required that I relocate the turn
signals to the corner lenses. This would best be done by locating a proper
bulb holder designed for a 2-element bulb (marker light and turn signal).
I have since found that the '84-'85 4Kq bumper 2-element bulb holder socket
would be easy to modify and use as a dual element corner bulb holder but
I didnt have one handy and was in a hurry to finished so I  modified my
stockcorner 1-element bulb holder to work with a 2-element bulb. I soldered
a wire directly to the brighter bulb element terminal (on the bulb)
for the turn signal & drilled a hole through the plastic
holder to feed the soldered wire through so I could wire the second turn
signal element. The corner parking marker light function runs from the
dimmer element in the 2-element bulb through unmodified wiring, everythin
works fine. The modified corner turn signals are probably  more visible that
the stock bumper turn signals but not sure about legality if you live
somewhere
with tight safety equipment inspections.

 Jason Gray
 Anchorage, AK
 '87 4Kscq
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2 Dummy Fog Lamp Inserts Update -- matte black
Huw Powell audi at humanspeakers.com
Sat, 26 Jul 2003 00:07:29 -0400

> I figure they're okay if someone wanted to color scheme their car.
> ........may have some value in decreasing laser reflection.
> But it got me to thinking, what about air ducts?
> Maybe the pass side can be forced ram air into
> the 'cone' filters of Turbo upgrades and old CIS boxes?

Ever look behind one?  That where the bumper shock absorber is mounted.
  These "dummy inserts" are really bumper bolt covers.

Usually people want to mount fog lights there... no dice.

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Huw Powell