Aftermarket Fog Lamps - '93 JGC

May 21, 2006 11 Replies

I bought some Hella lamps to replace the factory fog lamps on my '93 JGC. The factory lamps attach to a bracket that extends above the bumper, and have two ears for a horizontal bolt through the lamp base.



The Hella's have the horizontal hole in the mount, but they are meant to attach to a supplied bracket that has a bolt that is supposed to drop through the bumper. I thnk I can make them work with the factory brackets by finding a 7/16" spacer to take up the extra space. I know many of you must have replaced these factory lamps with aftermarkets. Do you have any clever ideas about mounting to the factory mount, or should I just go to the hardward store and try to find some aluminum spacers?



Dick


You want steel spacers/washers/nut to fill the hole. Aluminum will electrically react with the steel bracket and rot out really fast. One nut on either side might make up the space.

Mike

86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail >

Don't use aluminum, it will likely react with the bolt, etc. to corrode. Similarly avoid brass, copper. Steel works, but you may also want to consider fibreglass or hard plastic washers/bushings, particularly if you have a Dremel to trim them to exactly the right size.

Dick proclaimed:

Dick, Heres Hella web page and click on customer support. It has FAQ and also an 800 numbeer.

hellausa.com

Steve in Michigan

97 TJ auto 6 stock

Boy, I searched all over that site and couldn't find any faq or support pages.

Dick

Good point. I should have known that. Maybe a nylon spacer? I like your idea of using a couple of nuts. I may just find a couple that add up to 7/16"

Dick

That works, but my lamps are Hella, not KC's.

Dick

The Hella lights I have ground through the bracket.

Mike

Dick wrote:

Then you would have ground issues Bill.... My Hella Black Magic's ground through the bracket.

Mike

86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail >

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