LED light bar in the front valence?

[seven9st surfer]

No, sorry. It rained pretty much all weekend, and the weather doesn't look any better the next few days. I only had time to replace the underbody leds. I'll get it done, though.

 

[YukonXL04]

You shouldn't be running any of these led fog lights on a daily basis... they will just blind oncoming traffic... install looks good though. I think a double row would look better in the valance though to match the fogs.

 

[seven9st surfer]

I don't run them all the time, only in conjunction with my high beams. And I originally wanted to do a double row, but I didn't want it to look crammed in there.

 

[schandler88]

I have no intention to run them on the main roads, but I live in the middle of no where. Its not uncommon for me to make the last 10 minutes of my drive home at night in pitch black and not pass another single car, just herds of deer and other animals.

My original fogs are gone so I wanted something like this (or the light bar) to get some extra light out on the road so I can see better out in the sticks where I live.

 

[owl_93]

I don't run them all the time, only in conjunction with my high beams. And I originally wanted to do a double row, but I didn't want it to look crammed in there.

How did you wire up the fogs? did you use a relay and harness or just buy connectors that work with the existing fog light wires and then just plug them in? Are they hooked up to fog light button on the interior?

 

[seven9st surfer]

I got an 880 adapter, and used it to plug into the stock fog outlet. I used that plug as the trigger for a relay. I pulled positive power from the fuse block terminal through an inline 20a fuse, and negative from the stock ground bolt on the bumper next to the drivers side fog. Then I connected all the lights in series, soldered everything up, wrapped everything in black tubing and electrical tape, and ran it next to all the factory wiring up in the bumper.

I'll try to grab some pictures from underneath when I can.

EDIT: as far as turning them on, because the trigger for the relay is the stock wiring, the fog light button does it. But I've also done the HI-6 mod, so my high beams turn them on as well. And with the valence light, it's actually a HI-7 now, I suppose.

 

[LabGeek24]

Got the fog lights installed yesterday. have some pictures of the brackets i built that i will try to get uploaded in a day or to. it turned out great. if you need them faster shoot me a pm with your number and ill text them to ya.

 

[owl_93]

I got an 880 adapter, and used it to plug into the stock fog outlet. I used that plug as the trigger for a relay. I pulled positive power from the fuse block terminal through an inline 20a fuse, and negative from the stock ground bolt on the bumper next to the drivers side fog. Then I connected all the lights in series, soldered everything up, wrapped everything in black tubing and electrical tape, and ran it next to all the factory wiring up in the bumper.

I'll try to grab some pictures from underneath when I can.

EDIT: as far as turning them on, because the trigger for the relay is the stock wiring, the fog light button does it. But I've also done the HI-6 mod, so my high beams turn them on as well. And with the valence light, it's actually a HI-7 now, I suppose.

Nice. That's a clever way to wire everything up. I've been thinking about 7" rounded LED pods to replace the stock fogs that would hug the underside of the bumper and the curve. I have my front valence removed to fit my tow hooks so my fogs hang down slightly awkwardly. I would like to do the LED fog conversion, but I'd be concerned about other drivers. I guess I could use narrow spot led pods and angle them down...

 

[LabGeek24]

I made a T bracket 3in wide by 5in long

and heres a pic of it mounted

 

[owl_93]

I made a T bracket 3in wide by 5in long

and heres a pic of it mounted

Nice. Looks clean and solid.

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[01TX_Tahoe]

The LED fogs really aren't that much brighter than someone who has HIDs in their factory ones. As long as you aim them right. Mine are aimed lower to hit more of the street so they're not too bad for oncoming traffic, and they're spot beam not flood. I finally mounted my 24" behind the grill also to go along with my 52" so if I need light, I have it available.

 

[schandler88]

Can I ask what you mounted the center bar to? Ive got mine and dont really see a ton of options. I was thinking about flipping the brackets so that the long end went out, widening the mounting holes (ie moving them farther apart) then drilling and tapping the frame for the bolts provided. Thoughts?

Where did you get the 880 adapter? That was exactly my thought but no one had one local.

Lastly, did you have to trim the plastic around the bar? Mine just doesnt have room for the eyourlife 2 row bar. I would only see around 1 row of lights. It wouldnt take much trimming to do it though.

 

[01TX_Tahoe]

I bought a piece of aluminum bar at Home Depot, mounted that to the frame where the trans cooler is mounted. Then I just mounted the light bat to that. It sits just a hair below the center bar but not enough to where I want to cut it.
The adapters I ordered from Amazon, came in a set of 5, 10 total if you count male and female plugs separately.
My light bar fits right under the hood release.

This is the only pic I got after I mounted it. I'll try to take better ones if the weather permits. I need to put some adapters on my foglights anyways.

 

[2003denali26]

Finally got a pic with the led bar installed

 

[schandler88]

Finally got a pic with the led bar installed

Did you have to trim the lower valance at all? What type of bracket did you use to mount your bar? That looks like the same one I have and exactly where I want to mount it.

 

[2003denali26]

Did you have to trim the lower valance at all? What type of bracket did you use to mount your bar? That looks like the same one I have and exactly where I want to mount it.

Yes I trimmed the valance, mounted it using two L brackets off the bottom of the bumper, take a look you will see two bolts on either side of the valance hole. also I trimmed just the bottom of the valance area made the hole bigger so the whole led bar could shine threw it.

 

[owl_93]

Finally got a pic with the led bar installed

Is that bar amber and white? I didn't know they made them with two tone diodes like that

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[2003denali26]

Is that bar amber and white? I didn't know they made them with two tone diodes like that

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Yeah, looks the same except the diode is dual. I bought it as a tester, the light bar is very cool. a switch for amber and a switch for white with a special dpdt switch. I am also looking at some osram 7" led bar's for the fogs now.

 

[owl_93]

Yeah, looks the same except the diode is dual. I bought it as a tester, the light bar is very cool. a switch for amber and a switch for white with a special dpdt switch. I am also looking at some osram 7" led bar's for the fogs now.

I can link you where I got my osram spot on the roof. They make them down to 7" I believe. Also they have cubes but I think those are cree. very good price,it is chinese, but Its far better than the US Leds i bought. I would love to take the bar behind my grill and put on the rear and make my current two rear cubes side facing for camp lights.

I would also want to replace the one behind the grill with a two tone amber like yours. How did you get it as a tester?

 

[2003denali26]

I can link you where I got my osram spot on the roof. They make them down to 7" I believe. Also they have cubes but I think those are cree. very good price,it is chinese, but Its far better than the US Leds i bought. I would love to take the bar behind my grill and put on the rear and make my current two rear cubes side facing for camp lights.

I would also want to replace the one behind the grill with a two tone amber like yours. How did you get it as a tester?

I meant I bought it to try it out because I was curious haha. shipped to canada was 140 everything in. how is that osram hyper spot reflector? notice any diffrence?