Moved Lights to Bumper!

[mikesjt]

I originally installed these on the cowls, but never really liked how they looked there. So I moved them to the bumper. I think they look so much better mounted there. This will hold me over until I'm able to get a new bumper.

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[Yellow1098]

That looks awesome! Did you just drill holes in the bumper and put a nut on both sides of a bolt? I have been thinking of doing something like this

 

[JCJeep1]

Details - please - what did you mount those lights too? as i haven't chosen a bumper yet I do want aux lighting on the bumper as more user friendly.

 

[mikesjt]

That looks awesome! Did you just drill holes in the bumper and put a nut on both sides of a bolt? I have been thinking of doing something like this

Thanks! Yes I drilled holes and used the hardware that came with the lights. Bolt, lock washer and nut.

 

[mikesjt]

Details - please - what did you mount those lights too? as i haven't chosen a bumper yet I do want aux lighting on the bumper as more user friendly.

I drilled a hole in the bumper and mounted them using the hardware that came with the lights. Bolt, lock washer and nut. Really easy install.

 

[Mr._Bill]

Details - please - what did you mount those lights too? as i haven't chosen a bumper yet I do want aux lighting on the bumper as more user friendly.

Mopar sells a set of mounts that attach to the frame and allows lights to be mounted between the bumper and grille. The Mopar part number is 82215428.

 

[WhatExit?]

I originally installed these on the cowls, but never really liked how they looked there. So I moved them to the bumper. I think they look so much better mounted there. This will hold me over until I'm able to get a new bumper.

I like what you did. If you used them on the cowl at night and then again when on the bumper I'm sure you noticed a huge difference as the cowl mounted lights often reflect a lot of light off the hood hurting night vision

 

[primethios]

I originally installed these on the cowls, but never really liked how they looked there. So I moved them to the bumper. I think they look so much better mounted there. This will hold me over until I'm able to get a new bumper.

new school lights with old school flair. Looks good.

 

[Yellow1098]

Looks great! I was actually thinking of doing this with a low profile light bar

 

[Mr._Bill]

Looks great! I was actually thinking of doing this with a low profile light bar

Here's what I did. I started with a set of the Mopar 82215428 mounts, but the lights were not tall enough to clear the rise in the bumper, so I improvised.

 

[mikesjt]

new school lights with old school flair. Looks good.

Thanks!

 

[mikesjt]

I like what you did. If you used them on the cowl at night and then again when on the bumper I'm sure you noticed a huge difference as the cowl mounted lights often reflect a lot of light off the hood hurting night vision

Thanks! Yea, they did shine some light on the hood when they were mounted on the cowl. All the way around, I like the look of them mounted to the bumper.

 

[JCJeep1]

new school lights with old school flair. Looks good.

Not sure this works on a Sport - Looking under the bumper there isn't any bracing at that point of the bumper. I do like the brackets - explains why stock bumper is so light - not much behind it.

 

[mikesjt]

Not sure this works on a Sport - Looking under the bumper there isn't any bracing at that point of the bumper. I do like the brackets - explains why stock bumper is so light - not much behind it.

There really isn’t any metal bracing under the bumper where I mounted mine either. It’s just 2 layers of plastic. There is a metal brace an inch or so below the area where i drilled my holes, but the bolts I had wouldn’t be long enough. But you could get a 3” or so long bolt and drill down thru that metal plate and have it attached to some metal if you wanted to. I’ll see how much movement there is when I’m off-road with them just mounted thru the plastic. If they vibrate too much, I may drill on down into the metal and mount them with the longer bolts and try that.

 

[Jeepers!]

What brand are those lights? They look cool

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