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hipine Date registered: Jul 2006 Location: US, CO, Bailey Vehicle(s): 460 1980 280GE w. 617A | New Lights The only other changes to the G in the past months are on the front bumper. I always hated having to get out and remove the covers from the cheap Hella driving lights, and last winter one of them had the housing crack in a particularly cold spell, so I was looking to replace them. A guy offered me these "1000FF" lamps at a good price with the clear stone shields included so I grabbed them. They're all magnesium with the reflector, housing, and mounting cast as one, so they're nice and solid. They throw good light too from the free-form reflectors. I didn't want to put thought into how to mount them using the factory mounts since they're deeper than the factory lights and didn't really fit there. So I just used the holes that had been perfectly placed in the bumper by some PO. Worked a treat and they're JUST BARELY clearing the flip-open headlight grilles. One side effect was that when I mounted the left side light I lost the hole that was holding my license plate bracket so I came up with a new license plate mounting. I bolted the plate to a short piece of exhaust pipe, squashed the pipe a little bit, and passed the tow pin through the pipe so the pipe is trapped in the bumper pocket. I'll have to do somethign with the plate when I want to use the tow pin, but that's not too often. -Dave G. (lights21.jpg) Attachments ---------------- lights21.jpg (61KB - 8 downloads) | ||
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DesertStar Expert Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: San Diego, CA USA Vehicle(s): 85-280GE/95-G320/08-G500 Posts: 2156 | RE: New Lights I dont remember your truck having a winch....by the same token I remember another truck that had a winch and now doesnt. I like the lights. I am waiting patiently for one of mine to crack so I can make the upgrade. Mike | ||
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DUTCH Administrator Doppelgänger Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: US, GA, Atlanta Vehicle(s): 2015 Audi Q7 3.0 TDI,2018 Sprinter Posts: 9963 | Rotzler Winch DesertStar - 7/23/2006 2:56 AM I dont remember your truck having a winch....by the same token I remember another truck that had a winch and now doesnt. I like the lights. Mike The winch was on my old 280GE, now owned by burquedoka. Some photos of it on its original host are here: http://www.pbase.com/flydutch/gwagen_rotzler_winch | ||
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burqueDOKA Elite Veteran Date registered: Jul 2006 Location: Albuquerque, NM Vehicle(s): 1550L37Doka, 404 ROCKMOG, '00 G500 Posts: 622 | RE: New Lights Ahh, so that's where it went. | ||
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göran Date registered: Dec 1899 Location: Vehicle(s): | RE: New Lights Thats a winch I want to have on my | ||
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DUTCH Administrator Doppelgänger Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: US, GA, Atlanta Vehicle(s): 2015 Audi Q7 3.0 TDI,2018 Sprinter Posts: 9963 | RE: New Lights burqueDOKA - 7/23/2006 1:39 PM Ahh, so that's where it went. Yup. We are an incestuous bunch here. | ||
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JamesG Regular Date registered: May 2006 Location: Conifer, Colorado Vehicle(s): 2011 G550, 2000 L.C.,1997 L.C.1987 FJ60 Posts: 98 | RE: New Lights Right you are Dutch I still have the wheels I bought from you in my crawl space | ||
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