mkgarrison5

hey guys, do you have a link on how to drill and mount lights on a bumber of a 2002 tacoma. i have noticed that some have you have. how hard is it and what extra stuff like stainless washers and etc would i need? thanks guys

mkgarrison5

anyone have a link or simple instructions??

mkgarrison5

come on guys i havent seen a post yet with some instruction on how and where to mount fog lights on a stock bumper - the plastic too on a 2002 tacoma.. anyone here with some info?

rocket

iTrader: (1)

umm...you already told yourself what to do and what to buy.

Step by step instructions....

Step 1: Drill two holes
Step 2: Mount them.
Step 3: Look at the end result.

Tacoclimber

When I did mine, I measured it off center, so they were even, made sure that I wouldn't drill through the supports underneath (or the tabs for the front chrome) and drilled it out. I used larger washers top and bottom. Other than a slight loosening from time to time (coulda put lock-tite, but I didn't and I do wheel this thing) they work fine. Here's a pic of the front of mine:

mkgarrison5

did you take the bumper off by chance to secure the bolts for the light mounts?? do you remember how far from center by chance?? just curious thanks man for the reply.. btw did you use the switch from toyota if so, how do you have it rigged? sorry for the questions man and thanks again

mkgarrison5

are those fog lights or drving? if fog how are they? to me they arent low enough.. jmo

Tacoclimber

I live in the desert, dude. Don't see much fog here...

I use them for auxiliary off road lights. You can position them to point downward if you wanted to. You can also get smaller lights and mount them in the lower grill area, I have seen that done.

mkgarrison5

haha yeah i guess you dont have too much fog do ya lol.. didnt notice where you lived till your comment.. sorry......... to high for fogs, i would have to find some hella compact fog lights for the black part of the bumper. anyone know what will fit down there? the ff50's? ff75's fog lights by hella?

Tacoclimber

I didn't take the bumper off. I just used a long extension. I don't remember what size exactly, but I wanna say it was a 18 or 19mm. I also don't remember how far off center. If you get under there, you can see what I was talking about as far as the "clips" that hold the chrome piece on. You wanna avoid those. I ended up actually catching the edge of one, which isn't a big deal, but in retrospect I would have moved in further in just slightly. I ran the wiring up through the front of the chassis and into the engine bay, past the battery and then through one of the rubber seals that goes into the cab. Once you get into it, you'll see what I mean. Under the dash, over to the center console where I used an aftermarket switch. Eventually I'll probably get a genuine Toyota fog switch, but the one I have works fine.

Tacoclimber

Check these out... these would fit, I think:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HELLA...99522448QQrdZ1

mkgarrison5

thanks a bunch man.. did you rig it up like the instructions (straight to the battery and turn it on manually?)

Tacoclimber

Yeah, I thought about tapping into the brights, but I wanted to be able to have control over them, so I just went to the battery and then into the cab.

mkgarrison5

not bad but you dont want a focused beam for fog lights. you want them spread out as far as possible... not bad for 40$ though.. any other ideas?? thanks again too

mkgarrison5

thanks man

Tacoclimber

Well, you can do what I did, and just punch in "Hella fog" into the eBay search engine and see what comes up. If you're concerned about the light pattern, you can take the model number to the Hella website and see if it's what you need. That's what I'd do...

mkgarrison5

thanks one more time man!!

Tacoclimber

No worries. Good luck with the install!

mkgarrison5

yeah thanks i might be pm'ing you somtime for some pointers haha

1989toy4wd

I put some of these on my truck yesterday, they are a 17mm socket, and I had to take my bumper off, but I do have another gen!! I like them, I have mine facing somewhat down, because I dont see much offroad, just dark back roads!