Anyone add Driving Lights?

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  1. 19Grabber72

    19Grabber72 Member

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    Anyone added driving lights to the front of their car? Did you use the valance, grille, behind grille, bumper/over or under and or added a modified feature to support them if they weren't attached to any of the above?
    ** If so, tell us how you set it up and of course post a pic of your work and a pic of the front of the car for all of us to see how they look. Might want to give specs on light size used etc. and include how effective they are for you.
     
  2. Ford Guy

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    Im interested in this also. I would like to make my amber parking lights in the grille driving lights but I'm not sure if this is possible or not.
     
  3. justin has a 74

    justin has a 74 Maverick bandit official

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    I plan on puttling some behind the grill.
     
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    stock mav. lights...park/turn sig. in grille, running lights in valance...:thumbs2:





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  5. PAINTANK

    PAINTANK Cometosis Obsessivus

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    I have inboards behind the grill.
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    They are mounted sideways to the center brace, mount to mount.
     
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    maverick75 Gotta Love Mavs!

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    Are driving/running lights the same thing as fog lights? :huh:
     
  7. Stefan

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    I attached mine to the two holes at the bottom of the radiator support on my 1976 Maverick.
     
  8. 19Grabber72

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    Do you have a picture of that?
     
  9. Dave B

    Dave B I like Mavericks!

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    so i was thinking about doing the additional grill lights (shelby style). I should add more lights behind the grill??? under the bumper, no?
     
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    Just be careful how close to the plastic grill you put them if you decide to go with that mounting position. I melted the grill in an old Chevy work van I had that way.

    As for fog lights V/S driving lights the answer is yes they are the same design, but are not the same. Fog lights have yellow lenses that cut through the fog and let you see the road better where driving lights have clear lenses that will glare off the fog possibly creating a worse vision condition.

    Hope this helps,
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  12. 71gold

    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    my valance lights have 2057 bulbs in them....
    they are on the low side when the headlights are on high and high side when headlights are on low...:yup:

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  13. justin has a 74

    justin has a 74 Maverick bandit official

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    So im not the only one.
     
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    No... The car is long gone.
     
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    Are ur headlamps orig sealbeams or halogen type upgrades? If upgrades do they provide much better vision?
     

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