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Old Jun 5, 2011 | 08:13 PM
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Anyone had experience with the 100w kc daylighters?
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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 01:40 AM
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Da Bomb! However, and this is just my 0.02 cents, I recommend getting the 130w if you can. 100w spots were what I used and they were impressive IMHO, 130W should give more light output.

What type of driving do you plan on doing?
Spots-Long distance
Driving-headlights on steroids basically
Fog-Closer but wider light throw
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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 08:56 AM
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I got the 100w daylighters. They are long range. I wanted them mostly for dirt road driving to illuminate far ahead
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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 09:46 AM
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Ill Warn you. If you have a 97-98 They won't fit behind the grille without some sort of bracket. I speak from experience.....
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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 10:45 AM
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Dang that's exactly where I was gonna put em. Any other mounting ideas? Would they look tacky on the front bumper?
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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 02:42 PM
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Dang that's exactly where I was gonna put em. Any other mounting ideas? Would they look tacky on the front bumper?
I put them behind the grille on my 97. All I did was use a piece of angle iron attached to the radiator support and mounted the light to that.

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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 03:39 PM
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Originally Posted by xxfaceyourfear
I put them behind the grille on my 97. All I did was use a piece of angle iron attached to the radiator support and mounted the light to that.


Any chance you could post some pics of the mounting? I'm planning on remounting mine on something that is more sturdy because there is too much vibration from the plastic (i think its plastic). Please and thank you!
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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 05:26 PM
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Any chance you could post some pics of the mounting? I'm planning on remounting mine on something that is more sturdy because there is too much vibration from the plastic (i think its plastic). Please and thank you!
I checked and don't have any right now. I'll try and get some asap, but the camera in my phone is broken and I'm not sure when I'll be able to get it fixed/replaced. However, if you want to do it before then, all you have to do is mount the light to the angle iron, then mount the iron to the radiator support. It should end up like this -> " |L " (flat line is rad support, 'L' is angle iron, one on each side of the hood latch mechanism) with the light hanging off the bottom facing front, away from the support. The tricky part is going to be getting them centered. Well, if you have an extra set of hands to hold it light in place while you drill, it shouldn't be too much, but I did this alone.
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Here's a link to another forum I posted to last year. Shortly after I put the hellas in I switched to Hid, mow I'm back to the hellas. http://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/93...nd-grille.html
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Originally Posted by xxfaceyourfear
I checked and don't have any right now. I'll try and get some asap, but the camera in my phone is broken and I'm not sure when I'll be able to get it fixed/replaced. However, if you want to do it before then, all you have to do is mount the light to the angle iron, then mount the iron to the radiator support. It should end up like this -> " |L " (flat line is rad support, 'L' is angle iron, one on each side of the hood latch mechanism) with the light hanging off the bottom facing front, away from the support. The tricky part is going to be getting them centered. Well, if you have an extra set of hands to hold it light in place while you drill, it shouldn't be too much, but I did this alone.
Did you have to cut this thingy to put the angle iron in? Sorry muddyford911, I didn't mean to butcher you picture, It was the first one I could find.
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