Fog lights install

Are these what most of you with fog lights used to instal them?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2-FOG-LIGHT-BRACKETS-VW-split-oval-Porsche-356-preA_W0QQitemZ370036358357QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item370036358357

I'd rather not drill hole in bumpers or body and these seem like they may fit the bill.

Brian -

I just used some low-tech angle iron braces I found at the local hardware store (ACE). I painted them with Rustoleum and drilled/mounted them to my bumper brackets.

I don't have any close-up pics other than these, but I think you get the idea...

i used the set that came with my Marcel's

If you are running bumper overriders - then these ones on ebay probably would not work.

Someone from this forum had made some CNC brackets that clamp the bumper brackets. I believe it was Dan McQueen, but not 100% sure.

Thanks for all the thoughts.

I'm planning on driving my IM down to Ontario this summer to put into storage until I make the big move...hopefully this fall. Its a 5,300 km trip and if you've ever driven the TransCanada across the top of the big lakes you know what I mean when I say I want extra lighting. (up here doesn't matter as it doesn't get dark)

Its a trip I've made many times in my old Mercedes but that old 300SD would just run forever (still does...its in Ontario now and I use it when visiting). Always felt fairly safe at night in the Benz but I'm really feeling kind of timid in the IM. The TransCanada is know for the big rigs just barreling through in the evening a night. Its quite scarey in any vehicle.

Brian -

Maybe the Speed Channel Network can cast you in a show spin-off of 'Ice Truckers'.....'Ice Speedsters'!!!

I thought they took that show off the air but ai gather not. Never seen it although I do know Alex who I think I heard is on the show regularly.

He's quite the character in real life. I should watch the show some day to see how they portray him. He and his wife have a gaggle of kids and his lot is basically a used car lot (closer to a salvage yard).

Jim, there is something about a speedster and the beach; they seem to go together. Great photo!
Brian, that sounds like one heck of a drive. Think of it as an adventure.
Sounds like retirement is just around the corner. I have one more year of teaching to go (yipee).

Semi-retirement. Lifestyle change mainly. Life's just too short to work everyday. Rather take a reduced pension now (I'll be 53) than wait and perhaps not enjoy any of it. Can always supplement it with contract work or even work at Home Depot or something like that.

Besides, minus 34 when I got up this morning. This past winter's been a b__ch. Been very cold and with fuel prices where they are, I know folks who have been paying $1,800 a month to heat their houses. That's a decent mortgage payment isn't it?

Brian - Good for you in keeping your lifestyle/location in perspective (health/weather/enjoying life). More power to you in your relocation goal. Although there's always compromise in re-locating (location/neighborhood/traffic/cost-of-living, etc.) I hope it all works out for the better for you & the family.

BTW - $1,800/mo MIGHT get you a 1-bedroom apartment rental here in SoCal! It's crazy!

Peace - Out!

well - you could always save up for a few months and buy a forclosed house. ;-)

I have some family in FL that just did that. KILLER deal! (~1/2 price)

That would get you a decent house with a NICE garage near me!

Same for Charleston, and you'd never have to worry about snow again.

Brian, as far as supplementing my incomes goes, I can substitute teach if I want, or tutor middle school mathematics (my specialty) but I'd rather work at a tire store part time. I've love tires! No idea why.
Ron

My thinking too Ron. I can contract to the Gov't of Nunavut and probably make some good part time coin but been there, done that. Want to do something different.

Brian, I've been wanting to ask you this for some time, so now seems as good as any. No disrespect intended (heh, heh) but I now what makes "yellow snow". What makes "yellowknife"?

...used for cutting yellow ice for yellow igloos!! :>)

The Yellowknives are the local Dogrib Dene aboriginal people. I believe that the name comes from them and not from the gold that was mined here in the city up to about mid-1990's when it ran out and diamonds were found. Now the city likes to call itself the North American Diamond Capital....although no mines are in the city and the producing mines are a couple hundred miles away.