DIY Bumper Delete Lights

[Daniel]

Looks good josh ! me likes !!!!

[joshuagore]

Looks good josh ! me likes !!!!

Thanks!
Another option is Harbor Freight
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/D ... mber=98394
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/D ... mber=65340

[geert]

Hallo,

after reading some topics, I must be mad to show my own 'modifications', but anyway ...

bumpers I used were from a Mini.
lights : standard ones from the heavy ( by looks and weight) bumpers.

good thing is that's an easy swap back to the original state if necessary.

geert.

[ga.spyder]

I think they look great.The rear in particular looks like it came that way.Nice job!What model year Mini did you source them from?
Craig

[geert]

I think they look great.The rear in particular looks like it came that way.Nice job!What model year Mini did you source them from?
Craig

any mk 2 mini ( non-bmw ).
same in front and back of a mini and very cheap.


geert

[Newell33]

Wow, that sure blows away my $400.00 Abarth option. I'm going to have to think long and hard now as to which way I want to go.

Thanks for sharing!
Josh

[boogiedude]

That is a sweet looking solution. I think I'l probably be heading over to napa later this after noon and picking myself up a set of these

[carl55]

Geert
Can you tell us more about the modifications you had to do to the bumpers.

Carl

[boogiedude]

Josh, I have a question as to how you wired it up. I installed this little kit today but couldn't figure out how to rig it to function as both a parking light and blinker? It doesn't have a dual filament or two leads for power so when I tried wiring a split connection for the two functions, either all the side markers would blink or if the parking lights were on, nothing would blink.

I plan to keep them installed because I love the look, but I would like to have front running lights

[engineerted]

So why the extra rear light? I can see if it had a clear lense and it was used for an additional back up light.

Ted

[maytag]

So why the extra rear light? I can see if it had a clear lense and it was used for an additional back up light.

Ted

In several (many? all?) European countries, that extra red light on the back is an inclement weather light. It is typically quite brighter than the standard tail-lights, and in normal visibility would represent a distraction / hazard. But in fog or rain, they make it much, much easier to see be seen by the vehicles behind you.

My Jaguar, from the factory has an additional lamp in one tail-light for this purpose, as do most upscale european cars (BMW's, Alphas, Mercedes, Etc etc).

[geert]

So why the extra rear light? I can see if it had a clear lense and it was used for an additional back up light.

Ted

Yes, as Maytag already said, here it is obligatory to have an extra rear light , read, brighter and in the middle or the left side of the vehicle : rear fog light.
In fact, the one put there by the previous owner did caused a fire, because it was wired directly from the battery without any fuse, and the wire rubbed the body.
Now I have it wired ( with a relais) from the main lights with a switch with light reminder, so a) it reminds me to get it out when there's no fog and b) it doesn't function without the other lights on.

That rear fog light is realy usefull when there is fog ; but also very annoying when the car before you has it on when not necessary (and that happens often (mostly by people with hats)).

groeten, Geert.

[ROOK1]

Josh, I have a question as to how you wired it up. I installed this little kit today but couldn't figure out how to rig it to function as both a parking light and blinker? It doesn't have a dual filament or two leads for power so when I tried wiring a split connection for the two functions, either all the side markers would blink or if the parking lights were on, nothing would blink.

I plan to keep them installed because I love the look, but I would like to have front running lights

Boogiedude. I believe this is the fix for your problem to have a one filament bulb to work as two. This is only theory as I have not actually tried this but it worked great in my head.

The idea is the park light runs through the 2 relays freely until the turn signal is turned on and it triggers one relay to open turning the park light off for the brief second. When the park light is off the signal runs through the other relay.

Give it a try and let us know if my deep thoughts work.

[boogiedude]

ROOK, thanks for the diagram but seeing as I'm not exactly electrically inclined, could you delve into further explanation?

Thanks

[ROOK1]

ROOK, thanks for the diagram but seeing as I'm not exactly electrically inclined, could you delve into further explanation?

Thanks

I'm not sure I can. This issue came up several months ago and it was bothering me to no end even though I have no need. I guess I have a slight case of ADD OCD. I did some google searches and came up with nothing but I knew there had to be a way to make it work. I just figured out how a relay is designed to work. A signal is sent causing a switch to close. If you just wire it a little differently the signal can cause the switch to open instead and turn off the light. As I mentioned before this is only a theory and it has never been tested. If I get bored, ambitious and it warms up 10 degrees I'll go mess with it and see if it works.