fog lights

85McLaren · Post by **85McLaren** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 3:09 am

What model hella fog lights are on the 85 coupes? If they are not available any more, what brand and model with correct mounting is a pretty close substitute....????

Jason

Post by **negusm** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 3:39 am

Hank has them. He told me he bought out Hella's remaining stock. He also bought out their remaining stock of amber ones which are the same shape and size...just amber.

The amber ones are cheaper and the clear ones are more expensive of course. If you don't mind the amber, they are $75 each. I bet with some creativeness you could make them "clear" again. It looks like just the refelctive area inside was colored and not the glass.

I can try and dig out my fog lights....they're around here somewhere...

-Mike

85McLaren · Post by **85McLaren** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 3:55 am

Mike,
How is the bracket for those fog lights different from the factory RS spoiler's mounting brackets? I remember on my 86 capri 5.0, it just mounts to the plate in the middle of the lower air dam, however that is obviously not the same on the 85 mclaren air dam. Are there brackets that mount (welded, etc.) to the top of the metal behind the bumper cover in order to mount the fog lights to..???? (Hope you understand the question - I know I am not too clear with tis one)....??? Since my 85 got hit pretty hard in the front, I have had to gather a list of things which I need to replace and now am wondering about the fog light brackets????

Jason

Post by **negusm** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 1:42 pm

I have no idea. My car was missing the front air dam and foglight wiring when I got it. I have asked about the mounting of the fog lights and wiring and so forth and haven't been able to get any good answers.

I was told they just bolt to the air dam.

I test fit my fog lights to the air dam and it looks like I could make a small bracket to attach them.

If you're foglight wiring was still intact before the accident, I would like to get some pics of that if possible.

-Mike

Tom S. · Post by **Tom S.** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 6:24 pm

negusm wrote:I have no idea. My car was missing the front air dam and foglight wiring when I got it. I have asked about the mounting of the fog lights and wiring and so forth and haven't been able to get any good answers.

I was told they just bolt to the air dam.

I test fit my fog lights to the air dam and it looks like I could make a small bracket to attach them.

If you're foglight wiring was still intact before the accident, I would like to get some pics of that if possible.

-Mike

They do just bolt to the airdam. On mine there were four bolt holes and they had 4 of those metal nut bracket things Ford uses that slide over the holes and then you thread the studs from the lights into them and adjust as needed. I don't have pics and the car is long gone.

Post by **negusm** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 12:37 am

Those "bracket things" sound like "speed nuts".

I admit it looks like that's about what may be needed. The foglights have holes in the corners of the housings and they seemed to fit well flush up against the air dam.

Did Ford use the fog light bar to mount the fog light wiring? I don't think my car had it...but I don't know if it was tossed at one point either...

-Mike

Tom S. · Post by **Tom S.** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 11:09 am

negusm wrote:Those "bracket things" sound like "speed nuts".

I admit it looks like that's about what may be needed. The foglights have holes in the corners of the housings and they seemed to fit well flush up against the air dam.

Did Ford use the fog light bar to mount the fog light wiring? I don't think my car had it...but I don't know if it was tossed at one point either...

-Mike

They used the Ford wiring but I can't remember exactly where it ran. I'm pretty sure it hung down to reach the lights but I'm not sure.