I installed mine over the weekend and took some pics along the way in case anybody was interested. Reason I did it because i like the way it looks and can be helpful in heavy rain here in south Florida, also I dont really like the way the ap2 bumper looks with a single which I plan on doing one day. Sorry for the cell phone pics.


I made a WTB thread and a member here pm'd me with one.

This is how I got it




I place it on the bumper to see what I had to work with since the brackets were bent



Next, I used a dremel to remove the surface rust.



all AP1 bumpers have the cut out for the edm rear fog lamp





started hacking away with a dremel



almost done



used some 409 to clean the light



test



before I mounted the light to the bumper I checked to make sure the bulb was still good.



getting an idea of how it was going to look



the bumper is held by two 8mm bolts in the wheel well, 3 plastic clips under the trunk lid and two more under the bumper (not sure what brace a ap1 car has under)



the ap1 bumper is shorter in height, if you look closely you can see two white brackets where my ap2 bumper used to clip on to. I plan on lowering the car soon and if the brackets are still noticeable i will spray them black



For the wiring all I did was splice the tag light and ran the wire to that and rapped it with electrical tape. So the lamp turns on whenever I turn my lights on




night shot





Oliver

 

Looks good, why doesnt your trunk Brakelight work?

 

thanks, i didnt have my lights on just the corners

 

I think you mean you didnt have your brakes on


So this is on every time your lights are? I dont think I would like that, seems like it would be pretty easy to wire it up to a relay and a switch. That way you turn on your lights and its off and when you press the fog light button it would come on. But with the relay it would turn off when you turn your lights off so you would not have to push the button.

 

COOOL! great wright up!

 

nice looks great and great pics! good write up

 

i like it but so will cops which will make me not do this mod

 

 

yeah sorry, you can do it that way but i like the light on so i don't have to bother
why would they? its not illegal, not to mention every benz has one. i work at the courthouse and theres cops all over this place.

 

So detail!!!
Good. Thanks so much for your instruction.
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