lights in stock bumper

Hi... Just removed the bumper ends and OEM fog lights of my 99 sport for clearance reasons. I will install "older" style bumper end caps and was wondering if anyone has installed fog lights behind the stock bumper instead of underneath. Thanks.

guillermo said:

Hi... Just removed the bumper ends and OEM fog lights of my 99 sport for clearance reasons. I will install "older" style bumper end caps and was wondering if anyone has installed fog lights behind the stock bumper instead of underneath. Thanks.

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On the top of the old style bumper. There are two holes on the top of bumper for the OEM style fog lights.

I have installed a pair of fog lights in my stock bumper.

I cut holes in the bumper which are the same size as the the face of these lights. The lights couldn't just be mounted directly to the bottom of the bumper, the mounting surfaces needed to be raised.

They are mounted to the bottom of the bumper by using a longer bolt and multiple washers to raise the mounting surface so the light fits into the holes cut.


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However, the output of these fog lights does not compare to the output of the 6" long range lights.

...On the same topic, I also installed a pair of fogs inside the rear bumper as aux backup lights. I really like having aux back up lights.

They are mounted similarly by first cutting a hole in the bumper. These are different fog lights then I used in the front. They are similar to these,


To mount them, I unscrewed both screws on the lamp face, drilled holes into the bumper, and the screwed those screws back into the lamp effectively "sandwiching" the light into the bumper.

RacecaR, that is beautiful what you did to those lights. I like the idea.
My one dimentional mind only allowed me to think of the OEM fog lamps mounted on top of the bumper which is all I have ever seen on the OEM bumper.

techno1154 said:

RacecaR, that is beautiful what you did to those lights. I like the idea.
My one dimentional mind only allowed me to think of the OEM fog lamps mounted on top of the bumper which is all I have ever seen on the OEM bumper.

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Thank you.

Here's one more.


I was able to fit the long range lights on top by trimming the plastic grille behind with a dremel.

I used JK fogs, that I sourced through Quadratec. Here's a look:



I pulled power through the cigarette lighter, so they are switched on/off with the ignition. I use them as daytime running lights.

I like that set up 1blackxj, very clean rig

ibjeepin821 said:

I like that set up 1blackxj, very clean rig

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Thanks, it's worked out well. They throw a nice wide beam pattern and have a good horizontal cutoff so they don't blind on coming traffic.

Thanks for the pics guys. What did you use to cut the holes ?

guillermo said:

Thanks for the pics guys. What did you use to cut the holes ?

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I used a 2 1/4" hole saw, it's a bit tricky, as the bumper face is not flat.

ibjeepin821 said:

I like that set up 1blackxj, very clean rig

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Agreed, that looks really good. I'm generally not a fan of bolt-on bumper light bars, but that looks really good. What bar is that?

1blackXJ said:

They throw a nice wide beam pattern and have a good horizontal cutoff so they don't blind on coming traffic.

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Its no fun if they don't blind on coming traffic or blind the car in front of you at the stop light....lol

Markos said:

Agreed, that looks really good. I'm generally not a fan of bolt-on bumper light bars, but that looks really good. What bar is that?

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Thanks....that is the Detours Lite Bar, detoursusa.com :thumbup:

JRW7072009 said:

Its no fun if they don't blind on coming traffic or blind the car in front of you at the stop light....lol

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That's what the 130w KC's are for

guillermo said:

Thanks for the pics guys. What did you use to cut the holes ?

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I used an angle grinder with a cut off disc.

Custom Nudge Bar with sump protector
OEM fogs rewired as running lights (triggered by park lights via a relay)
Hella Comet 500's with 100w bulbs and clear Lexan covers (triggered by front foglight switch)
Hella Comet 450 foglights triggered by rear foglight switch via relay (front and rear fogs on same switch)
Headlights are HID conversions, parks are LED's (incandescants gave HID's a strange yellow look)

1blackxj, WHAT RACK DO YOU HAVE?! I've been looking for that Jeep for about a month now...