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I've been wanting to get these for the longest time and finally got them when they went back into production. The install was a pain in the butt not because it was hard but because it was time consuming and there were a few modifications I had to do. I had to cut half of the brake duct portion of the bezel to clear my Steeda triple pass heat exchanger. Good thing I didn't intend to use any brake cooling ducts. I had to take a dremel to the fog light hole to go from 3.5 to 4 inches and slightly grind the 3.5 inch brake duct hole so the bezel can easily pop in. I had wondered why the instructions only recommended a 3.5 inch hole saw for both holes when the fog light hole is 4 inches. I tried using a 3.75 inch hole saw on the fog light hole so there would be less grinding I'd have to do but the bottom of the saw would touch the bumper due to the angle. I realized then why they didn't recommend anything larger than a 3.5 inch hole saw. There was a lot of measuring while lying on your back and test fitting to get everything lined up. My neck aches. The video from Carroll Shelby Racing mentioned mounting the PIAA bracket 9 inches from the front sheet metal. This puts the lights right up against the rear of the bezel tube so that's what I went with. I was going to put the lights further into the bezel but that would sort of hinder the adjustability of the light beam. I question whether that would matter since the beam of light would shoot out the tube in a static position. It's not like I can adjust the tube itself. One thing I should mention is that I think the PIAA mounting brackets they sell was made for the larger 4" 510xt lights. The lights I used are the 3.5" LP530 5372. When mounted, the LP530 would sit too high so it's not centered in the hole. I had to use six M10 shims between the PIAA light and mounting bracket to lower the light and center it. Overall, it took me roughly 5 hours and I haven't even ran the wiring and switch for the lights yet. That's for another weekend.
Last edited by 2007CalSpec; 10/17/21 at 09:51 PM.
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Wow this is actually something I was planning on doing myself. The post has some good ideas on mounting. So thanks for that. Only thing different is I'll be wiring them up to the fog lights.
Looks really good! Well done.
Wow this is actually something I was planning on doing myself. The post has some good ideas on mounting. So thanks for that. Only thing different is I'll be wiring them up to the fog lights.
Looks really good! Well done.
Thanks! I have since modified the mounting bracket by elongating the mounting holes so I can adjust the light position fore and aft. I pushed the light forward just a bit to reduce the gap you see in the pictures and added one extra M10 shim for a total of 6 shims per side. It's now perfect.
10/4/21, 10:18 PM
