Transit Fog Lamps

[jackconlan]

Hi Y'all, I have a 2011 Transit Connect. I want to install driving lights in the bumper. Its torque color unpainted bumper has fog lamp cutouts aka juicers. I have purchased the fog lamps and wiring from local dealer. Does anyone know how to attach the fog lamps to the torque unpainted bumper that has the cutouts? I am told that painted bumpers with fog lamps are manufactured with brackets to attach lamps to whereas the torque unpainted do not come with these brackets. Is there some sort of aftermarket mounting bracket available?

[103west43rd]

Hello Jack. Please use the search at the top of the page. Enter "fog lights" and chose Forum. There are four pages of discussions about fog lights. It has been one of the most discussed topics on the forum. As you mentioned, there are two different bumper covers. The bumper cover meant for factory fog lamps has the mounting brackets moulded into the opening. As for the bumper cover with the "juicers", as you will see from the search results, everyone has made their own mountings. I have had two different mounts on mine. At first I went for the easiest solution and just bought Hella lights with a round body, used a hole saw to cut a hole down the middle of the juicer and just slipped them in and attached them from the rear with their supplied mounting. It took about ten minutes per side. About a year later I purchased a set of fog lamps from eBay that included mounting that matched the factory look. It involved cutting out the entire "juicer" (took only a few minutes). Once they were installed, it is hard to tell the difference for factory. Check my gallery for pictures of both sets. Your dealer did not do you any favor by selling you the factory lights. The factory lights will need you to make custom mounting brackets just as any aftermarket fog light will (except for my eBay purchase). Many of the postings about fog lamps contain ideas about brackets. Good Luck.