Driving Lights

[Jim Wehr]

Has anyone installed driving lights? What style/brand would be appropriate (if any)? Pictures would really help!

[magicmarto]

Hey Jim
I an putting 6" dia Hella driving lamps in my MKIV build
I do not have any photos at this time to share with you
they look pretty mean in my mock set up. Super simple to mount and adjust as needed.
I like the look of driving lights/rally lights on older mustangs.
Plus the benefit of more light at night.
Go for it.
Martin

[zilverx]

Am interested in follow-ups on this. I also intend to install 6 inch Hella driving lights, but am a bit puzzled as how to mount them on a cross bar in front of the radiator. My lamps are a bottom mount, so assume a dropped bar will have to be constructed. Would be great if center mount lights were still available. I am running a 302 motor, so don't feel that lights in the grill will impede cooling

[Jim Wehr]

I'm thinking these. Looks like they could mount in the cowl. The lenses are glass but the body is plastic.
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/hla-005750941?seid=srese1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwpfHzBRCiARIsAHHzyZrYSrJ7WUIgxr8fhwUh 2iJHYBR0YAoQ74kVoBP3LmCn9QuXzR18FLgaAsfGEALw_wcB

[toadster]

I still think the Tangent Light kit was one of the best implementations... too bad they're not made anymore.

124878

[bwwooster]

Are you thinking of using them as daytime running lights or just to make things brighter at night? It was a pretty easy matter to run a parallel switch circuit to headlamps only on my MkII to use the headlights as DRLs, but on another car I used a pair of off-road LED units and have been told they're BRIGHT in daylight.
124879

I've found low-mounted lights to throw weird shadows on winding, wooded backroads at night, however...

HTH!

[KDubU]

Some ideas (not mine):

https://thefactoryfiveforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=124881&d=1585245961

This is what it looks like when installed:

https://thefactoryfiveforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=124880&d=1585245926

And another idea although I am not sure about the look:

https://thefactoryfiveforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=124882&d=1585245991

Here is what they look like on the car:

https://thefactoryfiveforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=124883&d=1585246011

Another guy just attached a square bar across the middle of the nose using L brackets and attached the lights to that.

[TBull]

I still think the Tangent Light kit was one of the best implementations... too bad they're not made anymore.

124878

Couldn't agree more. I had them on my MKII and loved them. Planned to install them on the current build but found out they are being made anymore. :mad:

[magicmarto]

I bought a set of mounting brackets for my Hellas. My play is to wed a 3/4" bar off the left and right side of the two down sloping 3/4" bars(the ones where you mount your horns). The brackets allow me to angle the lights any way I want. Nice and clean, simple and out of sight. If I can find the link where I bought the brackets, I will post. M124925124926124927

[Avalanche325]

When I night autocross, I have a 14 inch four row LED bar and two 5 inch ones that I mount to my front nudge bar. OMG, it is insane how much light it puts out.
The rest of the year, the 14" one is mounted on my garage ceiling with a power supply pointing at my engine bay as a shop light. It is so bright, that if I go under the car I have to turn it off. If you look up, it blinds you. I turned it on on the open road on the way home and I thought I was going to melt the paint off of the signs.

I have thought about doing mesh in the oil cooler opening and putting a smaller one behind that. It would be hidden, and I would bet still effective.