Gary Lewis Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 Ok, let's start actually using this forum. I just got an email from my son with a link to a review of Lazer driving lights. As you will see, it is on Expedition Portal's site, which is one of his favorite sites, although he's really not gotten to do much off-roading yet. But, secretly he must like Big Blue as that's the only place I could use such lighting. Anyway, this isn't going to happen overnight as I have too many other things going on. And, I want to have the fog light bezel/switch thing done before mounting the lights so it can be done "correctly". Given that, we have time to kick this around a bit. So, please chime in with thoughts about what kind of lights would look right on BB, and where they might be mounted. (Fortunately you have a pic of the truck above.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford F834 Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 I love the look of the OEM fog lights, but at least the Ford ones with the shroud are unobtanium, and wouldn't really jive with the aftermarket bumper. For my own build I have been looking at eBay links for other Marchal fog lights/driving lights and I've become really fond of the Marchal 750 series lights, both in black and chrome finishes. They are certainly not inexpensive, but have a more period look than the contemporary lights. They look like they would belong to the truck, rather than clashing like the ugly LED light bar looking ones that some guys are using. I like them mounted below the bumper, just because I hate covering up the grille with clutter. For serious wheeling I understand the vulnerability of mounting them there, but I'm just not that hard core with my 4x4-ing to have to worry about that. Besides, the headlights are already mounted high, and with the high beams on, what I would really appreciate would be better foreground illumination. But that's just me and my usage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted August 8, 2017 Author Share Posted August 8, 2017 I love the look of the OEM fog lights, but at least the Ford ones with the shroud are unobtanium, and wouldn't really jive with the aftermarket bumper. For my own build I have been looking at eBay links for other Marchal fog lights/driving lights and I've become really fond of the Marchal 750 series lights, both in black and chrome finishes. They are certainly not inexpensive, but have a more period look than the contemporary lights. They look like they would belong to the truck, rather than clashing like the ugly LED light bar looking ones that some guys are using. I like them mounted below the bumper, just because I hate covering up the grille with clutter. For serious wheeling I understand the vulnerability of mounting them there, but I'm just not that hard core with my 4x4-ing to have to worry about that. Besides, the headlights are already mounted high, and with the high beams on, what I would really appreciate would be better foreground illumination. But that's just me and my usage. I agree that the OEM lights look far better than the light bars. In fact, I've told my son that. So, what I'd like to find are LED lights that look like the originals but perform like the light bars. But, are you saying you don't think they'd jive with the bumper on BB? As for mounting, I was thinking of placing them on top of the bumper rather than below. That way they would be better protected. However, they would also be in the way as I frequently stand on the bumper to work in the engine bay. So, maybe after the engine gets "fixed" I can mount them and not be tripped by them? GaryOn Tuesday, August 8, 2017, Ford F834 [via Bullnose Enthusiasts] <redacted_email_address> wrote: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford F834 Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 Sorry, what I meant was that the lights with shrouds look more like they would belong on the OE style bumper. Since the bumper is aftermarket, aftermarket lights would look more normal. I'm speaking here just of the (aluminum?) box that surrounds the original fog lights. The Marchal lights themselves would look great. Do you know what series was used on the OEM fog lights? Was it in fact the 750's or something else? I agree that LED brightness is desirable, the light bar look not so much... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted August 8, 2017 Author Share Posted August 8, 2017 Sorry, what I meant was that the lights with shrouds look more like they would belong on the OE style bumper. Since the bumper is aftermarket, aftermarket lights would look more normal. I'm speaking here just of the (aluminum?) box that surrounds the original fog lights. The Marchal lights themselves would look great. Do you know what series was used on the OEM fog lights? Was it in fact the 750's or something else? I agree that LED brightness is desirable, the light bar look not so much... Well, I guess when you just respond via email w/o actually going to the forum you can do more formatting of the text, but you give up seeing the pictures! I had not seen your picture of the lights. Anyway, I don't know what specific lights were originally used as the catalog doesn't really say. But what it does say is shown here: http://www.garysgaragemahal.com/fog-or-driving-lights.html. I'll be looking around for an LED light that looks like your Marchals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford F834 Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 The stock ones look a lot like the 750's in chrome finish, but it's hard to tell... they could be another size. Picture link is wonky. If you already have text typed it wipes it out and replaces it with the link. This will be interesting with a multi picture build thread... I'll experiment with it later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted August 8, 2017 Author Share Posted August 8, 2017 The stock ones look a lot like the 750's in chrome finish, but it's hard to tell... they could be another size. Picture link is wonky. If you already have text typed it wipes it out and replaces it with the link. This will be interesting with a multi picture build thread... I'll experiment with it later. Wow! Those look good! But, I don't want mine down under the bumper on Big Blue, although I might on Dad's truck. Tell me more about the wonky picture thing. I've not had any text wiped out. Did you have the text highlighted when you clicked the Insert Image button? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford F834 Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 Wow! Those look good! But, I don't want mine down under the bumper on Big Blue, although I might on Dad's truck. Tell me more about the wonky picture thing. I've not had any text wiped out. Did you have the text highlighted when you clicked the Insert Image button? No, I wrote the post text then hit the picture icon, browsed my device, selected the pic, then clicked insert. My post text was gone and the picture link replaced it. Luckily I had copied the text so I pasted it back in and hit post. I can see this being a problem though with a multi picture post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted August 9, 2017 Author Share Posted August 9, 2017 No, I wrote the post text then hit the picture icon, browsed my device, selected the pic, then clicked insert. My post text was gone and the picture link replaced it. Luckily I had copied the text so I pasted it back in and hit post. I can see this being a problem though with a multi picture post. Ok, I'm gonna try the multi-pic thing. First is I have to type a bunch of text. Hmmm, is this enough? Then I copy it just to be sure. Done. (Well, I can't be done until I type the last character and then copy, but how do I do that and say I've done it?????) Well, that seemed to go ok. Now let's try another...... No, that worked fine as well. One more try, but this clicking the Insert Image thing for every insert is slowwwwwwww. Looks like it worked. Don't know why mine did and yours didn't, but it is a concern. The ticket is not closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford F834 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Ok, I'm gonna try the multi-pic thing. First is I have to type a bunch of text. Hmmm, is this enough? Then I copy it just to be sure. Done. (Well, I can't be done until I type the last character and then copy, but how do I do that and say I've done it?????) Well, that seemed to go ok. Now let's try another...... No, that worked fine as well. One more try, but this clicking the Insert Image thing for every insert is slowwwwwwww. Looks like it worked. Don't know why mine did and yours didn't, but it is a concern. The ticket is not closed. Okay... let me try again... My text stayed that time... let's try another... It's working... must have been user error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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