Installation of Aftermarket Lights on Stock Bumper.

infernicus · **Posted:** Mon May 24, 2010 6:47 pm

Figured I'd put this here, Mods, feel free to move it.

Installation of Aftermarket Lights on Stock Bumper.
so I had a cheap pair of fogs and just mounted them to the flimsy plastic cover that DC calls a "bumper", and it worked great.
But I upgraded to bigger 8" lights and decided (thanks LI guys, hah) the plastic wasn't going to be sturdy enough.

So on a trip to Home Depot for other reasons and I came an "L" Bracket and said "this might work". It only cost like two bucks, so I bought two and said lets see. Not wanting to drive back home and check it out, I took my bumper off in the home depot parking lot, yes I got some strange looks, and one good samaritan who had asked if I needed help, I guess there are still nice people in this world.

Anywayyyyy, the bracket I got kinda looks like this (this is not the bracket I used)

The short end being two inches and the long end being four inches.

Here's a link to remove the front bumper, http://www.ehow.com/how_5709455_install ... berty.html
- but I'm sure many of you know how to do it already, after being told it was extremely easy, I just went for it. No research. On my 07' it was two bolts, two rivets. Should be two more reusable rivets in the wheel well, but I lost those a long time ago.

I grabbed

I believe it was a 3/8ths bolt.

After removing the front bumper, it will look like this. (this is from a Renegade with the factory fog lights) thanks candpliberty for the pic

I took the bracket and bolted the longer side (4") to the frame of the Liberty. I used the holes that were already in the frame. The two holes closest to the center. (To the left of the barcode on the driver side in photo)

sorry for the crappy cell phone pics. Here is the lights mounted to the brackets before the plastic shell

Here is from below.

If you don't have tow hooks, or choose to take them off you can use the larger hole that the hooks are covering. I just chose to use the smaller hole. a little more difficult but I was able to do it relatively quickly.

I measured where the top hole would be, and put the plastic bumper back on. then I just drilled(read:poked a hole with a screwdriver) in the plastic shell where the holes in the brackets are, put the lights through, and thats it!

And this is how I wired them up...
viewtopic.php?f=45&t=63132

-DBK

JustinP · **Posted:** Mon May 24, 2010 6:58 pm

Very nice.

tommudd · **Posted:** Mon May 24, 2010 9:58 pm

Good job, nice looking lights :wink:

infernicus · **Posted:** Mon May 24, 2010 10:23 pm

Haha, yeah, thanks!
My brother ended up not using them, so I got them, lol.

LI_KJ · **Posted:** Mon May 24, 2010 11:54 pm

I like the L bracket idea, and it looks great! :pepper:

jslibby · **Posted:** Fri Jul 23, 2010 2:34 am

how did you get the light above the hood like the tj/yj/jk i see many on the site but dont know how.

Pippobug · **Posted:** Fri Jul 23, 2010 2:47 am

Very Nice Looking.... nice write up and I will be following this when I install mine, I was actually hopeing to find somewhere a write up on how to do it... and LOOK here it is..

thank you, :BANANA:

Fil.

jslibby · **Posted:** Sat Jul 24, 2010 4:28 am

please someone post something about the light that go above the hood i want them. :furious:

DragonKJ07 · **Posted:** Fri Apr 01, 2011 3:15 am

infernicus you are a life saver... I too have a 07 limited and didnt want to have to put holes in my plastic bumper. THANK YOU SO MUCH...... Ohh and how do you like not having a dip stick on your trans for fluid, I was thinking about buying an 06 stick and tube so i didnt have to pay dealer to check my trand fluid >< dont know if you have sugestions on that fix either? tytytytytytytytyty

Quiksilver · **Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2011 7:01 am

How did you bolt the lights onto the L bracket once the bumper was back on?

On mine it looks like there is no way to get to the nut from underneath.

infernicus · **Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2011 1:51 pm

Quiksilver wrote:

How did you bolt the lights onto the L bracket once the bumper was back on?
On mine it looks like there is no way to get to the nut from underneath.

I guess it depends on which bumper you have, with a little bit of wiggling around and moving the bumper around you can get to the bolts.

Dirt Rich · **Joined:** Sat Aug 13, 2011 10:19 am **Posts:** 16

infernicus wrote:

Is it just me, or is the bumper wayyyy off here? I take it your weren't done yet? Got any pics of it after it was all back together? Thanks. I was about to mount my fogs a different way, but I like the L-bracket idea. I might have to give it a try!

infernicus · **Posted:** Sat Aug 20, 2011 7:24 pm

Haha, actually, it is all back together in that picture, lol.

My license plate is mounted off to the side from when the bracket fell off.

Also, on the driver side, the bumper is cracked and doesn't sit cleanly.

But, that doesn't affect anything.

Quiksilver · **Posted:** Mon Oct 10, 2011 7:14 am

Took me a while and some creative work getting the nut on the thread under the bumper but they are on and look awesome, very secure too and no wobble.

This is a good solution, remember to get some big washers so that the lamp does not screw directly onto the plastic. :JEEPIN:

Installation of Aftermarket Lights on Stock Bumper.

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