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Old 10-20-2009, 08:48 PM   #12
rick3000
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You mentioned you are interested in how they are mounted, and I can give you some insight because a picture won't show exactly what I did. I actually drilled a tiny hole into the upper part of the plastic radiator grill (it nearly killed me to do it), and I ran the power wire through the hole. If you look closely (it helps to flip the bumper over) you will see that the plastic radiator grills are inserts in the bumper, I drilled into the upper lip after marking where I wanted the LED's. Then I just used outdoor foam adhesive to mount the LED's to the same plastic trim after cleaning it off with paint thinner. The tape has held up surprising well, I thought I might need to replace it but so far there has been no need. I also used 2-3 zip ties to secure the LED strips to the bumper through existing holes in the bumper. There are half circle cut outs on each side above the radiator grills that I used for this.
Once you get the bumper off it is fairly easy to figure out. Give me a few more days for pictures, I have been swamped with work.
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