Aux Bumper lights

[flybye]

Any thoughts on how to add AUX off road lights. Light bar Brush bar?
Thanks

[jdstrickland]

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Get a suitable relay and a switch, and wire them in directly. Grab power (do not forget the fuse) and put it on the contact of the relay, put a jumper to the coil so the relay can turn on. Connect your lights to the other contact pin so that when the relay is energized, the power flows through the contacts to the lights. Connect the other wire of the lights to ground -- if the lights are mounted to metal, then the mounting location is probably a suitable ground point. Finally, connect another wire to ground and to a contact on the switch, then another wire from the switch to the ground terminal on the relay.

Flip the switch to pass ground to the relay that already has voltage, so the ground causes it to energize.

Voltage on the relay contact pin will pass through the contact to the other relay contact pin and flow to the lights that are already grounded.

The ground from the switch will energize the relay, and the power from the relay will turn the lights on.

The pins on the relay are identified on the base of the relay.

[flybye]

Sorry I didn't make myself clear. I'm looking for a suitable mounting location I'm good with the wiring.
Just need a mounting bar or brush bumper, and can't seem to find any.

[jdstrickland]

I did this search, and got 28,400 hits in 0.39 seconds.

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=bmw+x5+brush+guard

[BavarianE39]

I mounted mine to the license plate frame with a small metal bracket I made from aluminum L bar. Works for my PIAA's.

[z168]

of course there's these

[z168]

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[lo_jack]

This is way off topic, but I will bring it back.

Bavarian, what fogs are those? I need some actual yellow fogs in my stock E53 holes but the only true yellow bulb I can find is PIAA that cost a lot, considering I burn out one every six months.

Back on topic, a bar across the top would be a sturdy mount, but having experienced a rig like that, I can say that rig has a unique pattern that puts a lot of light out over the hood. That may or may not bother some people, and it may or may not achieve the pattern you are looking for.

Right up front is a better pattern for "driving lights" from what I have experienced. Top mount is better for flooding a shorter but wider area.

[BavarianE39]

Originally Posted by lo_jack

This is way off topic, but I will bring it back.

Bavarian, what fogs are those? I need some actual yellow fogs in my stock E53 holes but the only true yellow bulb I can find is PIAA that cost a lot, considering I burn out one every six months.

Back on topic, a bar across the top would be a sturdy mount, but having experienced a rig like that, I can say that rig has a unique pattern that puts a lot of light out over the hood. That may or may not bother some people, and it may or may not achieve the pattern you are looking for.

Right up front is a better pattern for "driving lights" from what I have experienced. Top mount is better for flooding a shorter but wider area.

My off road lights are PIAA 5291, my fog lights are generic 3000k xenon lights I Got from Amazon for like $50. Both my off road lights and fog lights have a cutoff projection so I don't blind people.

[TiAgX5]

Brackets can be fabbed to use the tow points as aux light mounts.