Bongo Fury

Made a big hole in the rear bumper.............but it’s ok, I finally got round to doing away with the dangling rear fog light and fitted a nice new flush fitting version.

Nice job.

I think that looks better, and it's far less vulnerable.

Bob wrote: ↑Mon May 07, 2018 5:36 pm Nice job.

I think that looks better, and it's far less vulnerable.

It did look cheap and nasty and was beginning to rust inside - poor seals. Was only a matter of time before it failed or I broke it off whilst reversing up to a kerb. I've got the Areo and the fog light was really low down. Any way, I've binned it.

I got a hole in the bumper too now, after you mentioned that in another post i got round to it quite rapid, i used the dangaly one, shaved the mount down,(which had been broken twice) and got drillin.
Started with five decent size holes, then a small one handed hacksaw i cut as close as i dare to the lines i marked. Then it was a case of fileing the edges to the right size, The best part is that it fits in with a good push so i dont even need a bracket to hold it, althogh i did fashion one just for extra security. Must admit it looks very nice now where it is, and using the cheap dangaly one, if it packs in, the are only a fiver. cheap cheap!
But very glad you mentioned it longroad,

@knpenny no bother. For info I made a cardboard template (yes very Blue Peter ) the same size as the hole I required for the flush fog light. I then offered that up to the inside of rear of the bumper so I could be confident I would miss all the reinforcings and supports. I then drilled four pilot holes in each corner of the template from the rear. Next move template to outside of the bumper and drilled around it. Finished with craft knife.

I think i prefer your method as i did a lot of tech drawing and measuring till i had it where i wanted, it took quite a while to get it perfect, think blue peter template would have been easier and less time consuming but heyho, job done and everyone seems happy all round,
did you put yours in the centre or did you put it at the right?
I centralized mine as it conforms to MOT standards and its ok like that in europe too,