I'm thinking about putting fog lights on the car. I figure I can handle the wiring, but i'm curious about two things:

1) Brands and sources. Any recommendations?

2) Mounting. Any ideas as to where/how to mount them?

Thanks

Check the www for all the major players...Bosch, PIAA, Hella, Cibie....You will find that there are pros and cons to each depending on your personal goals. As pointed out, aiming is key. As far as a DIY method, (at least the one I used to get a tad more illumination out of the POS 9004s was that) I put my daghter's '92 Buick GS about 30 feet out in front of the Brick and lowered and reclined the power seat as low until I could jus see over the dash (which puts it at roughly normal driving height for my other daughter's '85 Prelude). I went back and forth between the cars and kept raising the level of the 9004s until they interfered with the vision of the oncoming Buick driver (in this case me) and lowered them a bit from that point. Completely unscientific, but have yet to be flashed buy oncoming drivers in close to a year. You could try a similar method with your driving lamps. FWIW, a 'good' set of driving lamps (read non-rice rocket) should have a definitive cut off line at the top of the light.

There are a lot of sites out there to give you instructions. PIAA is just one of them.

Good luck.

David

I hate to say this because of the ensuing discussion that I fear will follow but...driving lights, especially if poorly aimed (and most are) will also blind on coming drivers. You will have great visibility of the blind guy coming, unkowingly, straight out you just prior to him killing both of you. Even a Volvo can't withstand a head-on collision at 70 mph. Just my 2 cents about driving lights, turn 'em off.
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Portland, OR 1987 240 dl wagon (not so rusty anymore) 'rustbucket'

point taken.

do you know any ghetto way of aiming the lights? or does it require special equipment?

If you want the original Volvo look, get the Bosch lights with the 145x86 mm light opening and H3/55W bulbs. Volvo part # 1333 778-7. Here's a scan from the Scandinavian version of the original Volvo accessory brochure for the winter of 1987/88. In Norway, the complete kit (two lamps, mounting parts, covers) cost 100 usd at the time.

Erling.
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1987 240 GL 81K miles

I would recommend bosch lights. You can probably get the lights at pik n' pull from a bmw. For best use as intended, I would mount under bumper (within recesses in spoiler if they are there - can't remember)

good luck, let me know how it goes.

Jeff

Thats what I did for my driving lights. Grabbed a clean pair from a BMW, bought a wiring harness with 30A relay and hooked it up to the Hi-Beam relay.
But was thinking of switching to the big round Hella Rally lights and mounting them in front of the grill. Or maybe I can find some landing lights from a 747??? Have to think about that one...
Patrick
Caroline 1987 244DL, auto, Virgo rims, 207,000+++

kraynek,
i put a pair of hella 500's behind the center grill on my daughter's 92 244 (she actually thinks it's her car!) and they worked great until she rear ended a pt cruiser. they work super, but they're driving lights, not fog lights. there's a big difference. if you're looking for more visibility down the road these lights really fill the bill. fog lights will get you low and wide light but they won't project very far down the road while drivers will light up stop signs at a half a mile. anyway, just my 2 cents.
eric