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I've always liked through the horn grill fog lights on a 911 . I know you can get repro ones but the cost is prohibitive at the moment . So in true cheapskate fashion I ordered up a kit for a Mini One that included the brackets and wiring etc . The size looked to be about right and I figured I could probably butcher the brackets to make them work .

Excuse the crappy phone pics.

Hers's what you get ....

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The chrome isn't great and will probably fall off within a month but hey .


A quick trial fit to see if I could use the brackets and keep the spots tight enough to the body ....

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Happy with that so I cut down the bracket ....

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Drill a couple of 3mm holes behind the grilles using the bracket as a template ....

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Fix the bracket...

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Screw the grill back on ..

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Bolt the spots on . Decide they look to modern with the clear lense so gave them a coat 'French headlight yellow' . I need to cut the paint back a bit more to make them closes to green rather than amber but overall I think they've come out pretty good .


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Total cost £41.00 :cheers:
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Impressive. And good looking too. 8)
Any more tips for saving money? :)
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Ferry Man wrote:Impressive. And good looking too. 8)
Any more tips for saving money? :)
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Ferry Man wrote:Impressive. And good looking too. 8)
Any more tips for saving money? :)
Just the obvious
'flog the old Porsche and buy something modern and never return to old cars again '
But then you knew that didn't you Paul ? :lol:
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You like the yellow spots look, they do look nice though
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Looks great Russ
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thanks, I've been looking at the mini spots for a while, but always stop short of doing it. Great result .
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impmad2000 wrote:thanks, I've been looking at the mini spots for a while, but always stop short of doing it. Great result .
Cheers Tim .

I bought these but I'm guessing all the ebay fare come from the same place .

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-Chrome-Spot ... 5aeac95dc2
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Coooooool :)
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Very nice those spots, nice indeed
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I think the genuine BMW version is stainless steel not chrome, if anyone else is considering it.
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Looked spot on yesterday!

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Russ, they are looking fab :drunken:
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They look great Russ, and because they sit a little 'off centre" to the grille unlike the usual spots which are more central it gives them a really nice look (especially with the amber lenses), very sort of 'French rally' look. Great job, I luv em. Nice with the burgundy.

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Cheers Mike .
I tried them set more towards the bonnet but decided to offset them to get them closer to the car .
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