DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

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

Impressive. And good looking too.
Any more tips for saving money?

Ferry Man wrote:Impressive. And good looking too.
Any more tips for saving money?

Newspaper or old magazines for loo roll

Ferry Man wrote:Impressive. And good looking too.
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 ?

You like the yellow spots look, they do look nice though

Looks great Russ

thanks, I've been looking at the mini spots for a while, but always stop short of doing it. Great result .

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

Coooooool

Very nice those spots, nice indeed
How's the grill...

I think the genuine BMW version is stainless steel not chrome, if anyone else is considering it.

Looked spot on yesterday!

Russ, they are looking fab

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.

Regards
Mike

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