thread size on lights

[jgrexx]

i know some of you guys have bought these lights.  i was wondering what size the threads are on them?  i mounted up my license plate with some brackets that accept 3/8" bolts.  i was wondering if these lights could fit on the same brackets or if i needed to buy some tabs to screw onto the brackets and then mount the lights to the tabs.

http://www.chircoestore.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=64_349&products_id=11210

http://www.chircoestore.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=64_349&products_id=1970

[buggyman]

 

i know some of you guys have bought these lights.  i was wondering what size the threads are on them?  i mounted up my license plate with some brackets that accept 3/8" bolts.  i was wondering if these lights could fit on the same brackets or if i needed to buy(or make ) some tabs to screw onto the brackets and then mount the lights to the tabs.

http://www.chircoestore.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=64_349&products_id=11210

http://www.chircoestore.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=64_349&products_id=1970

Need to make the tabs jg ,here's why :
Same lights as I used

from
http://s72.photobucket.com/albums/i182/buggymanvw/#!cpZZ4QQtppZZ20
What's not shown in this pic

is the fact that the wires which power these lights run through & out the bottom of their mounting stalks,which means that even if the threads on both were the same you'd have to end up drilling all the way through the add-on brackets

& into the frame tubes & run the wiring to them from within the frame tubes which,in part,was what you were trying to avoid in the 1st place along with welding tabs & repainting.
What I used were just 2-1/2" ID radius EMT clamps

from
http://www.galco.com/buy/Crouse-Hinds/206
bolted to the frame & an external harness to each light ziptied to the frame .
Your setup

also presents another problem in that you're running a removable engine cage on a semi-full bodied car = those lights(& their wires) are gonna be dedicated to that cage seperate from the rest of the body of the car,so you're gonna need to make some quick-disconnects between the car & the cage in order to be able to service(remove) the engine & trans if neccessary:

Tight rubber grommets http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=rubber+grommet&gbv=2&aq=0&aqi=g1&aql=&oq=rubber+gro&gs_rfai=
on all the wire passthroughs on the cage ,& quick disconnects on the wiring between the body/frame & cage
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&gbv=2&tbs=isch:1&q=automotive+electrical+connectors&sa=N&start=0&ndsp=18
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&gbv=2&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=weatherproof+automotive+electrical+connectors&btnG=Search&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&start=0
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&gbv=2&tbs=isch%3A1&ei=fDmnS4WXEKDgtQOo743PAg&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=1&ct=result&cd=1&q=waterproof+automotive+electrical+connectors&spell=1&start=0 .
 

Tight rubber grommets  .
 

Oh Yea!! I guess we have to have a way of disconnecting the the wiring to the bumper. I need two connectors with two five contacts each.

from page 10 of http://www.chircoestore.com/catalog/smf/index.php?topic=4895.225  .

 
 

[jgrexx]

good tips.  i used a different set of clamps.  these here which have a hole in them for the light wires to go through.  i got them because they are cheaper that buying 2 of the other kind.  lol

http://www.chircoestore.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=64_329&products_id=11193

i was thinking of just using zip ties to hold the wires to the the tubing and then just cut the zip ties if i needed to remove the rear cage part.

i'm also toying with the idea of just putting stock lights on the fenders so i may just go that route.  plenty of vw junkyards around here to get them from.