Air Dam removal

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Author Message   matt wawak (Chicagorovers) New Member Username: Chicagorovers Post Number: 22 Registered: 09-2003 Posted on Sunday, October 19, 2003 - 09:19 pm:    Can someone give me idea how to pull the air dam off a 1998 Disco. Is it possible to use the wiring from the stock air dam lights to wire some hella 550's on a brush bar??? (Im not sure how to remove/attach the wiring on the front and side lights in the stock air dam)   Chris Browne (Chris_browne) Senior Member Username: Chris_browne Post Number: 391 Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Monday, October 20, 2003 - 02:28 am:    undo the screws on the central section, remove. Metal snips or similar to cut the end caps to size leaving the light in place. Simply unplug the fog light wires. Brush guard might look silly with out the air dam, I suggest you bolt the lights to the bumper.   Nadim Samara (Discodino) Member Username: Discodino Post Number: 130 Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Monday, October 20, 2003 - 06:44 am:    Easier: Go offroading...it'll tear itself off by the end of the day...EFFORTLESS   Joe M. (Little_joe) Member Username: Little_joe Post Number: 200 Registered: 11-2002 Posted on Monday, October 20, 2003 - 08:05 am:    There are like 6 phillips screws holding the dam on; remove those, then remove the phillips screws which secure the foglight brackets. Hang them out of the way or snip the wires - you can reuse the wiring for other fogs. Danno told me to use a utility knife to cut the bumper endcaps. With a new sharp blade, this was effortless - cut them straight with one of the contour lines in about 2 minutes. joe   matt wawak (Chicagorovers) New Member Username: Chicagorovers Post Number: 23 Registered: 09-2003 Posted on Tuesday, October 21, 2003 - 05:47 pm:    Thanks for the help on the air dam removal. Can I simply plug the wiring from the stock fog lights into my hella 550's and use the stock dash buton to activate them???   Danno (Danno) Senior Member Username: Danno Post Number: 293 Registered: 08-2002 Posted on Friday, October 24, 2003 - 10:50 am:    you'll have to splice the wires together.   Bill Mallin (Billmallin) New Member Username: Billmallin Post Number: 16 Registered: 09-2003 Posted on Sunday, October 26, 2003 - 07:52 am:    Matt: We used the wiring from the stock lights to power a relay that powers the Hellas. I�m not sure if the factory wiring is beefy enough to run the Hellas alone, but using the existing wiring to power the Hella relay is your answer� that way you can use your existing switch to turn the lights on and off. I drew you a picture with Microsoft paint. It looks like complete hell (no time this morning to make it fancy), but I think it will help illustrate my point. It�s here: http://www.houstonlandroverclub.com/discoweb/foglight_wiring.html Obviously you�ll need to ground everything� I did not show the ground wires in my 3 second drawing. Hope this helps� I�m off to breakfast. Bill Mallin Web Dood Houston Land Rover Club http://www.houstonlandroverclub.com 2001 Disco AKA "Sherman"   matt wawak (Chicagorovers) New Member Username: Chicagorovers Post Number: 24 Registered: 09-2003 Posted on Sunday, October 26, 2003 - 10:10 am:    Thank you very much Bill. The diagram is very helpful.   Bill Howell (Billh13) Member Username: Billh13 Post Number: 224 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Monday, October 27, 2003 - 09:53 am:    Has anyone tried to make metal end caps? I'm thinking of trying this.   matt wawak (Chicagorovers) New Member Username: Chicagorovers Post Number: 25 Registered: 09-2003 Posted on Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - 09:28 pm:    Metal end caps would be nice. Id actually like to have metal end caps in the rear too. It only took me 15 min to remove the old air dam and 10 min to saw the ends down. I then rewired the hellas using the stock button on the dash. Looks great!!!