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Installing Fog Lights on a LS Trailblazer - Mounting the Brackets |
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Page 3 of 6 Now we have to mount the bracket. It is easiest to buy the bracket off of eBay. Depending on which bracket you buy you might have to drill some holes for the fog light. Just make sure to measure everything correctly before you make any swiss cheese out of the brackets. On our bracket we had to drill out the 3 holes for the bolts on the back of the fog lights, but this would depend on which bracket you get.
This is how the bracket fits on the car: 
On the inside, where the bracket touches the frame, there are already two holes: 
We can use this bottom hole for our bracket. The metal bumper on the other side of the bracket does not have any holes yet and you have to drill 2 or 3 holes in there. We used 2 clamps to hold the fog light and bracket in place while test fitting the bumper back on: 
It fit in perfectly, so we drilled in 2 holes through the bracket and bumper and put in rivets. And on the inside where the bracket touches the frame we drilled 1 hole corresponding to the lower hole on the frame and held it in place with a bolt . We used stainless steel, so the bolt is quite a bit stronger than a steel bolt and thus allows you to tighten it a bit more and prevents it from rusting. 
And here is a picture of the 2 holes through the bumper and bracket with the rivets: 
Because we only riveted the bracket to the bumper, we can still remove the metal bumper without breaking the bracket by simply removing the 1 small bolt.
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