Wiring your lights in Fiberglass bumpers

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Old Jun 18, 2017 | 05:44 PM
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Wiring your lights in Fiberglass bumpers

I know this is a dumb question but has anyone with glass bumpers wired their lights lately? When I bought my car it was wired and done poorly! Wires were all over. Anyone have any advice? I know I'll have to ground each individual light housing or it won't work but I'm just curious if anyone has any tricks, issues or advice for me.
Old Jun 19, 2017 | 04:54 AM
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Old Jun 19, 2017 | 07:16 AM
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I'm not sure what your question is. This isn't exactly rocket science. Run a ground wire to each light housing. You can daisy-chain this as a single wire if you want. Bundle it with the power wires. Tie it back to a metal ground.
Old Jun 19, 2017 | 10:58 AM
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Sorry I wasn't trying to be confusing but I was curious if anyone here had run into issues while wiring their glass bumpers.
Old Jun 19, 2017 | 11:05 AM
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Sorry I wasn't trying to be confusing but I was curious if anyone here had run into issues while wiring their glass bumpers.
I wired a whole fiberglass front end on a 71 Cutlass. There's no magic. Just run a ground wire.
Old Jun 19, 2017 | 11:57 AM
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X2, Same thing on many cars that had the bumper brackets and frame powder coated. If it is a good quality powder coat job you will have to add a ground wire on these also. For the fiberglass you will have to ground each housing. For others with powder coat you only have to ground the bumper.
Old Jun 19, 2017 | 12:40 PM
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Thanks for the info!
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