Cali Raised Fog Light help!!!

Okay, so I cannot get the light tightened to the fog light mounting bracket. I didnt Get any instructions in my package, which really pisses me off, nor can I figure out how to assemble the damn things. The ditch lights and mounts went together easy enough but these are giving me fits. I’m pointing to the bolt I cannot Get tightened. Oh, and don’t say it’ll tighten once the nut is inside the housing because NO THE FUCK IT WILL NOT. Maybe they sent the wrong hardware?

@CaliRaisedLed why didn’t you at least include instructions on how to mount the lights to the brackets? Was that a mishap? I wouldn’t be so mad but I took My OEM fogs out and there’s no way I can Get that screw back in without taking off the fender liner. So pissed right now. Going to bed and will try again when I get Some answers.

 

For clarification, the nut within the housing just spins and spins.

 

https://youtu.be/v1SGaF3TUm4

Here’s our install video. No more paper instructions ,you should of received a black card referring our YouTube channel that shows all our installs. If you have any questions feel free to PM us or give our shop a call.

 

Genius.
Thanks for looking out for our trees.

 

That’s was our goal, plus every product we have now has an install video and for doing this type of stuff it’s a lot easier to watch it visually than read.

 

I used a butter knife to get the nut lined up with the screw in the housing and then it all just tightened down no problem.

Are all of the nuts not tightening down, or just on that side?

 

Just an fyi, the install video doesn't address the OP's question. He's having issues putting the lights into the brackets before installing them on the truck.

 

@CaliRaisedLed your video doesn’t answer my question. Trust m, i watched them.

@Midknight none of the bolts for the fog lights are tightening down. I think They sent me the wrong hardware kit, maybe? The ditch lights went together no problem

 

Can you post a photo of the nut in the fog housing?

The way it should work is where the nut fits in doesn’t allow it to spin. Once you get the bolt threaded into the nut it should tighten because the nut is prevented from moving.

 

I know I had issue getting space to tighten that particular nut. The bracket face and the nut sit perfectly aligned to where nothing can get between them to tighten the nut. It was a pain in the ass at the time.

Recalling from memory of my install experience:
I believe I had to do that nut first, then the other side, and then attempt to finish tightening this nut again. When you tighten one side, the other side starts to align to the face plate. It was almost a balancing act on how much to tighten one side before the other side's nut become inaccessible due to the bracket face plate; just a constant back-and-forth. It felt like a poorly thought out design.

Right now I just wish their mount allowed for angling the lights up & down. Mine are angled too high for daily use and the vertical adjustment angle available is pitiful. Many states have a law which require that fog light beams do not cross the headlight beam horizon line in order to be public road legal. My brackets force the fog light beam to grossly cross that headlight beam horizon. I'm pretty disappointed in the bracket they currently distribute.

 

I'm pretty sure running LED pods in your fog light housing aren't street legal regardless of where the light beam crosses the headlight horizon line. As far as I know only Rigid Industries makes DOT legal pods

 

For trouble shooting to see the problem, I would try to attached the pod to bracket that it originally came with to see if it’s a striped pod. If that works then the fog bracket would be the problem. Let me know.

 

Should look like that on the inside to keep the bolt from spinning

 

I just installed one of the pods to the braket. I had same issue but got it on there. I have two questions. One is there Suppose to be a small bit of play up and down? Second what's the U shaped braket and nut and bolt for?

 

For the 1st question what do you mean by play up and down. And for the U bracket those are not need with the dog bracket due to it having one on the back of that bracket.

 

I sercured the pod to the braket and thre is a small play when moving it up and down. Maybe I just need to make it more tight. I tightened it as much as I can and I can still move the pod up and down. It won't move it you shake it but if you just use your hand it will move.

 

I’m having this same issue, the nut doesn’t “lock” into the groove that’s supposed to hold it into place, it’s too small.

I had to stuff a flat head tip down in there to close the gap and tighten the screw

 

Same issue, nut is too small, spins when you tighten down. Also CaliRaised what is up with your quality control? 3 out of the 4 nuts and 2 out of the 4 bolts had poorly milled threads, I had to run them through my 6mm x 1mm tap and die set to fix them? 1 nut still had shavings inside from cut in manufacturing. it damaged the bolt when I went to install and now I have to go to the store to buy different hardware.

Maybe I can actually find bolts & nuts that actually fit the "doghouse" groove on the light and don't spin... geez.

 

I love these , I was able to do my install through the hood but remember it was a tight fit , I’m 6’3” so have long arms. I did have to play with it to figure out how the lights fit in the brackets but finally figured it out. This is one of my favorite upgrades on my truck @CaliRaisedLed !

 

My next purchase - 3x2 amber pods!