Originally Posted by mynameistory

Mine would have worked without cutting the grille, I just decided to get as much light output as possible by removing obstruction.

The reason they work is because I made the brackets extremely low profile, with a "layback" mounting style. You can see that the large optic portion practically rests on the bracket itself.



This comes with two distinct disadvantages though: One, the bracket style limits vertical adjustability. For me, that wasn't a problem as I wanted the lights to be level with the high-beams for maximum punch down the road.

The second is that it places the light's center of balance way off the grille support. This results in added torque on the support. The mounts themselves are very stiff, but hanging off like that causes the support to twist like a torsion bar when going over rough roads. This causes the lights to vibrate when I'm off highway. Not detrimental but it is definitely noticeable when the lights shake. Lights that are mounted at point A will shake much less than those mounted at point B, like mine.



I'm currently trying to decide whether I'll leave them as is, or design new mounts that will have more support.