u/svngang

I've wanted to add the driving lights on my '05 C50 for a while, but the OEM light bar at $500 is ridiculous. I cheaped out and got one of the million of "universal" bars you see on amazon, temu, ali, ebay, etc. to give it a go.

Tried putting it on last night and the bracket for the thing is horizontal while the mounting screws for the turn signal bracket where i guess it should go are vertical.

I can't be the only one to have bought one of these things. Any tips on how to get this thing to work that doesn't requiring the ability to bend metal and weld??

Edit: some follow up, for anyone in a similar situation that may stumble upon this post.

I removed everything from the area: turn signals, air deflector, and headlight bucket to try to figure it out. It looks like this type of bar needs to go under the headlight bucket, not on the turn signal bracket. Also if you have a removable windshield, there isn’t enough room to put the classic 4.5” lights and remove the windshield, so you will need to either get creative with brackets and extensions, or get slim lights.

A week short of 5 months and a $40 tariff fee later and my Urban Wolf Club Winchesters have arrived. Black Teacore leather, natural edge with cream thread. Leather pull tab with the rivet is a nice touch and gives me more confidence pulling them on vs my other pairs of Chelsea’s.

Actually ordered a 270 welt with a half sole and Cuban heel but there was a miscommunication with production and they did the standard sole and heel. They reached out a few weeks ago to alert me and offered to remake them correctly but I think they came out beautiful as is, so I went with it.

I went tts as I do with all their boots and they are almost spot on. The new insole design is a bit more slippery than their old one so I have a bit of slip when walking, but I can dial that in as the break in.

All in all another gem from Fernando and his team.

"Universal" light bar install on a C50