Maruti 800 Type-II (1998) – 15.5 Years and Many More To Go

[jetumalnad9]

Re: Maruti 800 Type-II (1998) – 15.5 Years and Many More To Go

Took the day off yesterday due to mild fever. had nothing to do, so made some jugaad clamps out of electrical conduiting plastic and fitted the fog lamps in the grill. One bulb got shorted so bought another for Rs.50/-.
Still no light, so went to a local accessories shop and got the wiring corrected. Also purchased wheel caps and left ORVM, changed the right ORVM and bought a bottle of Waxpol 2K rubbing compound cum polish.

Hi Prakriti j

Liked your effort and being successful in fitting the fog lamps, good idea. But since it is fixed on to the grill, won't it heat the lamp and melt if it's of fiber while the car is running?

 

[Prakritij]

Re: Maruti 800 Type-II (1998) – 15.5 Years and Many More To Go

Hi Prakriti j

Liked your effort and being successful in fitting the fog lamps, good idea. But since it is fixed on to the grill, won't it heat the lamp and melt if it's of fiber while the car is running?

didn't quite understand how it will heat up. please elaborate

 

[Shantanu.lko]

Re: Maruti 800 Type-II (1998) – 15.5 Years and Many More To Go

didn't quite understand how it will heat up. please elaborate

It will heat due to placing near radiator, but this heating will not deform or melt the plastic. Do not worry.

 

[Prakritij]

Re: Maruti 800 Type-II (1998) – 15.5 Years and Many More To Go

It will heat due to placing near radiator, but this heating will not deform or melt the plastic. Do not worry.

hmmm, the Right lamp is placed in front of the radiator but not touching it. I too don't think there will be any prob.

 

[vijay]

Prakritij, nicely maintained ride and good efforts you have made for your grille and fog lamps.As others suggested do plan to paint your grille to black would enhance the looks better.

 

[Prakritij]

Re: Maruti 800 Type-II (1998) – 15.5 Years and Many More To Go

Prakritij, nicely maintained ride and good efforts you have made for your grille and fog lamps.As others suggested do plan to paint your grille to black would enhance the looks better.

The grill I used is a low quality MS grill and I am going to change it soon to a SS one which I will paint black

Please post a straight picture of the grill. And you should get it painted black as saroya says.

Here is a front view picture

 

[Prakritij]

Re: Maruti 800 Type-II (1998) – 15.5 Years and Many More To Go

Last Sunday I painted the grill black just to see how it looks(I am not able to find a proper SS mesh of my taste). Here are the pics

 

[Prakritij]

Re: Maruti 800 Type-II (1998) – 15.5 Years and Many More To Go

I bought some carbon fibre sticker from ebay and applied it on the B-Pillars and window frames last Sunday. It was a DIY so the results are not so clean, also there was not enough paper to cut out a continuous strip of the same pattern. Some pics...

 

[Varun560061]

Looking good.. For me a white car with carbon fiber sticker roof would look cool..

Why not get it done ?

 

[Prakritij]

Thanks bro
Accessory shops stocking CF stickers are very rare in this part of the country. So decided to do a DIY

 

[sethumurugan]

Superb. Are you sure you M800 is 15 years old? Just kidding. It very well maintained man. Awesome. And those small Fog lamps looks tooo good. But is that the right position to have it?

 

[Prakritij]

Re: Maruti 800 Type-II (1998) – 15.5 Years and Many More To Go

Superb. Are you sure you M800 is 15 years old? Just kidding. It very well maintained man. Awesome. And those small Fog lamps looks tooo good. But is that the right position to have it?

Thanks bro.
For me, the position of the lamps is ok as the throw of the light is just about 4-5m in front of the Car and thus no glare to the oncoming traffic whatsoever.
Also, the fogs are of low cost and the spread is not very good. But IMO in case of driving in foggy conditions, it would suffice to warn oncoming traffic about my position.
Where do you suggest is the best position for the fog lamps.

 

[vaibhav.lko]

can u plz share the cost of these fog lamps.and how to connect them

 

[Shantanu.lko]

Hi, These fog lamps costs 200-250 per pair here. I have fitted many of these on customers cars. You'll need some wiring and a relay and a switch to connect them.
Btw: What do you think about TAI Lucknow meet.

 

[sethumurugan]

Re: Maruti 800 Type-II (1998) – 15.5 Years and Many More To Go

Thanks bro.
For me, the position of the lamps is ok as the throw of the light is just about 4-5m in front of the Car and thus no glare to the oncoming traffic whatsoever.
Also, the fogs are of low cost and the spread is not very good. But IMO in case of driving in foggy conditions, it would suffice to warn oncoming traffic about my position.
Where do you suggest is the best position for the fog lamps.

Nothing wrong in that Bro. I thought if it would be on bumper it might be nice as well solve the purpose. just a suggestion.