Ill put up a pic tomorrow for you 3d we have no power atm and my phones on 3% but I basically put the rack on the roof and turned on the light bar and moved the rack back untill the bar stopped lighting up the windscreen
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Ill put up a pic tomorrow for you 3d we have no power atm and my phones on 3% but I basically put the rack on the roof and turned on the light bar and moved the rack back untill the bar stopped lighting up the windscreen
couple of drops of rain,lol. Thanks Mega I used one of my 36 watt jobs to figure out where the bar will go.
Its in front doh and slightly down so the top of the bar is level with the rack floor.
Whats your thoughts on mounting two 36watt bars sideways, I think the awning
may get in the road .
I have two lights very similar John and my awning is in the road to put them there.
Yea that won't work with the awning
My awning is 2.5m along the car though, don't know what you have
yeah thought as much, even though a have led strip lights in the awning,
I'm thinking , and only thinking of fitting some kind of led that will light the area ok under the awning
but the light will be attached on the rack, I have a heap of bulls eye Led coming they are small and bright as
I have a 2.5 TJM number
Heres my flag bracket easy enough to do as a bolt on application.
For a bolt on I would cut the 20x20x1.5 by 200mm long I flared the end with a 3/4 plumbing tool
then all you need is two 3/16th or 1/4 bolt to bolt it inside the upright,
Treat any unpainted surfaces use only zinc coated bolts.
There you go a 5 min flag holder ,drill your first hole 150mm from the top
then another 25 mm spacing, Allow room under for water to escape
thoughts on this as a deflector its perforated stainless, just trying to use material lying around.
only going to pop it on at this stage. Will also put a small piece each side of the upright as well.
I can fit those bulls eye led as clearance lights on this deflector
Seems pointless, it won't do the job you want it to doQuote:
Originally Posted by threedogs
Ah just remembered I have a nice piece of alloy checker plate that will do the job nicely.
Nearly done , just light bar brackets which I'll do tomorrow and the awning.
the wheel hoist is going to be a chore I'll nut it out over a few cold ones
Had a look around and found some 12 perspex I had lying around from an old TAB counter.
I'll just spray it matt black and secure with a few rivnuts
Why not cut off the front uprights and put one piece through the front ?
It would certainly be strong enough, I dont think it would really matter aero dynamically.
as long as it has something there I think.
Back to the light bar did you use the lightbar mounting brackets, I can either make my own
and weld to the front of the lower loop or weld a piece of flat to the lower loop and use the
lightbar brackets.
The awning I'm going to bolt straight onto the side uprights using a piece of insertion rubber as a gasket.
I dont think the small angle its on will make any difference,
Bit hard ATM as Ive no one to flip the rack so I can weld the light bar brackets on, Damn.
To answer your question you cant weld this stuff I have no idea what type of steel it is other than Chinese
@ mega can you put a pic of lightbar and your roof so I can see clearance please ,,,,when your ready
Awning straight to the uprights is fine.
The is how I've bolted on the light bar
Attachment 52098
Thats looks nice and neat Winnie and easy enough to do as well , no room under the rack on a GQ ?
was going to weld two of these on with the top of the light bar level with the floor of the rack
There probably is enough room if you raise the front but we had that bit of ally lying around and a milling machine so why not... Lol
yeah why not indeed its all about KISS, I'd like to retain the original mounting posts like yours, [same bar]
with the rubber as a bit of cushion.
I'll some how turn the rack over and weld some flat plate underneath to except the mounting brackets.
Thanks for that
Been over thinking it I reckon lol
been looking at it and sorted the light bar mount,Thanks Winnie.
really want to mount the small light bar off to the left, I know light bars are awesome for side way light
just think it may help it a bit more. I'm mounting the awning on the drivers side
using the original light bar feet will cause the brackets to be way too far towards to edge ,
so I'll have to flip them inside like Winnie has. That will move them in 20mm each side.
Finally. Might have it ready for the weekend at this rate, just need 4 ppl about 6ft high min lol
I was able to flip the rack, you'll notice I welded a tab on fr corner
thats for some 10watt flood lights I use for camp
Here's some pics of clearance and spacers I needed, my light bars mount differently to yours with 3 mounts per 22" bar
Sorry somehow the first ones upside down... Stupid ipad
I fit off my front uprights And used roof flashing over the front and wrapped it down around the sides.. It would have come out better if i got it made to fit but I think it come up ok
thanks heaps lets me know there is plenty of room.
The rack is upside down at the moment will see if it will fit with brackets inverted
like Winnie did. At least I can try using that small led bar.
where are the first set of legs sitting on the Patrol, over the "B" pillar?
Edit after much measuring it will fit straight up underneath ,
two extra holes about 25mm each side of whats there, and turn
the mounting brackets around to suit, Done now but no one to help
turn it back over, as my son is having his first fight this arvo.
NOTE 2 x holes I drilled to let the water out
You raised a good point by having the legs over a structural member. Putting it above the "B" pillar puts the weight through the strongest part of the body. Good idea.
Only mentioned it as the guy up the road with one of these 3/4 size racks moved his to the rear for easier access.
but all the legs are half way across windows etc, but he likes it like that, these are heavy racks.
these are the bulls eyes led that I'm putting on the rack,
One every upright the rest across the front they will be wired to my parkers.
Great having a son who's an auto electrician lol
this is how the deflector will look, putting a driving light in each corner 4" HID as well
the white dots are where I'll put the bulls eye leds
Mines a full length rack and if you put the second mount on the b pillar your going to get your windscreen lit up and if you put the front mount on the b pillar it will be hanging past the barn doors. I put mine on then slid it back till the light bar no longer lit up the windscreen and its level with the barn doors.
You should have clearance for the lights under the rack 3d and you have adjustable legs on the rack also mines on the lowest position and I have15-20 mm between roof and light bars.
Cool thanks mate all sorted now , good having that upward adjustabillity to.
now I've got to figure out what lights to put up top.
Those 150mm ones in the pic are amber and white so was thinking indicator and park lights.
The bulls eyes will be APITB but the effect should look ok
things you find when cleaning up your shed, I wanted a good work light for the back.
Luck would have it I had a 27 watt flood light spare, I'll wire this up to a switch in the rear I think..
These lights give great light and draw bugger all at the same time
these are the lights I'm running up top as parker/clearance and indicator/hazzard..
More than bright enough on rainy overcast days IMO
Love those lights 3d's I am very interested how you are going to wire all this up to the car. Once you get to that stage I'd appreciate lots of pictures
My rack seriously needs some lightage. Will be something for next year I think
Cool , At the rear I'd love to fit two extra spot lights of about 36 watt only square .
they would fit perfectly on each rear upright support.
Not 100% but might use some type of 5-6 pin plug,
that I can just unplug if I need to remove the rack
Using this style to light up the Stainless steel name plate
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/2-X-White...item43ca04c3ca
Pics are of my new leds for the roof rack, two small ones will highlight the SS name plate the other
I hope will be enough to light the area under the awning.
Bullet light is 6watts
Really enjoying the progress here. Some really great idea's you have going in this build. Love the idea of indicators on the bar. Are the lights you'll be wiring to the parkers legal? I read up on the ADR's a while ago about DLR and Fog lights and they all have a particular height requirement which in most cases are far too low for Patrols.
Looking forward to seeing the end result of this build. :D
The Patrol is clean so dont expect problems regarding the indicators. basically just clearance lights.
I'm going to fill the uprights up with Sixaflex I think. Also decided to remove the 2 x 36 watt ATV leds from the back
and just fit one 27watt flood work light with a switch inside the rear somewhere.
Still need to sort out the awning mount but dont expect too many troubles.
Need to get it on my roof so I can start on my campers Canopy
I also cut the plate off the back as well
this is my awning bracket its a piece of 50 x 25 2 mm rhs I had lying around.
I need this to keep the awning from flexing at the front.
so its off to the powder coaters tomorrow to get some protection on it
I have 3 holes drilled to pick up the roof rack these have a rubber grommet
on both sides and will be fixed to the roof rack with gutter bolts and nyloc nuts.
The centre bracket is longer and will have some kind of LED bolted to it
can anyone tell me if there are any abs spacers or such that go on the mounting
plates to set them up for different roof heights, I dont really want to move it
forward any more if I can help it,
As it is now I can just fit the light bar under it,
not ideal would like a bit of clearance.
I have a 3/4 ARB chinese copy roof rack
make a bracket so the light bar sits in front of the roof rack instead
Yeah was thinking that, looks like I need to get some rubber tub liner
and do a bit of welding, Might see if I can drill and tap first.
I have a few different style brackets I could use
Going with your idea seems to be the neatest and quickest.Quote:
Originally Posted by Clunk
If the weather is ok tomorrow I'll grab the inverter and go for it
Picked up my awning bracket this morning, I'll mount it onto the drivers side
after I weld the light bar brackets on, [Im slack as ]
Going to mount it differently now, on the three clamp plates to secure the roof rack I'll drill a hole
and weld in a 5/16th coach bolt x 1 .5" long. Each hole on the yellow bracket has a grommet either side,
so slide onto bolt an then fit a flat washer and a domed nut. This will make it look neat.
The ends are enclosed. Should have it all done today. lol
The Rhino bar on the front will be removed