Best $120 I have spent so far

[Milton477]

My halogen headlights have left me underwhelmed. Not sure about a bullbar at this stage so I needed an interim measure to improve the lighting. Found this:
32inch 300W Curved Philips Spot Flood LED Work Light BAR SUV Offroad Lamp 30" | eBay (http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/152046456391) 32inch 300W Curved PHILIPS Spot &Flood LED Work Light Bar SUV Offroad Lamp 30"
Knocked up some brackets that mount behind the front grill & protrude through as per another post somewhere....The curve exactly matches the curve of the grill & the bar does not protrude beyond the bumper.

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment.php?attachmentid=110139&stc=1&d=1465825054

For distance, it does not come close to spots but lights up the world for the first 100m more than adequately & completely drowns the halogen lights. I did not notice any difference in radiator temps during the last 1000 km traveled while towing but then it hasn't been above 30deg.

[Tombie]

Lekker [emoji106]

[LandyAndy]

Looks good.Something I would like once I get a roof rack.
Beware the temp gauge,as far as I know its a computer generated thought bubble like the D2.Unless you are using an OBD reader to get the temperature.
Andrew

[DI5CO]

Hi Milton
Do you have any pics of the brackets or how you mounted them? I miss my old light bar from my D2 and even though I have xenon they aren't as good as the light bar for closer distances.
What about vibrations? Does the bar move/vibrate around much? And lastly, where did you mount the light switch?
Thanks
Dave.

[eddomak]

Hi Milton - looks great! Thanks for the link! Any pictures available that compare the light outputs of (eg low beam only, low and high beam, low and high and light bar?)

[harry]

I fitted mine into the grille,

[Milton477]

Hi Milton
Do you have any pics of the brackets or how you mounted them? I miss my old light bar from my D2 and even though I have xenon they aren't as good as the light bar for closer distances.
What about vibrations? Does the bar move/vibrate around much? And lastly, where did you mount the light switch?
Thanks
Dave.

Sorry, no pics of the brackets. They are "T" shaped & mount to existing holes in the radiator mounting. Once through the grill, I had to make 2 "L" shaped brackets that mount on the first 2 to accommodate the width of the bar. Everything was made from 5mm flat bar. There is a small amount of vibration on corrugations but quite acceptable for me. The switch is called a mouse switch I think & is double sided taped to the dash next to the headlight switch.

[Milton477]

Hi Milton - looks great! Thanks for the link! Any pictures available that compare the light outputs of (eg low beam only, low and high beam, low and high and light bar?)

These pictures do not do the lights justice: I need to find a quiet patch of highway where the difference is more noticeable & I can stop & take photos.

Low beam:

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment.php?attachmentid=110550&stc=1&d=1466687714

High beam, no light bar:

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment.php?attachmentid=110551&stc=1&d=1466687714

High beam with light bar:

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment.php?attachmentid=110552&stc=1&d=1466687714

[eddomak]

If anyone is interested, the eBay item just went on special to $105.99 today.

[Ean Austral]

I fitted mine into the grille,

Gday Harry,

Can you give us some pointers on how you fitted it like that, that looks awesome and is 1 of the best ideas I have seen for a light bar yet.

Cheers Ean

[harry]

Gday Harry,

Can you give us some pointers on how you fitted it like that, that looks awesome and is 1 of the best ideas I have seen for a light bar yet.

Cheers Ean



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[ytt105]

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Nooooo!

I'm waiting to find out how as well.

Please post details, photos, schematics, etc here.

The world NEEDS to know!!!

[harry]

Nooooo!

I'm waiting to find out how as well.

Please post details, photos, schematics, etc here.

The world NEEDS to know!!!

Ok, remove grille, spend days figuring out how to fit,


I originally intended to bolt it to the bumper bar, but couldn't get behind the bar to secure the brackets

So. In the grille was the only option.

[harry]

Ok, a bit more, when you take the grille out, it quickly becomes obvious that the curved light bar will not fit and there is nothing square to mount to.
This is where you need a die grinder with a thin cut off wheel, carbide burrs, drills and aircraft bolts, some aircraft aluminium for brackets, and perseverance.
It is not easy.
Sorry, I didn't take any pictures until it was finished.

[harry]

Ok, here's a picture

[harry]

And another

[harry]

I hope these help.
Thanks again for liking my lightbar installation.

[ADMIRAL]

Congrats on a very tidy install !

[Tombie]

Good grief you lot!!! Doesn't anyone like to cool their engines anymore?

[shanegtr]

couldnt see it making that much of a difference to cooling, after all the D3 grill has a plastic bar running across where harry has his lightbar

[Tombie]

Agree in part but he's more than halved the gap

[Firko]

you can pickup good deals on wiring looms and bars here https://www.4wdsupacentre.com.au/
I have a 42" 22" and a 6" to go on the D4 don't think i will be putting them in front of the grill though