Thread: Light bar mounted between (to) roof rails?

I'm interested in this one but a few figures put me off.

The spread of the racks on the D2...internal measure is approx 1180 mm or 46.5".

That is a weird size for a light bar.

I'm just wondering what width light bar you were considering and how you were thinking of mounting it.

The profile of the racks from the roofline to first 200m is kind of parabolic and has no flat or consistent profile to mount too.

Love to hear more.

Originally Posted by twr7cx

That's exactly my point - only 100m of light! At 100km/h, 100m takes less than 4 seconds to travel. 150m takes about 5.5 seconds. LED light bars have very little distance.

As a comparison for you, my roof rack mounted halogen lights illuminate out to 600m - that's illuminating the area that is almost 22 seconds away at 100km/h.

In my opinion, a large led light bar provides the biggest amount of light for the lowest cost, with the longest life while retaining factory look. Obviously the ideal setup is an led light bar for flood + halogen/hid driving lights for spot. The winch bar I intend to purchase has recesses to accommodate one pair of lights (fog/small driving light). If I can find driving lights to fit, I may go this route.

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

I'm interested in this one but a few figures put me off.

The spread of the racks on the D2...internal measure is approx 1180 mm or 46.5".

That is a weird size for a light bar.

I'm just wondering what width light bar you were considering and how you were thinking of mounting it.

The profile of the racks from the roofline to first 200m is kind of parabolic and has no flat or consistent profile to mount too.

Love to hear more.

I haven't got so far as to measure it up and figure out the mounting (partly the reason for my original post!), but I imagine that if I cannot mount the 'feet' of the light bar directly to the roof rails, then I would go with something similar to this but running the wiring down the snorkel:

do you know what width that bar is?

I've made a mount up and am fitting a 50" curved light bar to mine I'll post when it's done

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

do you know what width that bar is?

No sorry. Random photo from the internet.

Originally Posted by that_kid

I've made a mount up and am fitting a 50" curved light bar to mine I'll post when it's done

This is what I would like to fit also. Looking forward to these photos.

G, day guy's, can someone please tell me what the advantages of a curved lightbar is as apposed to a straight one, or is this just another gimmick, regarding HID driving lights you really have to spend the extra money on them, I purchased a combo set of 7 inch lights off ebay for $100 and they were bright but had a terrible beam pattern, full if dark spots and trying to adjust them was a massive headache, so people are right when they say that you get what you pay for, lesson learned, cheers Tony.

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Mounted on rhino roof bar, not fully wired yet, but will prob run wires down side of snorkle, widest i could fit between roof rails, cheers

Originally Posted by shamirj

Mounted on rhino roof bar, not fully wired yet, but will prob run wires down side of snorkle, widest i could fit between roof rails, cheers

Is it awkward driving like that?

Jeff