Novel bracket for Light Bar to the new D4

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Originally Posted by PeterOZ

any chance of seeing those photos? they are not showing in the post.

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Peter, even though the photos doesn't show in post, when I click on the little square it stills takes me across to imageshack

Scott

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Originally Posted by PeterOZ

mine has the LR OEM spot which are rubbish lights in terms of output. their mounts go tdown through the bumper and mount robustly to the cross member underneath.

I'd like to for a decent set of LED spots such as ARB have. Not sure on mounting them to the LR bracket though so it does not wobble about and is not easy prey for the thieves.

You can see the setup on the avatar

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Decent LED spots? No such thing unfortunately..

When you look at CRI they lack the ability to render objects clearly at night (like Grey kangaroo on a road/green landscape).

However, if your heart is set on LED - Google "SA Led Lighting" and their LED spots. Equal performance and around $600.00 a pair.

LED tech and HID tech aren't all the hype is made to be when it comes to useful and beneficial light.

the type of light is at this stage imaterial, the ability to mount them on the existing LR bracket is the crux of my problem.

I'll do some research into actual light technology. HID I will steer clear due to warm up time.

cheap and nasty solution is a HID insert kit into the current lamps but as the optics in the LR spots are poor I doubt I'd get much of an improvement even though the kits are cheap, circa $35 on fleabay.

I've done eBay HID upgrades into RR P38, Alfa 156, and now the D3.

Been super impressed with all.

Yes they aren't perfect, but soooo much better than original.

Couldn't go back to halogen, in fact had Lightforce 170 100w on the P38 and changed them for eBay HID spotties, about $200 for both.

They are as good as the Lightforce, not better, but the yellow of halogen compared to the white of HID makes them very hard to drive on.

HID for me!!

Peter can you post a close up of the mounts please..

Here is my solution, made out of Mild Steel instead of Aluminium. The brackets attach to the radiator support panel on each side. I went this way as the full width aluminium support bar as posted previously seemed to block airflow to the lower part of the radiator.

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment...1&d=1434089087

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/
Lights are Hella Rallye 4000 Compacts. The Fyrlyt lights were too larger diameter and stuck out too far in front of the bumper, risking damage when parking etc.

Cheers,
Chris

Chris, those brackets look excellent. Any chance you have a template or drawing?

Cheers,
Scott

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Originally Posted by LRD414

Chris, those brackets look excellent. Any chance you have a template or drawing?

Cheers,
Scott

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I agree they look great what a top job!!

Thanks all. Due to popular demand I will take a few more pics and take some measurements this weekend and post back here.

Cheers,
Chris

Here are a couple of additional pics of the brackets I made up for mounting my driving lights.

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment...1&d=1434283084

The brackets are nothing more than a 80mm length of 30x5 flat bar and a 25x25 angle, with a 130mm length 50x5 flat bar as the prong out through the grill. The upper bolt shown goes through an existing hole which has a plastic clip in it which must be removed. The lower bolt hole is drilled through the upper part of the bumper and can be accessed to get a nut to the back of it.

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment...1&d=1434283084

The two holes in the light mount bar are just where I changed light type and had to mound the light further forward to clear the grill (when installed).

The brackets are nothing special and to be honest I threw them together as I needed to mount the lights for a country trip that weekend. They do the job though and are solid for the size lights I have mounted, and will stay until I feel the need to "improve" the system......

Cheers,