Thread: Novel bracket for Light Bar to the new D4

Heres the bracket i made up, holds a 1.3kg 26" bar without moving.. quite happy with it. my welding skills with an arc arent fantastic :P

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Yeah. 1.3kg is light compared to our 3.5kg each (7kg total). Not surprisingly ours move more
Stops and I have the same LED spots which have large aluminium heat sinks. If the WA government had changed the lightbar law three months earlier I'd have had a large light bar up too on the front on the platform. Money spent now though. Still, I'm seriously considering ebaying them and going to a lightbar up top.

Originally Posted by cruiseh

Heres the bracket i made up, holds a 1.3kg 26" bar without moving.. quite happy with it. my welding skills with an arc arent fantastic :P

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On reflection I see how I could reduce further flex in mine by copying your box section. I've used a 6mm flat bar for the crossbar but there is flex there. I might remake it using a rectangular box section at the rear.
Or I could just get a bull bar and be done with it lol

To stop a vibration issue with my lights I ended up making some plastic legs to push down onto the bumper. They use the threaded stud on the bottom of the light and have a rubber foot to avoid damaging the bumper paint. They don't have to push very hard, only enough to take out any vibration movement.

They are still rough 3D printed and I haven't tidied them up yet. Just seeing how they work first....


Cheers,
Chris

Originally Posted by DiscoJeffster

... If the WA government had changed the lightbar law three months earlier I'd have had a large light bar up too on the front on the platform. Money spent now though. Still, I'm seriously considering ebaying them and going to a lightbar up top.

Yes I have noted the change in Light Bar rules too. Am considering a fully sik light bar up top mounted between the long roof rails.

Come drive the Transcontinental line or the Anne Beadell with me some time

That will highlight the designs

Originally Posted by Tombie

Come drive the Transcontinental line or the Anne Beadell with me some time

That will highlight the designs

I understand that fully Tombie. Mine did just come back from the Gunbarrell et al though with no issues (apart from a cracked glass from a rock). When doing rough stuff like the Kalumburu Road I have previously advocated removing driving lights entirely as I have seen all designs damaged on those rough roads. I was with a group that crossed the Anne Beadell this year and I think just about all vehicles had light damage of some description...

Resonance is a nasty creature!