Please help!! (third or fourth driving light thread)

[B92 8NW]

I'm sorry, this is possibly the third or fourth or fifth thread I've started on driving lights but I seriously need some help thinking of a solution.

I have this style of ARB winch bar:





I'm trying to fit a set of driving lights of these dimensions:




The problem is that in order for them them to fit I need to re-drill the holes on the mounting tabs as far forward as possible (right up to the round tube where they are welded on) and even in this position there is only one millimetre of clearance between the light body and the top rail. This in itself is no problem but the nut is unable to be tightened because the gusseting/reinforcing for the winch is directly below precluded access with a socket/spanner.

I bought a piece of flat stock with the intention of extending the mounts forward by another 25mm but in this position the nuts are visible/exposed which looks dicky and presents a theft risk. I can't find any locknuts the thread either, they're supposed to be M10 but I cant even get an M10 nut on the bastards. The thread is much finer than any normal M10 or metric thread I've ever seen.

The only other solution I can think of is to remove the bar, winch, etc, chop the tabs off, and have someone reweld them on the underside of the tube rather than the top which would lower the light body by 25mm or so which might work, but that's a bastard of a job and I haven't got the time to scratch my backside let alone fug around doing all that.

It's been suggested that I get a Defender, if someone wants to swap a Defender then that'd be a great help too.

Before it's asked, yes I cannot believe I physically can't do the simple job of fitting a set of lights, yes I am embarrassed.

[dullbird]

do you only have the one tab on the top joel? where the antenna sits?

I have to on my arb delux bar you could mount them upside down if you do you would still see a bit of the bolt poking through but get some anti theft nuts and i reckon it would look ok.

[B92 8NW]

do you only have the one tab on the top joel? where the antenna sits?

I have to on my arb delux bar you could mount them upside down if you do you would still see a bit of the bolt poking through but get some anti theft nuts and i reckon it would look ok.

Yep, just the one tab on the passenger side.

Your ARB bar is different, dare I say better, (Airbag one yeah?) in that the winch sits a bit lower and have a nice squarey cut out bit and doesn't have all the guessting on the front/top.

Funnily enough I turned down two SRS bars because I'm a procrasting mofo

[dullbird]

maybe it would be easier to ask someone if they want to swap bars?


NOT me though I love mine...I went out of my way not to get a bar like yours I think they are fugly

[B92 8NW]

maybe it would be easier to ask someone if they want to swap bars?


NOT me though I love mine...I went out of my way not to get a bar like yours I think they are fugly

You're NOT helping "Mrs. I had a plastic bullbar"

[dullbird]

sorry "Mr I should of checked my sizes before impulse buying lights that I honestly would prefer to give to Mrs. I had a plastic bullbar"

[B92 8NW]

sorry "Mr I should of checked my sizes before impulse buying lights that I honestly would prefer to give to Mrs. I had a plastic bullbar"

They've got some serious bling happening wired into the parkers!!! Although the whole shemozzle has made lightforces the inexpensive option...



Bugger it, I'll just go an order a Q7 tomorrow.

[dullbird]

wow thats a new one buying a car to fit your lights

[slug_burner]

Go to a place that sells CBs, antennas etc. They sell a stainless bracket that goes around the round bar on the bull bar to mount your antenna on, I have one for the UHF CB near the welded tab which has the 27 MHz antenna on it. You should be able to get a pair of them to set up your lights. From memory they are a bit like a P cable clamp and you should be able to set it up so that it is level with the underside of the round bar.

Then again maybe it was like this one



No more like this one



Get yourself a bit of flat bar and you can shape it however you need it.

[It'sNotWorthComplaining!]

I have the same ARB deluxe bar and was going to fit big lights on it until I measured the Clearance so ended up with 175s