Thread: Has any body mounted lights on roof racks

I was getting very frustrated with the glare on the bonnet and tried a couple of methods to reduce it.
Masking off the bottom third of the lights with black tape was the first attempt which had a certain amount of success. But I decided that after spending a fortune of a decent set of IPF's why should I restrict the ammount of light out put!
These sheet aluminium 'deflectors' were my next attempt and apart from the goober looking stares I get from my mates I am very happy with the effect they have on eliminating the bonnet glare.
The traditional matt black bonnet sticker also plays it's part.

These are secured with the original bezal fixing screws and also have a strip of the industrial strength Velcro on the bottom edge.

Minus features.
Looks daft.
Retains water for a while when standing still.
Can't fix the plastic light covers.

nice sticker on the windscreen

You could use them in a lolly shop too.

Jeff

Try this site

http://www.bullbarloyal.com.au/nsw.html

Originally Posted by streaky

Assuming the legal stuff is all out of the way........and also I think these will be going on a Discovery Series I ?

There is a removable stripe running down the side of the windsheild seal which you can run a few wires under.
Alternatively you can run the wires through a protective sleeve and run them down the outside of the windsheild pillar secured by rubber lined 'P' clips screwed into the rubber surround. I have this set-up on my Discovery for the past 8 years and it's a very neat and practicle solution.
I was a tad doubius if the self tapping screws would hold in the rubber but so far everything is just fine.

Then you'll have the issue of glare on the bonnet to contend with! I found the matt black sticker/paint is the best solution but still it's distracting. If you can get the lights far enough back then the shadow from the roof should help overcome to problem....thats the beauty of the Disco's stepped roof.

hay,

yhea i have seen it done down that way but the only prob is the d1 does not have the piller cover like the d2
bummer
cheers