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Old May 3, 2010 | 11:04 PM
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Anyone know of any CHEAP I mean Cheap lightbars for the roof?

I see like 90-120$ ones on Ebay, It seems soo simple and was going to make one, but if I can find one for like 60-80$ online i'm gonna get it.


Dont tell me to use the stock rack, it's so flimsy... I put 2 on it currently and it's horrible. Need something better. Holding 4 lights.
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Old May 3, 2010 | 11:10 PM
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se if you can browse craigs list for a Thule Roof Bar with gutter mounts! they are supper sturdy! i wended my rack to 2 of the bars and i can bounce around and sleep 2 ppl on an air mattress and it doesnt even move.

I used the Thule Load Bar's as light bars before and they work wonders. You can find them most of the time on CL for cheap like i said at the beginning.
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Old May 3, 2010 | 11:14 PM
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se if you can browse craigs list for a Thule Roof Bar with gutter mounts! they are supper sturdy! i wended my rack to 2 of the bars and i can bounce around and sleep 2 ppl on an air mattress and it doesnt even move.

I used the Thule Load Bar's as light bars before and they work wonders. You can find them most of the time on CL for cheap like i said at the beginning.

http://pensacola.craigslist.org/spo/1696020852.html

Will that fit? It's 50$ and cheap so if it will I guess I'll buy it.
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Old May 3, 2010 | 11:48 PM
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no. that is for a non-gutter style roof.... also there is no load bars with the kit. Altho your on the right path =]
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Old May 4, 2010 | 12:02 AM
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Stock roof rack works for me. Have 4 small lights mounted Under the front cross bar and 2 on top of it. Don't have a pic with the top lights.

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Old May 4, 2010 | 12:11 AM
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Stock roof rack works for me. Have 4 small lights mounted Under the front cross bar and 2 on top of it. Don't have a pic with the top lights.

My ends are falling off, and the metal bar itself don't look sturdy, I have 2 Huge Hella Lights which weigh a ton right now. I want to get 4 Lights on it though.
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Old May 4, 2010 | 12:15 AM
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I had a set of Hella 700ff's and 2 kc 5x7's mounted on a stock roof rack and didn't have any problems at all. I now own a jcr light rack
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Old May 4, 2010 | 12:26 AM
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Not sure what Kind I have, their the All Glass Baja style. I just think it looks dumb right now, the wires are hanging basically, I tried to tape it down and it just fell off, and maybe 2 more would make it look better. But the wire issue is bad...
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Old May 4, 2010 | 02:10 AM
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93gc40, what kinda lights are those? are they from Oreilly? I was looking at something similar, 55 watt halogen, if yours are the same how do you like em? Thanks
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Old May 4, 2010 | 02:13 AM
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Wiegand, why dont you just use some black zipper tube and cable ties? it'll look cleaner, sorry if i'm "threadjacking" just tryin to help
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Old May 4, 2010 | 02:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Wiegand
My ends are falling off, and the metal bar itself don't look sturdy, I have 2 Huge Hella Lights which weigh a ton right now. I want to get 4 Lights on it though.
Your sock roof rack will work well, it just depend on how you'll gonna mount those lights... Find a way to stabilize your stock roof rack...
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Old May 4, 2010 | 09:40 PM
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How about any diagrams of em? Or any pics of some made ones.
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Old May 5, 2010 | 12:07 AM
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Bump, Just fixed my Roof Lights, and I bought 2 new 6" offroad LED lights, which I just installed onto my bumper

Bump Bump Bump
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Old May 5, 2010 | 12:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Wiegand
Not sure what Kind I have, their the All Glass Baja style. I just think it looks dumb right now, the wires are hanging basically, I tried to tape it down and it just fell off, and maybe 2 more would make it look better. But the wire issue is bad...
The solution is some black plastic conduit from walmart or any auto parts shop. Zip tie the conduit in place. Then to make the light bar more stable use self-tapping screws 3/4" two on each side into the mounting rails and it won't move or shake at all. I screwed ALL of my 6 or 7 light bars down and they aren't going anywhere!

I can get some pics if you want.
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Old May 5, 2010 | 06:29 AM
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try find a old sunvisor take the sunvisor plastic bit off and convert it to take lights
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