Oregon

Yesterday I got my new ARB Bumper installed as well as my Hella Optilux 20/20 Lights... 6 of them to be exact. That put me with 12 55w bulbs across the safari rack.
Here are a few pictures and tips.
1- have at-least 2 or more friends to help install the bumper. You can do it alone but, it goes so much better with help.
2- I had to mount my control box for the M8000 at an angle to get it to fit. Mounting it the way as instructed didn't work. It pushed against the grill. This way it will also avoid having standing water on it.
3-The front of the vehicle did drop a little. But it was barley noticeable
4- For the lights its hard to find a spot for switches in an XJ. I went with the center console. Lots of room to hide wires, and I already had a monster cable running through there for power.
5- Test the lights before final install. Seems obvious but we were running out of daylight and just installed everything. The fog lights don't work on 2 of them and the driving lights don't work on 2 of them.

a1racer

that's a nice looking jeep there i love the arb bumpers. what is next for the jeep

jakedalton

that looks sic i like the placement of the switches also

Oregon

No major changes. Get the CB installed, and find some waterproof storage box for the roof. Want something low profile 6 inches tall or less, but wide enough to fit the width of the rack. A locker for the rear someday, but no time soon.

Stillwater Outfitters XJ

Nice im puttin on the same set up tommorow ARB bumper M8000 Winch question: did you run your winch/lights strait to the battery?

a1racer

what do you need the water proof box for if it is not to big you could put a couple ammo box's on the rack

Stillwater Outfitters XJ

Also how did you run the wire for the lights through the firewall and into the cab of the jeep?
Thanks

jeep98b

I love the ARB wish I had the $$$ for one. Looks great.

Oregon

For the front I ran the winch wires directly to the battery. As long as there is no short it wont drain your battery. For the firewall, there is a grommet on passenger side upper corner. I drilled a hole and ran the wires through. You should be able to do it with most of the grommets.

Its good to have a guide wire.. like an old antenna you can push through and have your wires tapped to the other end. Antennas work great because they have the ball on the end and it wont snag on things.

Oregon

I like to have some basic supplies with me all the time. Straps, clevis', come-alongs, and all the extras. If I had a box up top, i could always have them there and not every worry about having the right supplies. Also with the right box it will look good and not pieced together.

a1racer

check this place out they have a decent selection not sure if this is what you want or not http://www.colemans.com/containers.htm.

Stillwater Outfitters XJ

so you have your winch and all your lights hooked up to your one battery?

Oregon

For now yes.. next month Ill get a new air intake and open up the air box area for a dual battery set up. As long as your rig is running it would be fine to winch or run lights. If winching though I would turn off the auxiliary lights just to save the power.

Oregon

Thanks, I think i found what im looking for. http://store.colemans.com/cart/us-gi...ll-p-2325.html

Thanks again for the link

claygrassmann

something you could do is fab one up out of some plate, i did the similar thing when i was in iraq and needed a bii box for my 915, except all i had to use was wood, to water proof it i took some fuel line and screwed that down over the edges, you could glue it on to the metal if you wanted to make one that way it would be exactly what you wanted