nope only on the front.... the reason for the length of the side bars is for strength and support... by the end of this Fab project you will understand

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so i managed to get some welding time in on it today along side working on my Comanche.... but after welding this cross bar in place and then mocking it up on the XJ i find out i should've checked for clearance before deciding where to put it..... go figure... as it sits now the very center of the cross bar makes contact with the roof itself..... might get a pic tomorrow..... so now i gotta cut it off and reposition it about 1.5" or so forward SOAB!!!!!!! i had figured all my measurements on where to mount the light tabs and where to drill holes...

so a little set back but i may have it corrected by this weekend

 

Looks good! what size are those tires in the background?

 

36's..... Super Swamper Iroks


so i got the cross bar moved up about a good 1.5", and then centered and mounted the light tabs


some test fitting....


and some more test fitting

 

some more coinage!!

this is the bender i've been using for the rack.... only cost me $78

bent up the top hoop for the rack....

then cut it down a little bit and tacked it in place

 

I love it!!! nice lights. I believe those lights would make people believe in UFOs haha. keep it up

 

those lights dont look that big until you put them on the jeep. you gonna be able to go through truve-thru's with those?

 

I think I'm gonna sorta copy your design and extend it for a rack.

Where did you get the bender?

Nice work btw!

 

yea they seem pretty moderate until you actually stack em up and "mounted" em... as for drive-through's. Yes i should be ok... my overall height with the rack mount, to my highest point will be around 6.5ft.... average drive through is 8ft minimum... i dont really plan on hitting any tight trails so i'm not concerned with having it ripped off..

lol plz do, and be sure throw some pictures up here. Its nice to know my fab project has inspired someone to make their own. I thought about making it a slim style low-profile rack but my xj has a sunroof.... so its not too practical... the bender, i picked up from Menards...

so far in the fab i have (3) 10ft 3/4" I.D. Galvanized conduit ($10 ea.) the brackets from JCR ($46 shipped) and the bender ($76) so thats a total of $152...... not too bad

thanks for all the comments, really enjoying this fab project

 

I don't think we have those in Colorado... well looks like ill be making a trip to harbor freight.

 

wow definatly would like to copy the idea, looks well sic

 

HAHAHAHAHAH OMG THOSE LIGHTS ARE MASSIVE!!!!!!! I LOVE IT!!!!!! GREAT JOB!!!!

 

LOL, as soon as you said Menards I knew you were from Michigan without even looking at your location. I'm originally from Newaygo, if you know where that's at. And I think we're the only state that has Menards. But to answer blue_on_blackXJ's question about the bender, I have found them at both Lowes and Home Depot, usually in the electrical section. Great light bar by the way bro, been trying to figure out how to do mine and this might be the best way.

 

Wow...... big lights!

Looking good though, keep it up.

 

thx again guys,
yea i figured when i posted where i picked the bender up from i prolly should have posted (any basic home improvement super center). (BTW yea i know where newaygo is, ever been out to Baptist Lake??)

Unfortunately though when i really got moving on this project this passed friday afternoon when i got home from work..... I drastically underestimated the DANGERS of welding galvanized without a filtered Mask.... No, a plain bandana will not suffice.... "my stupidity" so i have been sick as a dog with Galvanized Poisoning since....(basically gives you a hardcore flu sickness) 3 -days now, nothing but hot soup n tea and not leaving the bed.

I hope to have this finished this week, after i pickup some sweet face masks Only have about 5 more pieces to weld on so it wont take much

SO PLZ everyone wear proper Venting and filtering masks when welding galvanized anything.....

 

Yeah I've been to Baptist Lake. I lived in Newaygo til about 10 years ago when I joined the service. Nice to see some hometown boys on here. Keep it up man and get better.