Homemade Roof Rack With 4 KC Lights
06-23-2011, 10:06 PM
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almost positive there are no welds in that rack. it has to be some kind of black magic. i never can get mine that clean. nice job
06-24-2011, 09:25 AM
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06-24-2011, 01:53 PM
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Alright, well i will try my best to post the files, are you looking for the part files or the drawings, Part Files are in .IPT, and Drawings are in .DWG (Autodesk Inventor 2011).
Im not sure if an newer version of the files will open in an older version of Autodesk, but its worth a try i guess, haha.....
Thanks to everyone else and there positive feedback, I have bought the KC lights and are going to start wiring it up sometime this week. So ill post more pictures later.....
06-24-2011, 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by KSWISS10
Looks nice. I wish I could weld half as good as you.
06-26-2011, 03:58 AM
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Alright, well i will try my best to post the files, are you looking for the part files or the drawings, Part Files are in .IPT, and Drawings are in .DWG (Autodesk Inventor 2011).
Im not sure if an newer version of the files will open in an older version of Autodesk, but its worth a try i guess, haha.....
Thanks to everyone else and there positive feedback, I have bought the KC lights and are going to start wiring it up sometime this week. So ill post more pictures later.....
Im not sure if an newer version of the files will open in an older version of Autodesk, but its worth a try i guess, haha.....
Thanks to everyone else and there positive feedback, I have bought the KC lights and are going to start wiring it up sometime this week. So ill post more pictures later.....
i need drawing
if you save DWG as 2011 i can`t open them so save DWG as 2010
we are wait more picture with lights
bye
06-27-2011, 11:11 PM
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Today i got the switch plate done, it is going to be mounted on the inside on the center console, out of sight, and hidden away....
Light wiring harness is next....
06-28-2011, 05:10 PM
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Good question, i myself liked the idea of having it mounted to the stock cargo rack mounts. Plus i found that some people who mounted theres to the gutter had damage to the gutters (paint peeling, scuffing, and bending). I just figured that if i ever was to sell the Jeep then i didn't want the gutters to be torn up, thus the way it is mounted now was the best way to go.
I cant say that the way i did it was easy, but i like it, but in my experience, any who is wanting to make there own should go with gutter mounts because it is SO much easier.....
Just a thought........
I cant say that the way i did it was easy, but i like it, but in my experience, any who is wanting to make there own should go with gutter mounts because it is SO much easier.....
Just a thought........
06-28-2011, 05:28 PM
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You should build a rack but with the stock roof rack sliders, that way you could slide your rack off instead of taking all those bolts out