gram

I have been toying with the thought of a light bar for some time now but I didn't want to mount it on the roof, to me it looks like mickey mouse ears up there. I know its hard to tell from these pictures how this will be mounted but the bar will sit about 6-8 inches down the windshield. This way it will give it a lower profile and hopefully help from having a tree branch rip it off. I'm making it out of 1 inch tubing with a 1/16 wall thickness. As the project progresses Ill post more pics of it.

gram

Made a little more progress. Here are some pics with the center bars installed.

Lowrange2

So, what are you going to mount it to?

gram

My plan as of now is to mount it to the A pillars and then running a bar from the top of the light bar back to a mount in the middle of the roof. The bar that runs to the roof top will be adjustable,that way I will be able to point the lights up or down if I feel they need tweaked. A lot of the desert race trucks use this set up.

xj_maniac_newb

why not make a rack behind it and mount it to the gutter mounts? something like this one.

mastrblastr

Sweet!! I Like it!

Future

Cant wait to see how this turns out. Ive been wanting to put a light bar on my jeep for a while. just cant figure out how i wanna do it

1ABrian

yeah I like this. Looks like its comin out good. Waitin to see what way you decide to go on mounting

Slim357

this would be sweet mounted on the front bumper would give the jeep that pre runner look.

gram

While I really like the look of that set up it wont really work for me. The jeep is a chop top and I would have to build a pretty small rack which might look kind of funny.

xj_maniac_newb

Makes sense. Made any progress on it?

gram

So here is the light bar test fitted on the jeep. The small brackets attach to the A pillar using heavy duty sheet metal screws and I am in the process of building an adjustable stabilizing bar that will attach to the roof.

sfcherokeeguy

Very clean look any plans to maybe sell these after your is finished

JerrytheJeep

I would add a strip of rubber or some thick grommet type things in-between the bar and your windshield just as a precaution.

zebaffe

I second this notion. Dude I'd pay you to make me one of these. I'd do it myself but lack the ability to weld :/

If you could make one of these, and directions on how to install the beast, I think you could make a lil money on the side from these beautiful piece of work. I'd be a for sure customer