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Old Dec 29, 2009 | 01:42 AM
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anyone have any homemade lightbars?
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Old Dec 29, 2009 | 02:35 AM
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Originally Posted by ckysodkorn_xj
anyone have any homemade lightbars?
just use the stock roof rails. the are practically made for em.
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Old Dec 29, 2009 | 12:22 PM
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you sure? were do you run the wires?
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Old Dec 29, 2009 | 12:35 PM
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cheap bar bent for stock bumper welded tabs on hung lights
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Old Dec 29, 2009 | 01:06 PM
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i cant do it on the bumper because i have a winch was looking for one that goes on top. good idea thou
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Old Jan 29, 2010 | 02:47 AM
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i used the stock bar on my jeep and it turned out great easy to hide the wires and everythin[IMG]file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/VICTOR%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.png[/IMG]g.
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Old Jan 29, 2010 | 03:55 PM
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i have them up thier.. worried they'll fall off with the drag from highway speeds
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Old Jan 30, 2010 | 08:40 PM
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i found a skii rack that stretched to the rain gutters....gutted it then drilled into roof.....ran wires through one of the holes.GO withe square lights,round ones look goofy

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Old Jan 30, 2010 | 09:34 PM
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anyone do a hood one like the tj's? or is this not possible with the hood
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Old Jan 30, 2010 | 10:31 PM
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i like the libby ones on xjs
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Old Jan 30, 2010 | 10:34 PM
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anyone do a hood one like the tj's? or is this not possible with the hood
I've thought about it and looked at it for a while and there is really no where to put them that they wouldn't be in the way.

If you were real good you might be able to fit them on the very outside edges of the cowl in front of the windshield wipers.
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Old Jan 30, 2010 | 10:42 PM
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Originally Posted by tomcarey88
i found a skii rack that stretched to the rain gutters....gutted it then drilled into roof.....ran wires through one of the holes.GO withe square lights,round ones look gay
well i bet you 100 bucks my "gay" round lights are brighter than yours xD 150w kc daylighters.
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Old Jan 31, 2010 | 12:23 AM
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Old Jan 31, 2010 | 03:43 AM
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My lights are bolted to the stock roof rack, with the wires running along the inside of the rack. And I garuntee my two round farm implement lights are brighter than those 4 bajas, and I like the contrast to the box body.
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Old Jan 31, 2010 | 11:25 AM
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i made the light bar on my xj with a piece of steel u-channel


---Damn you trees--- looking for a set of bolts for fender flare

the light bar bolts go thru the holes on the roof rails, very handy

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