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Old Dec 12, 2012 | 11:33 AM
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This is the second rack i have built the last one was made out of angle iron square tubing i built this one out of EMT conduit and some 1/8'' plate.




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Old Dec 12, 2012 | 04:37 PM
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What lights are those? And that looks really nice!
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Old Dec 12, 2012 | 09:44 PM
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Hey thanks. the lights are 100watt blazers sandblasted and painted black.
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Old Dec 12, 2012 | 10:24 PM
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Nice! Are they bright? Looking into a couple of lights for my bumper.
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Old Dec 13, 2012 | 12:25 AM
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Nice! Are they bright? Looking into a couple of lights for my bumper.
I haven't installed my yet. Christmas present from wife. Anyway, I got the 27w LED flood lights for my bumper (well she did). Check them out on Youtube.com their nice! Bought them on Ebay or Amazon. Forget.

$88
http://www.ebay.com/itm/360521521805...84.m1497.l2649


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Old Dec 13, 2012 | 05:05 AM
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Rack looks great. I like the plate corners instead of bent corners. Kinda flows with the lines of the XJ better I think.
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Old Dec 13, 2012 | 10:12 AM
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Nice job. Looks good and is probably pretty light.
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Old Dec 13, 2012 | 10:14 AM
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Looks great bud!
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Old Dec 13, 2012 | 11:16 AM
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thats why i used the plates thanks guys and yeah they are bright for 15 bucks each
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Old Dec 18, 2012 | 05:01 PM
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how did you mount it to the roof? did you take off the stock roof rack bars and runners?
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Old Dec 20, 2012 | 11:11 AM
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how did you mount it to the roof? did you take off the stock roof rack bars and runners?

if you zoom in on the picture of it installed on the Jeep you can see it mounted on the rain gutter like most racks, and it looks like a stock rails were deleted
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Old Dec 20, 2012 | 03:44 PM
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wow nice rack!
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Old Dec 20, 2012 | 07:01 PM
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Phoned around today to get some prices for conduit. Pretty cheap and lots of places to get it. Thanks for the pics!! Next project here I come!
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Old Dec 20, 2012 | 10:27 PM
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I used c channel for the gutters my Cherokee came stock with a clean roof thank god
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Old Dec 23, 2012 | 10:09 AM
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Great job on the rack.
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