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Old Jul 17, 2012 | 05:21 PM
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I bought me 4 lights from walmart. ther 5.75 by like 3 inches. I have 4 of them. But my xj Is a 2000 model. and my roof racks don't span the entire roof. i tried scooting them forward. but the holes won't line up. So i need some ideas on How i can mount the lights. what i should use or anything. If i should bolt them straight into the roof. or if i should fabricate some kind of light bar.
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Old Jul 17, 2012 | 05:45 PM
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Originally Posted by 2k_Xj
I bought me 4 lights from walmart. ther 5.75 by like 3 inches. I have 4 of them. But my xj Is a 2000 model. and my roof racks don't span the entire roof. i tried scooting them forward. but the holes won't line up. So i need some ideas on How i can mount the lights. what i should use or anything. If i should bolt them straight into the roof. or if i should fabricate some kind of light bar.
Mount them on the front bumper or on the roof. Seems like most people do that.
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Old Jul 17, 2012 | 06:41 PM
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Mount them on the front bumper or on the roof. Seems like most people do that.
I want to mount them on the roof. What im saying is my problem is that I want to mount htem on the roof rack them have the bar across but i dont have a full spanning rail and i have a moon roof.
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Old Jul 17, 2012 | 09:47 PM
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Maybe you could pick up an aftermarket rack, or a different OEM rack to suit your purposes. I don't know what kind of rack you need, but a safari type rack might work?
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Old Jul 18, 2012 | 01:50 AM
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Maybe you could pick up an aftermarket rack, or a different OEM rack to suit your purposes. I don't know what kind of rack you need, but a safari type rack might work?
That's what I was aiming for. I've been looking at Cargo/Safari racks. and the size's but they don't allow enough room for my moon roof open fully. So I brain stormed. This weekend I'm going to home depot. buying conduit steal and rebar and going to fabricate one.
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Old Jul 18, 2012 | 06:46 AM
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Old Jul 18, 2012 | 06:59 AM
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Mount them on that after market front bumper you always wanted.
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