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Old Mar 13, 2016 | 05:07 PM
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so me and my coworker split the cost for some 4" LED pod lights, they're a flood beam style and i'm havin a hard time thinkin of how to mount em, i can't decide weather i want em on my A piller, roof rail or what, i've got plans to buy drivin lights for my bumper so i don't wanna put em there for that reason, if anyone cause any ideas or a way they've done it before i'd greatly apperciate the feedback and ideas,

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Old Mar 13, 2016 | 06:15 PM
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I will be getting some for reverse lights....
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Old Mar 13, 2016 | 06:20 PM
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Old Mar 13, 2016 | 08:37 PM
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how's it bolted on there? any issue with the door sealin when it's shut? how well would flood lights work up there lol,

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Old Mar 14, 2016 | 10:34 AM
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No bolts, just three rivets and no leaking or issues whatsoever.
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Old Mar 14, 2016 | 10:47 AM
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No bolts, just three rivets and no leaking or issues whatsoever.
hmmm gotta step by step of how ya did it? i've never messed with rivets before, always drilled em out cause somethin broke lol

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Old Mar 14, 2016 | 10:54 AM
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too easy, mark the holes, drill the holes using a bit that matches the rivet size and use a rivet gun to attach rivets. YouTube should have several step-by-step demos on not only how to rivet but also how/where to run the wires.
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Old Mar 14, 2016 | 10:14 PM
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A different brand of the same brackets http://detoursusa.com/a-pillar-brackets.php
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Old Mar 15, 2016 | 08:51 AM
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Originally Posted by roadraje
too easy, mark the holes, drill the holes using a bit that matches the rivet size and use a rivet gun to attach rivets. YouTube should have several step-by-step demos on not only how to rivet but also how/where to run the wires.
should be simple enough
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A different brand of the same brackets http://detoursusa.com/a-pillar-brackets.php
hmmm, i take it as everything weather it's bolts or rivets hides behind my interior?

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Old Mar 16, 2016 | 05:52 AM
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Detour makes brackets that will let you use a snorkel the rest out there won't.
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Old Mar 16, 2016 | 05:55 AM
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Or if you want dual lights http://www.gg-lighting.net/product/x...d-pillar-mount or these mount to the cowl http://www.rustysoffroad.com/rustys-...-cherokee.html
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Old Mar 16, 2016 | 06:08 AM
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Whatever you do, do not mount them like this picture.

Front bumper has factory holes for auxiliary lighting, with enough room in between for driving light.
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Old Mar 16, 2016 | 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by SteveMongr
Whatever you do, do not mount them like this picture. Front bumper has factory holes for auxiliary lighting, with enough room in between for driving light.
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Old Mar 16, 2016 | 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by SteveMongr
Whatever you do, do not mount them like this picture.

Front bumper has factory holes for auxiliary lighting, with enough room in between for driving light.
i don't know, i do like that flush look, but i rolled out to the spot i used to have bonfires out at cause it's darker out there with no street lights down one road and put power to my LEDs and had em up on my roof and like how they light up, so i think i'm gonna put em up on the roof rack unless someone has "blue prints" for the gutter mounts,

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Old Jun 20, 2019 | 05:41 PM
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Originally Posted by SteveMongr
Whatever you do, do not mount them like this picture.

Front bumper has factory holes for auxiliary lighting, with enough room in between for driving light.
I was actually thinking about mounting some like that as rock lights. Would be bright af
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