cowl mount light bar

[84stealthranger]

so ive seen some jeeps with this kinda set up and i use to have 4 kc spots on a cap but it was way to high up and got ripped off by a fallen tree. so would this be legal for a ranger. i know its paint but you get the idea..i hope lol

 

[02RangerXLT]

Yeah... of course it would be legal. The only big deal is whether or not your state requires you to cover lights over a certain height, and if they do, whether or not the cops are jerks about it...

Also, I think you're going to get some nasty glare off the hood with your lights there... Mounting on your bumper may be a better idea.

 

[84stealthranger]

Yeah... of course it would be legal. The only big deal is whether or not your state requires you to cover lights over a certain height, and if they do, whether or not the cops are jerks about it...

Also, I think you're going to get some nasty glare off the hood with your lights there... Mounting on your bumper may be a better idea.

ok as long as it should be legal haha. what my plans are is off with the body lift and...im gettin a smittybilt xrc8 for x mas so a new bumper will have to go on. ill try and make some kinda light bar and see if it works if not they will go on the bumper.
anymore ideas on this?

 

[strvger]

you could have a vision problem with big lights that close up to you on the hood. coming up on a sharp down slope on a trail, you may not be able too see down over the front of the hood well enough. just a thought.

 

[spdcrazy]

i've seen similar light bars on jeeps. the badass ones use an LED stripe. but they are way pricey. and the glare off the hood very well could be an issue. not to mention the light bar won't do much at all for light up close. more for distance.

i completely agree with not wanting lights up top, but lights on the cowl might not be much better of an idea.


I just ordered a pair of LED trail lights, the oval ones that are mostly used for brake lights on flat beds and utilitie box's. Mine are 24 LED, and of course clear. i'm going to replace the front lower turn signals on my 86 with these, point them down and out a bit, and make them into rock lights.

 

[strvger]

maybe fab up mounts for the A pillar like they have for jeeps and sammy's windshield frames. gets the lights at about eye level, below the roof line, shouldn't affect vision on the trails, and i think they look good.
just a thought.

 

[rkneeshaw]

maybe fab up mounts for the A pillar like they have for jeeps and sammy's windshield frames. gets the lights at about eye level, below the roof line, shouldn't affect vision on the trails, and i think they look good.
just a thought.

I'd probably go this route if I could, seems like a great idea, but I don't know anyone who makes those kind of mounts.

 

[doyouquaxu]

only problem mounting it on the pillar is that it makes a huge blind spot when you're trying to look that way for a turn or something.

 

[84stealthranger]

you could have a vision problem with big lights that close up to you on the hood. coming up on a sharp down slope on a trail, you may not be able too see down over the front of the hood well enough. just a thought.

didnt think of that thanks

 

[84stealthranger]

maybe fab up mounts for the A pillar like they have for jeeps and sammy's windshield frames. gets the lights at about eye level, below the roof line, shouldn't affect vision on the trails, and i think they look good.
just a thought.

hmm i wonder how i could mount that? i wonder if the drip rail is strong enuf to hold something like that and take small trees hitting it?

 

[84stealthranger]

i've seen similar light bars on jeeps. the badass ones use an LED stripe. but they are way pricey. and the glare off the hood very well could be an issue. not to mention the light bar won't do much at all for light up close. more for distance.

i completely agree with not wanting lights up top, but lights on the cowl might not be much better of an idea.


I just ordered a pair of LED trail lights, the oval ones that are mostly used for brake lights on flat beds and utilitie box's. Mine are 24 LED, and of course clear. i'm going to replace the front lower turn signals on my 86 with these, point them down and out a bit, and make them into rock lights.

do u have a link for them?

 

[strvger]

i figured they would mount right at the roof line. kinda where the windshield tint stripe is. wouldn't be so low as to really impede looking left or right unless you're using 6" or 8" lights. a really good set of 5" lights should work there with minimal vision interference, imho. all the mounts would need is to be cut and bent so it move the light mount over more in front of the windshield so it doesn't stick out too far on the sides. then just bolt them on. just a thought.

 

[84stealthranger]

i figured they would mount right at the roof line. kinda where the windshield tint stripe is. wouldn't be so low as to really impede looking left or right unless you're using 6" or 8" lights. a really good set of 5" lights should work there with minimal vision interference, imho. all the mounts would need is to be cut and bent so it move the light mount over more in front of the windshield so it doesn't stick out too far on the sides. then just bolt them on. just a thought.

only thing is i wouldnt wanna drill in to my roof. but i know what u mean. ive got some old kc's but they mount with a 3/4 nut on the bottom ive takin then apart and trying to figure out a way to use them with out the factory mounting hardware.

 

[84stealthranger]

ill post up pics of what i have tomorrow and maybe figure out a way to mount them with out the big chrome housing.

 

[machine090767]

any light mounted either above the lip of the hood or over 42 inches, MUST be covered when on the road. in ALL 50 states.