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Old 09-28-2010, 09:20 PM   #1
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I need to do something similar with Crashy to get light over the plow. When I get around to chopping her top, they'll be mounted to the roll cage. Until then I was thinking about a roof bar, like just the front section of a roof rack.
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Old 09-28-2010, 10:15 PM   #2
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I need to do something similar with Crashy to get light over the plow. When I get around to chopping her top, they'll be mounted to the roll cage. Until then I was thinking about a roof bar, like just the front section of a roof rack.
PAR36 bulbs and housings would be perfect for something like that on a budget. sealed beam bulbs are cheap, buy/mount one cheap housing and swap bulbs as you like. rubber housings are about 8 bucks, bulbs 8-10 each from led's to floods to 100w airplane landing lights. lots of options.

i've concluded the only way i can make it work is to mount them in the front grille. i'd need to find a hosing that can mount flush to the front of the grill and cover the holes i'd need to cut. only problem is i'd have to way to aim or adjust the beams...
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PAR36 bulbs and housings would be perfect for something like that on a budget. sealed beam bulbs are cheap, buy/mount one cheap housing and swap bulbs as you like. rubber housings are about 8 bucks, bulbs 8-10 each from led's to floods to 100w airplane landing lights. lots of options.

i've concluded the only way i can make it work is to mount them in the front grille. i'd need to find a hosing that can mount flush to the front of the grill and cover the holes i'd need to cut. only problem is i'd have to way to aim or adjust the beams...
So, the grill mounting is so they are low enough to be legal for normal road use?
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Old 09-28-2010, 11:21 PM   #4
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So, the grill mounting is so they are low enough to be legal for normal road use?
i like the looks of the car, and am trying not to interfere with it too much. i had driving lights coming out of the lower grill, and only removed them because they stuck out by themselves. without fabricating a light bar i'd like them "sunken". garm's fog lights are good, but i want to be able to change bulbs to find what i like... different wattages and beam patterns...

if i only had a crashy...
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Old 09-29-2010, 01:32 PM   #5
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easy. make a light bar that pokes through the upper grill mesh and bolts into the steel crash bumper behind the plastic bumper cover. like this http://web.mac.com/jonnieoh/My_MINI_...ts_How-To.html only you can do it out the top grill and not the lower one. lucky for us, the lights wont interfere with the hood opening like some cars.

or, if you want real lighting, mount this in the upper grill http://www.rhinopartsandperformance....-LED-LIGHT.htm and you wont have any problems with seeing.
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