Mounting Led Light Bar To Roof Rack

Led light bars whether mounted on your 4runner s roof bumper or elsewhere provide that extra boost of lighting on the trail off roading or even in utility situations like setting up camp after dark.

Mounting led light bar to roof rack.

That brought the light bar closer to the roof. Xpi light bar has two sets of holes on each side that both bolt on the mounting feet. Once it is in the snorkel head the cable will run down into the dirty side of the airbox and will require drilling through the side of the airbox to penetrate the wiring back into the engine bay. As with any diy project always measure twice and.

I liked the price and i know i will soon need to mount an led bar on either a roof rack or bumper bar. With the help of a friend offer light bar to bracket and use the hardware supplied with the light bar to fasten into the roof rack bracket. This set was purchased on a whim. Extreme led 44 x6s amber white led bar on the front runner slimline ii roof rack for the 5th gen 4runner.

Some roof rack manufacturers may have optional light bar mounting brackets like this rola titan roof tray which makes installation as simple as spinning a few spanners. Where bolt on roof rack mounts are not an option a little ingenuity and a few extra tools may be required. Brackets are solid and strong. Carefully align the two brackets and light bar to sit symmetrically on the roof rack and tighten.

Although not commonly adopted it is possible to loop the wire from a roof light bar into the back of the snorkel head. While mounting a light bar on the bullbar is often easiest the roof mounted option is far more popular freeing up space on the bullbar for traditional driving lights. The included rubber tube mounts are great for multiple sizes of tubes. I have an alloy tradesman roof rack and have fitted a slim 1 2m led bar across the front being a slim led bar i was able to mount it below the floor height of the rack allowing me to still carry long items such as ladders without interfering.

This video shows how easy it is to diy install the 42 inch stedi st4k 80 led light bar to the rhino roof rack on a ford ranger raptor. I plan to use this on a roof mounted basket for an led light bar. I do have a light bar on the roof rack of my land cruiser 100 and offer the following pros and cons. Here s another example on another vehicle of how to properly mount an led light bar on the roof of your truck.

Vision x xpi led light bar roof mount install completed. Find out how to wire roof mounted led spotlights lightbar to your car or truck.