50" curved with bottom of bar level with top of windshield or just barely above is my opinion. If this looks real good should get him to consider making more mounts for the rest of us

 

Thanks for the input, I tried to find a 50" curved bar but could only find a 53" or a 49" bar. I'm going to go with the 49" size. They have a flood/spot combo beam that I'm looking at now. I'm working with the fab guy now to get the correct dimensions.

Any other input would be great, thanks!

 

I bought my 32 incher on ebay the funny part that I want you to keep in mind is that the ad for mine said 32" but when it showed up I measured it to be 30", was 32" from outside of mounts which can be reversed and then its back down to 30. So a 53" might really be 50 or 51. Just food for thought.

 

I ordered the 49" bar and the wiring harness today. I should have everything by next week and the jeep goes to the fabricator in June, he's booked up until then. I'll keep you guys posted though about him putting a mounting kit together for anyone who is interested. Also, I'm gonna have him take a look at the roof rails to see if he can make a super low profile basket while he has it. I like the idea of holding cargo on the roof, but I'm not a fan of the high 4"-5" sides of the current production baskets.

 

Let me know how this pans out. I want to do something like this for sure. If he could make more id definitely be interested in purchasing some.

 

I'll keep everyone posted once the jeep gets dropped off. I LED bar came in today, it's huge compared to the 20" bar in my front bumper. Pics attached!

 

That looks awesome! I've been thinking about getting one for myself would you mind letting us know how much you picked it up for and where?

 

You will have to let people know if it creates any more wind noise like the crossbars do and drive people crazy....I like how that is going to look and would be a neat one to have over my 17 inch I just ordered for my RRO Stage 1 bumper

 

We finished up the led bar mounts and got the bar on the jeep today. The mount are 3" and 3/16" thick, we coated them with spray on bed liner and bolted them to the door sill with 1/4" bolts. The front and back of the door sill is lined with silicon so there aren't any leaks and we made reliefs in the weather stripping to clear to bolt heads. Pictures below:

 

you can make a killing selling these. just fyi. i bet more than 20 people would buy them and 20-40 dollars when the material is like what 4 bucks a foot..

 

I want a night shot all lit up looks amazing!!!

 

Wired everything up tonight, smooth install and I have to say the LED bar is BRIGHT! The curved design throws a great light pattern. Pictures below:

 

Could you share a link of where you got the 20" LED bar? & How it's assembled into the bumper?

 

Below is a link for a similar LED bar like my bumper has. Though my bumper LED is 100% "flood" pattern. I had to trim some plastic away from the lower bumper for the bar to fit flush and I used a 3/8" drill to put a hole through the metal bumper and used 3 1/2" bolts to secure it. It's very solid, it took a few trips to Lowes to get the correct parts, but it all came out decent.


http://m.ebay.com/itm/281225581618?nav=SEARCH

 

How many inches dose the light bar sit off the jeep. From window or roof. Can you take a pic of the gap. Looks cool though

 

I tried to keep it as close as possible without it hanging over the front window. It sits about 2", maybe a tad less away from where the roof meets the front window. Hope this helps!

 

Question: Will you have to cover these "off-road" lights while on the public roadway, like we see on other driving lights? Or is that a state-by-state requirement?

 

is there an actual law stating they have to be covered? I thought it was just no overhead lights in city limits, and no bumper lights over 50 watts (halogen) Then again, I drove my giant Ford around with my 100 watt KC lights on all the time. 1-because it was a monster truck, so why the hell not, and 2- the stock headlamps housings were garbage and barely produced a glow the truck was so tall.

 

Looks good, I'm currently looking at some led set ups and I really like the look of the top light and the bumper light. Do you drive on the road with the bumper light on? I as because the stock dogs are basically worthless, and I'd like to add to them or replace them.

 

Thanks! I wouldn't recommend driving with any led bar ON while on a normal road. They are extremely bright and throw a very wide pattern of light that oncoming traffic wouldn't be too happy about. I only use them off road due to they're brightness. I'm sure you could add some smaller halogen lights to the bumper and have them aimed in such a way so you could keep them on while driving on normal roads, but as for LED bars, best to keep them turned off until you hit the dirt.

 

I meant the stock fog lights, not the headlamps. The stock fog lights are not that great... they seem to me to be just fashion prices that only add the look of a fog light while doing very little in the way of improving visibility.

 

Wouldn't know too much about the foglights, but I have noticed they don't seem to be too bright. Could be part of the reason TJN installed yellow aftermarket fogs when he still had his 2010 and added the option.

 

Dave, how's the wind noise on that bar up top? And any glare from the light right there above the windshield?

 

There's is definitely wind noise at freeway speeds and if there is a cross wind while driving. There's always a trade off with comfort and looking good right? Haha. I'm going to be swapping out the pillar mounting bolts to some flatter "carriage" type bolt heads to see if I can get a better seal in between the weather stripping. I run it through a car wash the other day though and it doesn't leak, so that's good.

As far as glare, there isn't any. I was worried about it reflecting on the hood, but it's mounted high enough so it doesn't do any of that.

 

i added the 4inch generic led off road lights in mine. they are very bright now lol

 

how about a pic of the bracket where it attaches to the door frame. this looks promising for other adaptations.

 

i get flashed now that i am driving the Patriot. confused me the first couple of time. thought they were warning me there was a police officer up ahead. the Pat does sit alot higher than my old car did. wife complains she needs a step ladder to get in. hehehehe