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Made light bar for Hella 500's
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Author:  BNJ-KJ [ Sat Dec 06, 2008 12:12 pm ]
Post subject:  Made light bar for Hella 500's
I figured I'd post this here for people looking for different ideas. I made the light bar out of 1" rigid aluminum conduit that way I don't have to worry about chipping paint or rusting. Just polish it up every now and then. I attached it with 4 screws through the bumper and into the metal. I used some 1/4" self tapping screws to attach the lights to the conduit. They feel pretty rigid. I wired the switch's +12v from the parking light(rather than the headlight per hella's instructions) that way they can only be on if I have my parking lights on. That way I'll still get the warning chime if I forget I have them on. I think it turned out really well so I thought I'd share.

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Author:  riptricket [ Sat Dec 06, 2008 1:15 pm ]
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sweet install!
And don't worry about "forgetting" if you leave them on, you will know if they are on!
Author:  501 [ Sat Dec 06, 2008 3:57 pm ]
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Looks good! And yea, if you leave them on, you do notice when you get out.
Author:  ga_repoman [ Mon Dec 15, 2008 1:17 am ]
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NICE LOOKING BAR
great work did you do the wielding on that yourself ?
Looks good :) :)
Author:  ObiHann [ Thu Dec 25, 2008 9:58 pm ]
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Looks great, makes the Jeep very angry, almost a snarl to it ;)
Author:  CrossBones [ Sun Dec 28, 2008 12:18 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Made light bar for Hella 500's
Yeah it looks good.
BNJ-KJ wrote:
I attached it with 4 screws through the bumper and into the metal. I used some 1/4" self tapping screws to attach the lights to the conduit. They feel pretty rigid.

You need to wheel it hard (off-road) and report back to us.
Author:  Sport [ Tue Jan 06, 2009 3:28 pm ]
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Looks good. Just so you know, there is no metal under the bumper cover just some more plastic.
Author:  tommudd [ Tue Jan 06, 2009 3:39 pm ]
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you can hit the frame rail if you come in 3.5 inches from where it dips down to the center section and then out 1 inch from the grill, drill there and you can access from underneath to install lights or a light bar
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