Custom Light Bar

kjmurphy · **Posted:** Thu May 25, 2006 12:56 pm

So here's the light bar I made about three weeks ago and finally got around to putting it on today. (I got sick of driving with out a bumper on and I will be camping tomorrow) It is steel tubing with some brackets. Pretty easy to do if you have a mig welder. Oh, and I got it powder coated. (semi-gloss black)

RespectMyLibertay · **Posted:** Thu May 25, 2006 1:17 pm

That looks very professional. Well done!

Guyute1210 · **Posted:** Thu May 25, 2006 2:23 pm

Looks good...nice work!

corwyyn · **Posted:** Thu May 25, 2006 2:52 pm

Nice! Looks like you bolted it to the bumper - did you go thru metal or just the plastic cover?

nolakj · **Posted:** Thu May 25, 2006 3:36 pm

Dude!! That looks great. Any chance of posting a blue print or the dimensions you used. That really looks good.

kjmurphy · **Posted:** Thu May 25, 2006 5:18 pm

to answer the questions
I did bolt it to the metal front frame rail.

The bar is 19 1/2" long of 1" square tubing and the mounts I cut out of 2" angled steel that are an 1 1/2" wide then welded 3 1/2" (tall) by 1" (wide) piece of 1/4" steel to come out of the bumper.

blacksmoke · **Posted:** Sat May 27, 2006 7:00 pm

Me like! Where do I send the money for you to build me one? :roll:

waddy whiteguts · **Posted:** Sat May 27, 2006 10:23 pm

Pretty slick!! Looks cool on your Jeep, nice work!

kjmurphy · **Posted:** Sun May 28, 2006 1:43 pm

Blacksmoke,
I was only able to use my friend's father's shop to make it. With the tools, MIG welder, and metal scraps he has, it was very easy. Sorry I will not be able to build you one unless my friend wants to make one when he gets his cherokee.

Jeep Dawg · **Posted:** Thu Jun 01, 2006 1:03 pm

Hey man, that is a pretty SLICK job you did on the bumpber mount.

I DIG IT MAN!

Jeep Dawg · **Posted:** Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:25 am

I finally got time to install my off road lights. They only were in the back of my KJ for 2 months.
Here it is, and I found an easy way to mount them

and this is how I mounted them with out drilling any holes except for the fire wall.:

And here is the fire wall wire run to the cab I found this an easy spot to get a drill in next to the motor:

And here is the switch in the cab:

And here is the end results:

kjmurphy · **Posted:** Mon Jun 05, 2006 7:27 pm

Hey jeep dawg those lights look really good. I like how they match the bull bar and the location of the switch mines further down.

Jeep Dawg · **Posted:** Wed Jun 07, 2006 9:33 am

Thanks kjmurphy,

It took a long time to plan it out. I wanted to match as best as i could.
I knew where I was going to put the switch from day 1 because I was messing around under the dash trying to look for a place to mount it and then that little strip molding fell off when looking, I was like, UH HA, thats where ya gonna live switch....

Guest · **Posted:** Wed Aug 02, 2006 5:38 am

It is really??

sofakingtired · **Joined:** Sun Jun 05, 2011 7:33 am **Posts:** 7

The Bar is awesome man. Im trying to build something similar but I have two questions:
1. what size are the holes your drilled into the brackets that attach to the jeep?
2. Is there any reason you did not weld the cross beam?
Thanks in advance!

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