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Making Your Own Roof LED Bar Brackets

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Builds (2005-2015)' started by 01tacorunner, Jul 13, 2014.

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Jul 13, 2014 at 8:38 PM

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Seeing if i can make my own brackets without spending $200 on them

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How thick is that material?

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You're going to need A LOT more metal than that.

Don't run it the way if you have it in the pictures, you'll likely crack your windshield.

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totally right, going to make them out of 1/4'' steel. aluminum is way to soft

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Even with 1/4" steel your design is going to bounce all over the place with the light hanging off of it. My $.02

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1/4" I can't imagine why you'd need em THAT thick?? Other than being overkill it's gonna really cause you problems in trying to get that moulding back down..

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Even with 1/4" steel your design is going to bounce all over the place with the light hanging off of it. My $.02
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Countless he run a thinner piece with some angle bracing to stiffen it up?

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