Pelfreybilt Off-Road

I took some pics...





In the second pic you can see (kinda) the clearance between the body of the light and the piece beneath the headlight

 

Thanks. I'll mess with it some. See if I can't get some pics as well.

 

You are definitely going to rub, brother. Out in the desert having fun, i had my bumper clearanced at about 3/8"-1/2" away from my fiberglass fenders...one trip out to the desert and i wore through the paint down to the fiberglas.

Funny story, i never actually thought about how much the body flexes on the frame until i got my new truck with the 6 speed...if i rest my hand on the stick while driving and hit bumps and stuff i can feel the stick moving around. So small clearances between body and frame are gonna rub, especially if you off road

 

Hmm... Well if it rubs on the light I'll take the snips to the piece under the headlight... My bumper to body gap is much bigger though

 

You're supposed to cut the piece under the headlight

 

I would recommend that immediately. Light is attached to bumper which is attached to frame...headlight piece is attached to body. So that 1/8" is nothing as soon as you start driving and hit a bump in the road or something hehe. Just trying to save you some heart ache when you go check and find notches in your new rigid lights lol i would bend or clip that bracket back at least a good 1/2" away from the lights

 

I can't wait to get a front bumper for my truck

 

Thanks

Yeah I used the factory wiring harness for the D2's. If you cut approx 1/4" off the connector coming off of the D2 it will hook directly into the factory wiring harness. I thought about using rubberized heat shrink but the size difference between the plugs was too great. Ended up wrapping the plugs with electrical tape then ziptied the wires to where they can't be seen.

 

Not on a 12+. There is enough clearance for the D2. At least there is with mine. I still have about 1/4 inch between the brace below the headlight and the D2. I left about 1/2" gap between the bumper and body panels for body flex off road.

 

What did you do with the long thin bracket that runs under the grill/headlights? The one that the under headlight piece is connected to. I see mine still so idk if i just need to move my bumper up more, cause you cant take them out right?

 

Left it in place. Just moved the bumper up to where I had about 1/2" clearance between the fender since the body and frame move independently from each other. Bumper sits even with that metal piece your talking about

 

So, retard moment for me this weekend. I forgot the swingout was locked open and took off down the trail to hear a large bang moments later. I sheared the locking pin off completely. Is this part easily replaced?

 

maybe i just pay too much attention then cause thats about the same spacing i have. I need to pull it off and paint it all black like you had though.

 

The locking pin on the spindle?

 

Yeah it's just the screw in pin and handle, PM Tyler or Satin about it.

Matt

 

To get my rigids to have enough clearance with the frame flexing I trimmed the sheet metal as much as possible and then added some rubber trim over it so IF it touches, it doesn't make noise or mess with the lights. So far, so good.

 

I have a bracket for the clip holding the trim piece below the headlight right in the way. Think I'm gonna cut the bracket in half then jb weld the clip part to the top of the sheet metal. Then I can cut and bend the bottom half for d2 clearance.

 

I was able to leave the clip in place and just trim the sheet metal up to the base of the clip to provide enough clearance

 

Do you mean trimmed up to where the bolt is? Doing that might give me1/8".

 

Yeah. It gave me enough clearance. My bumper may be a bit lower but with the rubber trim added on, it's been solid. No rubbing or cutting into the light or anything...