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What did you end up doing for the brackets?

 

No I haven't had a chance to revisit this. My second daughter was born in February and it hasn't been a priority.

 

Congrats!

 

Thanks

 

Finally got the bar mounted.

 

how is the roof glare on this?

 

Its mounted but not wired yet. I literally just finished getting it mounted this morning.

Whats not shown is a nail is welded to the nut to keep it from rotating when tightening the bolt. Otherwise the bolt and nut just spin when the corner cap is on. A rivnut would have been a non-ghetto way of doing this but I didn't want to spend 70 bucks on a tool I only was going to use once.

 

Which bracket did you use for mounting ?

 

The one that came with the light.

 

So it's pretty much a direct bolt on to the front runners rack? Nice what size ?

 

Well you need to drill to holes and then you have to mount the light with the rack already attached to the truck.

In the pictures with painters tape the tape is being used to mark the edge of the front mounting point of the rack to the rails. Anything in blue is where you can drill through w/o having to modify the rails.

The curved outline is the inside edge of the corner cap.

The light mounting brackets ends up resting on the bottom of the corner cap and the bottom of the mounting plate on the rail.

Ill see if I can get a picture later as its hard for me to explain in text.

It just was luck that the holes lined up in the small area with the light centered on the rack and the front of the light flush with the front of the rack.

 

I should also note that right now I get a whistle when i go over 15mph. I am browsing McMaster-Carr right now for a rubber flange that i can shove up in the T channel and extend down to meet the top of the light to close off that gap.

Something like this.

 

For sure thanks bud!

 

Bump for round 2. @ramonortiz55 @Kyitty

 

I do need a second one for when I eventually get a shell.

 

This would be an easier way to mount the light.

https://www.frontrunneroutfitters.com/en/us/roof-racks/rack-components/riv-nut-packet-x-10-m6.html

https://www.frontrunneroutfitters.com/en/us/roof-racks/rack-components/rivnut-tool-m6-m8.html

The Rivnut tool is out of stock right now but I may redo it later with this.

 

Ghetto wind deflector till my McMaster-Carr order comes in today.

This is just to stop the whistle.

 

Pulled the light bar and rack today to install the rubber flange.
This flange is beefy and it was a bitch to get in. Like most tight things though a significant amount of lube will get the job done.

 

If you need lube you're doing it wrong...

 

Okay no pics of it all put back together but the good news is no more whistle.

Im fucking done with the constant removing and reinstalling of the rack.