Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Hi All,

Does anyone know who supplies the rear light that mounts on the spare tyre carrier? It is a work/reverse light.

Cheers

Jason

ARB & TJM - light + pole, Repco, Supercheap, Autobarn, etc... - just the light.

Just use a 55w floodlight, cheap and easy.

NARVA...have numerous dedicated models specifically designed and Outback ideas have stacks of mounts and holders.

Kaymar

i saw some 12 volt lights at Nepean boltmaster, on sale for $20 each, they were rectangular, and had a swivelling base, i almost bought one for a reversing light.

make your own.. buy a cheap spotty mount it on a pole
get 2 pieces of pipe (then you can turn it any direction u like.), one slides inside other.

Outerpole
Drill hole in one side, and weld a nut on to it, use this to pinch the inner pole. You can then have it any height or direction you want.
Weld washer on bottom to stop inner pole sliding out.
weld 2 tabs on the pole to mount to wheel carrier.
The mounting is done for that pipe.


Inner Pole.
Weld nut on top of pipe to mount spotlight too. I use a Hella 181.
Run wire down the center of the pole.

I got one done like this shit loads cheaper than Kaymar etc.

Post up some pictures yeah?

I made one out of a Big-W small extendable tend pole. Works good. Already galvanised and all you have to do is tack on some tabs to bolt through onto the wheel carrier on your back door.

The pole cost like $4 or something.

I don't have any pictures. Sorry

Then weld a second length of tube down beside the bottom length of the telescopic section. Run a length of coily wire through this tube to the spotlight. When you retract the light down, the coily wire will go into the second tube, instead of hanging everywhere.

I also made one like this with box section mild steel, one inside the other, adjustable height, just put to supercheap rectangle spotties on there, lights up very well when reversing Also wired into a 3 way switch so i can have it off alltogether, on all the time, or only on when i shift into reverse.

Thanks Guys.
Never even thought of using tent pole. Will make on myslef.
Cheers

Jason

how else could you mount it if you dont have ready access to a welder?

shorty_f0rty wrote:how else could you mount it if you dont have ready access to a welder?

U bolts maybe

shorty_f0rty wrote:how else could you mount it if you dont have ready access to a welder?

gaffer tape !!!

dieseldude wrote:Post up some pictures yeah?

I made one out of a Big-W small extendable tend pole. Works good. Already galvanised and all you have to do is tack on some tabs to bolt through onto the wheel carrier on your back door.

The pole cost like $4 or something.

I don't have any pictures. Sorry

yea rebuilding PC at moment, lookin thru DVD's.. only 50 of em.. :-s
I'll get some fresh piccys tomorrow

shorty_f0rty wrote:how else could you mount it if you dont have ready access to a welder?

bluetack?

jb weld

Nam, JB weld sucks big time. You know me I just gotta TIG weld it and make it out of stainless steel at the same time.
I spaced the wheel carrier out to allow the square tube to get down the door further. The short tube to the left is to run one of those coil type leads down so as to allow full extension.
All I've got to do to finish it off is get it wired one day, but as an auto elec there's one word I just don't understand and that's electrickery. I haven't got a clue when it comes to wiring things in

ps: I think it was a Britax worklight. It's got twin 55 Watt globes in it.
Regards Andrew.

Nice work ! Looks the goods.

Thats great awill - pictures like this really help when making something.
I am going to make the same sort of thing but I want mine to retract below the spare, to give max rear visibility.

I think the ultimate would be to have a worklight that could also be removed for use under the car, or to light the engine bay - keep an extension lead handy to plug in when needed with another power outlet for it in the engine bay. Also include some sort of stand for it for the ground. Uhmm, got me thinkin' on the fly now...

All this and I havent had the morning coffee yet!

The short tube to the left is to run one of those coil type leads down so as to allow full extension

Where can you get these coil type leads.

For the coil type lead, just wrap the wire really tightly around a screw driver shaft.

That's how I did it.

As long as you don't ever extend it then you will have no worries about it re-coiling.

Cheers

I think my coily wire came from an old hand held/cigarette lighter light I had sitting at home. Surely a good auto electricial supplies place would sell it.

i've seen coil leads at supercheap

andrew that light stand is a work of art

N*A*M wrote:i've seen coil leads at supercheap

andrew that light stand is a work of art

Ive seen your booty fab steerin arm at andrews too