Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Hey all, I've seen quite a few comp trucks running what looks like a hinge type system on the spotties across their rollbar. I'm VERY VERY interested in making mine the same. Has any1 done this if so HOW? I've got 4 permanent mounts on the rollbar at the moment, but would chop em off id I have to. Any help would be great cheers!

My mates did his and the lights sit on a piece of angle with dowel welded at both ends of the angle
[weld the dowel in the corner of the angle]

then 2 pieces of angle with a piece of tube to suit the dowel size ,they welded those pieces of angle to the roll bar
[weld the tube in the same spot as the dowel]

it pivots like a gate hinge

make a tab that goes from the roll bar to the light bracket angle and drill and bolt the tab to the light bracket angle
weld the tab onto the roll bar so that the lights are in the level position

do the same as above but you just need to put it in a down position

also weld the 2 nuts on each tab as then you only need a shifter/spanner
to undo one bolt instead of trying to stuff round with 2 spanners and bolts


hope all that made sense plowy

Any chance of a pic?

wasnt there another thread about this?
Or is this it, just.............'pruned'?

Just buy the HD gate hinge (slip over type) that can be removed as well if you need to.

Lots of these guys run air rams to lift the lights up and lower them down.

I will get pics tommorrow

I just welded 2 tabs on the bar and enclosed the end on a piece of angle iron with a flat. I then put a hole in both and used a bolt and locknuts done up fairly tight so it holds in the up or down positions.

Hmmmm, cant put pics up tonight for some reason.
We all know that a pic is worth a thousand words

send them to me and I post them

carleos at cantv.net

midnight wrote:wasnt there another thread about this?
Or is this it, just.............'pruned'?

That would be this one

http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/PHP_Modul ... highlight=

jeep97tj wrote:

midnight wrote:wasnt there another thread about this?
Or is this it, just.............'pruned'?

That would be this one

http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/PHP_Modul ... highlight=

But nobody has pics anyway

Waitin for some pics so i can build one too

pics..

Getting excited!

I like this one...

ok ive got pics but the mates one there's was actually done in a way different fashion

i had made that first way up this how theres is really

awesome pics mate but whats in the tube the lights are on that allows it to turn and that the bolt goes into

muduppig wrote:awesome pics mate but whats in the tube the lights are on that allows it to turn and that the bolt goes into

weld a nut to a washer and washer to the tube??

MADZUKI wrote:

muduppig wrote:awesome pics mate but whats in the tube the lights are on that allows it to turn and that the bolt goes into

weld a nut to a washer and washer to the tube??

bingo we have a winner

Turn them Blitz's into HID's!! ...

what keeps them down? are they bolted down or just flop about?

I imagine you just tighten the bolts back up at either end and let friction hold, same in the up position.

Neat and simple system, an improvement might be another nut offset from pivot centre (triangular washer... ;}) to lock it into position up and down.

Spock

jeep97tj wrote:

midnight wrote:wasnt there another thread about this?
Or is this it, just.............'pruned'?

That would be this one

http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/PHP_Modul ... highlight=

or it could be this one

if you look closely in the bottom 2 pics near the elec plug , it shows a bolt in the angle bracket

and on the tube were the lights mount there is a tab with a hole in it



when the lights are up the bolt goes threw the tab and locks it down

when you want the lights down remove the bolt and fold the lights down
they sit there buy themselves