Revco
Adventurer
I want to install some lights on my Suburban. I didn't want to replace the fog lights that are on the bumper with these 6" offroad lights because I use the fogs everywhere since the factory headlights are unsatisfactory. I had plans to build a bull bar style bumper and finish my roof rack and mount lights up top. But I've since decided that I'm not going to keep this Suburban for very long (it's currently for sale) so I can focus on my F250 project. So no bumper/roof rack for this one, which kinda means no place to mounts more lights.
Anyhow, I have these lights, they're cheap, I know...
I wanted to temporarily mount them to my Suburban, so that they are easily removeable and will leave no trace. I always see the Jeeps with the cowl mounted lights and thought... "hmmm, I wonder how it'll look on my big ol Suburban?" So I came up with this simple plan...
I grabbed a scrap piece of 18-gauge sheet metal and ran it through my Beverly Shear without any templates or markings...just cutting it to a rough shape by eye. I drilled a hole in it, and bent it up in the vise real quick to form a "C" shape. This is just a test piece to make sure my plan will work...
In order to clear the hood, I figure my little bracket will be located right about here...
This little end cap comes off with a single Phillips screw...
This is sort of what I'm thinking...
The little cap can even be reinstalled with the bracket in place...
Here's the light mounted to the bracket, the end cap would need some minor trimming to clear the stud on the light, but it's just a rought draft...
Hey, not bad lookin'...
It'd look better with both lights in place, but you get the idea...
It even clears the hood when fully opened...
So that's it for now... This was just a rough test piece/template to see if my idea would even work...and it does. So next I'll fine tune the template, and transfer it over to some 3/16" steel, make a pair of them and get them installed. It's 2:30am...I just ran out to the shop to see if this idea I had while sitting on the toilet would work, took me about 10 minutes to make it and test it out. I'm headed to Vegas next in a few days for a week-long vacation so I'll wrap up this project when I get back.
Anyhow, I have these lights, they're cheap, I know...
I wanted to temporarily mount them to my Suburban, so that they are easily removeable and will leave no trace. I always see the Jeeps with the cowl mounted lights and thought... "hmmm, I wonder how it'll look on my big ol Suburban?" So I came up with this simple plan...
I grabbed a scrap piece of 18-gauge sheet metal and ran it through my Beverly Shear without any templates or markings...just cutting it to a rough shape by eye. I drilled a hole in it, and bent it up in the vise real quick to form a "C" shape. This is just a test piece to make sure my plan will work...
In order to clear the hood, I figure my little bracket will be located right about here...
This little end cap comes off with a single Phillips screw...
This is sort of what I'm thinking...
The little cap can even be reinstalled with the bracket in place...
Here's the light mounted to the bracket, the end cap would need some minor trimming to clear the stud on the light, but it's just a rought draft...
Hey, not bad lookin'...
It'd look better with both lights in place, but you get the idea...
It even clears the hood when fully opened...
So that's it for now... This was just a rough test piece/template to see if my idea would even work...and it does. So next I'll fine tune the template, and transfer it over to some 3/16" steel, make a pair of them and get them installed. It's 2:30am...I just ran out to the shop to see if this idea I had while sitting on the toilet would work, took me about 10 minutes to make it and test it out. I'm headed to Vegas next in a few days for a week-long vacation so I'll wrap up this project when I get back.
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