Do you have the brand name and model of them?
Super VXer
Do you have the brand name and model of them?
Super VXer
Castigan, very nice find indeed. They almost look stock, even the plastic housing appears to match the color of the spoiler, etc.
I have been toying around with the idea of adding some reverse lights to my roof rack. Now, with the 4 Hella Ralleye's up top, I can night drive 4x4 trails with no problem. But then, when it comes to backing up to turn around, you are going at it blind, which I found out quickly, can really suck on tight trails with lots of boulders.
Anyway, nice find.
Originally Posted by tomdietrying
Bart
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Anything you put on top of your VX that isn't arrow-dynamic is going to cause wind noise. However, these are fairly low profile compared to what I have, so I think it would not be too bad. Talk about drag:
Yeap that was my thoughts when i saw those roof lights,however i'm wondering if wind noise wouldn't be a issue at high speed
Bart
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yea, im with u there bart, my light setup is very similar to yours (i think my lights are a tad smaller though) i just mounted them back up over the weekend and have definitely noticed more wind noise.. i feel it more in the corners than anything else (i added my crossbars, basket and lights back to the roof)
Super VXer
bart where did you get the mounting hardware for those lights???
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It's custom made. My buddy has a full metal shop. He made them for me to fit perfectly to my Coleman Safari Rack. He also made my spikes.
Bart
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I'm actually surprised that my setup doesn't seem to generate any wind noise. (I was expecting it too!) The only noise I seem to ever notice is the occaissional bug committing suicide
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Nice! Great find.
Super VXer
ah bummer, i need something like that to mount all my toys to lol...It's custom made. My buddy has a full metal shop. He made them for me to fit perfectly to my Coleman Safari Rack. He also made my spikes.
Bart
hopefully i will have a new stric9 bumper soon and i can put em up there instead
Super VXer
I need to outfit my garage so I can make this stuff myself!!!
Bart
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pb, i made mine out of my basement using an angle grinder, a drill some spray paint and using a lot of careful measurements/ creativityah bummer, i need something like that to mount all my toys to lol...
hopefully i will have a new stric9 bumper soon and i can put em up there instead
Super VXer
nice, i like that....
you should take some closer pics so i can see what you came up with...
VXer
no wind noise !! i couldnt believe it... no vibrations even.. which surprised me even more...
Super VXer
So no welding at all? Just bolts?
Man, I want a metal shop so bad. My buddy who makes stuff for me has the works! Tube bender, die press, plasma cutter, mig/tig, every type of saw you could want...just a really pimpy setup....someday.
Bart
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yep all bolts..
I've got yakima lowriders w/ round bars attached to the stock roof rails
have the lights mounted on a piece of piece of right angle aluminum
i have 2 pieces of 1" square aluminum tubing mounted the the underside of the round bars, using yakimas snap-arounds
Ive got long bolts that come down through the rectangular hole (using washers on top of the snap around, under the snap around and under the square tubing).
attaching them to the front and back crossbars makes them really secure, then i just drilled down through the ends (as far back as possible) to attach the piece of aluminum with the lights on it.. and voila.. i had to trim all the bolts so they didnt stick down too far and contact the roof.. now i have at least 3/4-1" of clearance under each bolt.. plus i covered the bottom of all the bolts with a rubber cap just in case
also have the yakima loadwarrior mounted above all of that.. but i could take the loadwarrior off and leave the lights if i wanted and vice versa, they are independent of each other
ive used this setup offroad on more than one occasion as well as on the streets of philly (much bouncier than any trail ive ever been on!) with no problems at all
ill try to make an autocad model of it so its easier to see..
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