Need advise please...

adamwilkes14 · Jan 1, 2011

I went out to install my off road lights today behind my grille...after looking there is no way to mount them like Colton did on his grille...however, there are tow opening on each side of my HUGE FREAKING evaporator coil that they will fit into...I am going to take some "L" brackets and mount them in those two pockets...which leads to my dilemma...I have a hammer drill that will get through the core support easily, but if I slip it could cost me a radiator...so I am thinking about JB welding the "L" brackets on...do yall think it would be tacky? Here is a pic of the area I am working with...

Here is my sorry version of where I am mounting them...

yall think something like this would look better?

I did color match the light guards on my lights to match my truck after all...

AWE Daniel · Jan 1, 2011

If you do it very cleanly it wont look too bad i dont think.

The Assassin · Jan 2, 2011

I've never used JB Weld, but aside from that, why not just use some self tapping machine screws?

adamwilkes14 · Jan 2, 2011

There is just not a whole lot of room to work in there...one slip and something goes through my radiator or evaporator...

AWE Daniel · Jan 2, 2011

Outside the grille woild look cool too i think.

The Assassin · Jan 2, 2011

adamwilkes14 said:
There is just not a whole lot of room to work in there...one slip and something goes through my radiator or evaporator...

What I am saying, is mount them to the support beam on the opposite of where you have illustrated where you had planned to mount them.

adamwilkes14 · Jan 2, 2011

Other than the two upright beams for the core support there is no steel to tap into there...only the two upright beams on each side of the radiator...the "L" brackets need to be mounted on them in a way that the lights sit parallel to those uprights...

I am slowly leaning towards just mounting them on my bumper....

The Assassin · Jan 2, 2011

adamwilkes14 said:
Other than the two upright beams for the core support there is no steel to tap into there...only the two upright beams on each side of the radiator

That's where I mean.

adamwilkes14 · Jan 2, 2011

Thats where I am mounting my "L" brackets...probably cant see it in the pic I posted from MS PAINT...I am gonna drag the hammer drill out tomorrow and slowly tap a hole into those uprights

The Assassin · Jan 2, 2011

adamwilkes14 said:
Thats where I am mounting my "L" brackets...probably cant see it in the pic I posted from MS PAINT...I am gonna drag the hammer drill out tomorrow and slowly tap a hole into those uprights

I still say self tappers, grab a can of paint and spray everything. Also pick up a roll of wire loom!

ramthis9501 · Jan 2, 2011

I took some metal with machined holes already drilled into them and mounted them on each side of the grille. Then I made L brakets and attached them to the supports I mounted. Then mounted the lights onto those. Their out of the way and there's no worry about drilling into your radiator.

The Assassin · Jan 2, 2011

So, how did it turn out??? Pix!

adamwilkes14 · Jan 2, 2011

The Assassin said:
So, how did it turn out??? Pix!

cant do aything today...been raining on and off today....looks to be a next weekend project now...

ramthis9501 · Jan 2, 2011

I had a thread on it awhile back, Adam do you remember it?

adamwilkes14 · Jan 2, 2011

yeah... I've been looking at your pics, but the lights you used are different than I got...I can mount the drivers side like you did, but not the passengers side cause of the lines going to the evap coil...

ramthis9501 · Jan 2, 2011

Would the lights hit it?

adamwilkes14 · Jan 2, 2011

yeah, they wont clear the lines...there is a little pocket of space just under the lines on the passenger side...the light on that side has to tuck into that little space...

ramthis9501 · Jan 2, 2011

Yeah mines like that to but my lights are small enough that it fits

adamwilkes14 · Jan 2, 2011

Yeah, I looked for the kind you have but my store didnt have them....so I got the 5.5 inch lights...either way I am gonna make it work somehow next weekend...either on the bumper of behind the grille.

ramthis9501 · Jan 2, 2011

Ok let us know how it goes

Need advise please...

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