| Author | Message | ||
     Brian Goodner (Bluewater) New Member Username: Bluewater Post Number: 3 Registered: 03-2003 |
i'm thinking about getting fog lights for my brush guard and i was wondering if anyone had 3 hella 4000's on there or if that many would fit | ||
| Phillip Perkinson (Rover4x4) Senior Member Username: Rover4x4 Post Number: 257 Registered: 02-2003 |
wont fit. 2 would work. | ||
| Phillip Perkinson (Rover4x4) Senior Member Username: Rover4x4 Post Number: 258 Registered: 02-2003 |
cool Sr. member status.. | ||
| Brian Goodner (Bluewater) New Member Username: Bluewater Post Number: 4 Registered: 03-2003 |
i figure if i drilled new holes and tilted them in an arc shape they would fit but i guess i would have to take measurements | ||
| Blake Luse (Muddyrover) Senior Member Username: Muddyrover Post Number: 891 Registered: 02-2002 |
you could make bring some mounts long ways off your brush gaurd in a W form and they might fit. It might look funny, but not if done right. | ||
| Brian Goodner (Bluewater) New Member Username: Bluewater Post Number: 7 Registered: 03-2003 |
hey blake what kind of wheels do you have? Rock Crawlers? If so where did you purchase them. | ||
| Erik Olson (Jon) Senior Member Username: Jon Post Number: 388 Registered: 02-2002 |
I would put about a dozen up there. And add a few more to the roof. e | ||
| Brian Goodner (Bluewater) Member Username: Bluewater Post Number: 52 Registered: 03-2003 |
three on the brush guard, 4 on the rack, and 2 hella 550's on the back of the roof rack | ||
| Blake Luse (Muddyrover) Senior Member Username: Muddyrover Post Number: 893 Registered: 02-2002 |
Wheels are from gulfcoastrovers.com | ||
| Roland Kutasi (Disco1) Senior Member Username: Disco1 Post Number: 255 Registered: 10-2002 |
If you fit a shit load of lights on your truck you might need to upgrade your alternator. | ||
| Reed Cotton (Reedcotton) Member Username: Reedcotton Post Number: 153 Registered: 01-2003 |
You can also weld some mounting tabs to the top of the bar, and mount some up there. | ||
| Brian Goodner (Bluewater) Member Username: Bluewater Post Number: 61 Registered: 03-2003 |
yea i would like to stay away from that though thanx for the the input | ||
| Zach Jaggers (Mountenn) Member Username: Mountenn Post Number: 105 Registered: 03-2003 |
2 4000's is all you'll get on the front bar. You can make 3 500's fit, though...FWIW... | ||
| John Moore (Jmoore) Senior Member Username: Jmoore Post Number: 693 Registered: 10-2002 |
I get plenty of light with the two 4000's I have up front. I believe the brush bar from $G is designed for three if you must have three. http://www.safarigard.com/ Yep, right there on the home page. | ||
| Brian Goodner (Bluewater) Member Username: Bluewater Post Number: 69 Registered: 03-2003 |
i'm just gona go with 3 hella black magic's instead to keep things simple | ||
| Zach Jaggers (Mountenn) Member Username: Mountenn Post Number: 111 Registered: 03-2003 |
Still won't fit. | ||
| Brian Goodner (Bluewater) Member Username: Bluewater Post Number: 77 Registered: 03-2003 |
i'm gona angle them off so the they will fit. like put them in an arc formation i've seen it done before. | ||
| One_Bad_Metro (Koby) Senior Member Username: Koby Post Number: 384 Registered: 02-2002 |
Zach is right. even two Hella 4Ks won't fit so that they work. The problem is not the width, but the height of the brush bar. The lights just end up tilting down.  | ||
| Brian Goodner (Bluewater) Member Username: Bluewater Post Number: 80 Registered: 03-2003 |
black magic lights measure 8 7/16" high and my brush bar is 11" high where i'm able to mount the light so there would be no problem with them bending down. i dunno what kind of a-frame bar you have but my brush guard is nothing like it. | ||
| Zach Jaggers (Mountenn) Member Username: Mountenn Post Number: 113 Registered: 03-2003 |
Brian, trust us...we know what we're talking about. You WILL NOT BE ABLE TO FIT 3 BLACK MAGIC LIGHTS ON A FACTORY BRUSH BAR AND MAKE IT LOOK NICE. If you do get it to work, it will look like shit. If you want 3 lights, either get a SG bumper or go with 500's. Hell, I'm getting a new bumper soon, and I'll send you MY factory bar that's already GOT 3 holes in it. | ||
| Zach Jaggers (Mountenn) Member Username: Mountenn Post Number: 114 Registered: 03-2003 |
The height is not the problem---you wouldn't even be able to fit them if they were all touching. | ||
| One_Bad_Metro (Koby) Senior Member Username: Koby Post Number: 387 Registered: 02-2002 |
Brian- It's obvious you need to learn by trial. Good luck. Send us pics of your setup. | ||
| Brian Goodner (Bluewater) Member Username: Bluewater Post Number: 81 Registered: 03-2003 |
will do | ||
| Zach Jaggers (Mountenn) Member Username: Mountenn Post Number: 120 Registered: 03-2003 |
Jesus... | ||
| Brian Goodner (Bluewater) Member Username: Bluewater Post Number: 85 Registered: 03-2003 |
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| Chris Marcel (Gumarcel) Senior Member Username: Gumarcel Post Number: 591 Registered: 11-2002 |
trust them brian, they are right... | ||
| One_Bad_Metro (Koby) Senior Member Username: Koby Post Number: 390 Registered: 02-2002 |
Chris- Look at Brian's profile. He's 16. He will not listen. Just needs to waste his money on the lights and fit them to actually see that they will not fit. That is fine by me. It's his money. Eventually he will buy a bumper or rack and have a real use for those lights. | ||
| Chris Marcel (Gumarcel) Senior Member Username: Gumarcel Post Number: 593 Registered: 11-2002 |
Yes he is a younging, as am I. He is just a little stuborn thats it. He will waste his money on stuff since he knows he is right (which in this case he is clearly wrong). And like you said it is HIS money so he can waste it all he wants... | ||
| Andrew Maier (Newman) New Member Username: Newman Post Number: 31 Registered: 04-2003 |
And then we'll see, in the Classifieds section, For Sale: One Hella 4000 off-road light, mounted once, never used... ;) | ||
| Brian Goodner (Bluewater) Member Username: Bluewater Post Number: 103 Registered: 03-2003 |
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| Zach Jaggers (Mountenn) Member Username: Mountenn Post Number: 141 Registered: 03-2003 |
Brian, easy fix: sell your rover, buy a toyota, and do whatever the fuck you want to it. people won't make fun of you if you have a botched up toyota, because that's what they would expect. Call me when you get stuck. | ||
| Wicks (Wicks) Member Username: Wicks Post Number: 72 Registered: 03-2003 |
Brian, be sure to take pictures and show us all how you rig it. Maybe we'll learn something. It happens that I am about to mount 6 Hella 3000s on my Defender (TWO up front and four up top), and am wondering if any of you all have tried running more than two lights on a single circuit (wire, relay and switch)? I would like to route a single high-guage wire through the roll bar to make it super-clean. Thoughts? | ||
| Zach Jaggers (Mountenn) Member Username: Mountenn Post Number: 144 Registered: 03-2003 |
I have 3 on one circuit on the front brush bar...NOT 4000's (obviously). I also have 4 FF300's on the rack running on the same switch...straight-wired, though...I've been meaning to stick a relay in there for months... | ||
| Zach Jaggers (Mountenn) Member Username: Mountenn Post Number: 148 Registered: 03-2003 |
FINALLY this thread is showing some positive output... | ||
| Wicks (Wicks) Member Username: Wicks Post Number: 73 Registered: 03-2003 |
Assume those are 500s? Similar power going through the line, so perhaps that is A-OK... Just waiting for John Lee to upbraid me for not making a perfect technically flawless harness. ;) | ||
| Zach Jaggers (Mountenn) Member Username: Mountenn Post Number: 151 Registered: 03-2003 |
Correct--500's for now, but I'm about to re-do the front end with RTE slimline bumper/2 Hella 4000's/Warn 9.5ti. Anyway, the 500's are wired to my brights, and I have never had any problem at all with them. Just make sure you use T-taps or something like that on the wires instead of splicing the cheap bastard way. Good luck. Zach |
