LED light bar brackets behind stock grill

skav · July 10, 2017

I saw a couple pictures of light bars mounted behind stock Denali grills. Does anybody know if the is a bracket kit for this?

I'd like to do this on my 17 duramax.

Another lame question... would mounting a light bar behind the grill affect airflow to the rad enough to be an issue while towing 12-13k?

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Zim682 · July 10, 2017

I am curious as well. I want to put light bar in the lower part of grill on my 2017 3500

SMiller · July 10, 2017

Lots of guys have installed them in the bumper hole and zero trans temp increase was noted.

skav · July 10, 2017

Lots of guys have installed them in the bumper hole and zero trans temp increase was noted.

ive thought about that but I'd prefer mounting behind the grill because it would be hidden.

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mrailing · July 10, 2017

I used a piece of angle iron, and made my own bracket to hang down from the cross bars. Use a piece of steel behind the cross bar when drilling, it's $700+ to replace an air conditioning condenser. I used some steel spacers to put the angle iron out away from the cross braces, approximately one inch out. This gave me the exact room I needed for the depth of the light to sit directly behind the grill. Works well.

I also have a Totron wireless controller for the LED bar, which allows me to control it from the cab without having to run the switch. The manual switch is under the hood, and the controller works from outside or anywhere.

skav · July 10, 2017

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I used a piece of angle iron, and made my own bracket to hang down from the cross bars. Use a piece of steel behind the cross bar when drilling, it's $700+ to replace an air conditioning condenser. I used some steel spacers to put the angle iron out away from the cross braces, approximately one inch out. This gave me the exact room I needed for the depth of the light to sit directly behind the grill. Works well.

I also have a Totron wireless controller for the LED bar, which allows me to control it from the cab without having to run the switch. The manual switch is under the hood, and the controller works from outside or anywhere.

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that looks great. What size light bar did you use?

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mrailing · July 10, 2017

30" light bar. Flood/Spot combo bar:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01K9X6IEY/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s02?ie=UTF8&psc=1

You get what you pay, but honestly, I couldn't see spending $600+ for a light bar that I'll use 10 times a year. I mostly use it for camping, but it is bright.