Lights behind grill

jkyle · December 4, 2014

Here's how I did mine. I just got a piece of aluminum from Home Depot and cut it down. I bolted it to the radiator mounts and then the light bar to that.

I don't have a direct pic of what I did so I found the best I could and zoomed in, brightened it, and cleared it up as best I could on my iPhone with my photo apps.

do you mind taking a closer up?

Mike1220 · December 4, 2014

do you mind taking a closer up?

I can. But will have to wait till this weekend or next. At school and don't have my tools with me. It will likely be next weekend if you can wait. If not I can try to reach my phone and hand in there to get a good picture.

jkyle · December 4, 2014

I can. But will have to wait till this weekend or next. At school and don't have my tools with me. It will likely be next weekend if you can wait. If not I can try to reach my phone and hand in there to get a good picture.

right, forgot you have to remove the grille, dont worry about it for my shake at least, someone else may want it.

Thanks!

Mike1220 · December 4, 2014

right, forgot you have to remove the grille, dont worry about it for my shake at least, someone else may want it.

Thanks!

I have to pass by the parking garage on my way to my dorm. I will stop at my truck and try to get a picture of the mount through the grille if possible. If not then I have to remove the headlights on December 12th anyway since I am shipping them to Phil at Fastheadlights on the 13th so I can remove the grille and get some good pictures for you then.

jkyle · December 5, 2014

Thanks!

Just ordered the 300W 32" bar from allterrain14!

Will post pictures when it arrives

OUSux · December 7, 2014

Anyone put a 40" behind the grill?

beard_up · December 8, 2014

Anyone put a 40" behind the grill?

Can't. You're limited to about 32-36 inches.

Toddfather · December 8, 2014

On one of the many other LED behind grill threads (merge hint) someone did put a 40".Just needed to trim part of the plastic out of the way.

LaVaDog · December 8, 2014

I went to my local dealer and they are putting 38" Rigid's in.

Mike1220 · December 8, 2014

right, forgot you have to remove the grille, dont worry about it for my shake at least, someone else may want it.

Thanks!

Removed the grille this past weekend to get to my turn signals. I got some pics for ya

Hope this helps! If you need more let me know since I have to take the grille off again this weekend.

jkyle · December 8, 2014

Removed the grille this past weekend to get to my turn signals. I got some pics for ya

Hope this helps! If you need more let me know since I have to take the grille off again this weekend.

Perfect! thank you!

beard_up · December 8, 2014

I went to my local dealer and they are putting 38" Rigid's in.

They're cutting in to something for sure.

On one of the many other LED behind grill threads (merge hint) someone did put a 40".Just needed to trim part of the plastic out of the way.

Was it just plastic? When I tried, it looked like it was metal supports. I'll have to get in there and look again.

LaVaDog · December 8, 2014

They're cutting in to something for sure.

I didn't look close enough to see it. I asked the "aftermarket assecories guy" if they had to cut and he said No....that is why they went with the 38" / he said anything larger would require cutting.

TKhawk01 · December 9, 2014

I don't know how they are not cutting, my 37" required cutting out some plastic, there are some mock up photos back in post 30 and some finished pics in one of the other threads.

Crf450r420 · January 26, 2015

I'm going to ask what looks like an ignorant question, but bear with me it is to reinforce my point with someone that watts law still applies to LED light bars. If you buy a 180 watt light bar it should be about 15 amps and if you get a 300 watt light bar it should draw about 25 amps. I know they can be rated at 13.5 volts so it would be 13.3 amps and 22.2 amps. However there is no way a 300 watt light would only draw 14.5 amps, correct?