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The way I mounted it was to get two 5-1/2" and two 6" stainless hex bolts and locknuts. The heads of the bolts need a tiny bit of grinding on two opposite sides, then they can slide nicely into the heatsink fins on the back of the lightbar spaced nicely. I used a 1/8"x1-1/2"x36" aluminum bar held behind the inside edge of the grill, and both ends cut to fit, about 33" long I think. You'll see when you take off the top plastic trim and look. Mark and drill four holes and you're set. Super easy to do.
A better view of the front.
Cool, thanks for the info! So If I'm reading and thinking right you basically have the alum bar behind the all of the grille structure, and the light bar in front of the grille so when you tighten the bolts your basically pulling the light bar against the front face of the grille to hold it in place? Did you put anything over the grille so it wont scrape and rub the chrome off if you ever take the light bar off?
Only thing I'm not following is how you hooked the head of the bolts into the heat fins, the ad doesn't really show the heat fins, but the ones i have seen the fins are all straight and parallel to each other so are these ones on this made in a manner that creates an undercut to slide the bolt heads into?
It appears you could do all of this without removing any of the grille pieces to mount this, you just pulled off the cover piece near the hood latch, is that correct?
Lastly, how bright is it?? You happy overall with it, price is pretty cheap so it looks like you really cant go wrong with it even if it dies in a couple of years.
Cool, thanks for the info! So If I'm reading and thinking right you basically have the alum bar behind the all of the grille structure, and the light bar in front of the grille so when you tighten the bolts your basically pulling the light bar against the front face of the grille to hold it in place? Did you put anything over the grille so it wont scrape and rub the chrome off if you ever take the light bar off?
Only thing I'm not following is how you hooked the head of the bolts into the heat fins, the ad doesn't really show the heat fins, but the ones i have seen the fins are all straight and parallel to each other so are these ones on this made in a manner that creates an undercut to slide the bolt heads into?
It appears you could do all of this without removing any of the grille pieces to mount this, you just pulled off the cover piece near the hood latch, is that correct?
Lastly, how bright is it?? You happy overall with it, price is pretty cheap so it looks like you really cant go wrong with it even if it dies in a couple of years.
Pretty much exactly as you stated. I didn't think about nor do anything to protect the chrome, but it's so snug on there I don't think there will be much rubbing. Course, now I may want to remove it and check for myself and maybe add some tape or something.
Excuse the picture below, but I suck at such things. The fins happen to be made exactly for this sort of thing, the included allen head bolts fit great in there, but are much too short. Using hex head stainless, I ground down only one side a small bit and they went right in there, solid as can be. You'll have to take off the end cap on the non-power cord side to get the heads installed. I also bent the fins a small bit on both sides of each bolt to keep them still and straight to make it easier to install.
I think it worked absolutely perfectly well, and no modification at all to the truck, save maybe some tape to protect.
I'm quite happy with the light output. As some people say, it's super bright to look at, but doesn't seem to throw light a long distance. Course, I don't NEED a spotlight so it's great for my needs. My wife doesn't like it, says I installed it just to **** other people off. (I've not had an opportunity yet to do such a thing)
Pretty much exactly as you stated. I didn't think about nor do anything to protect the chrome, but it's so snug on there I don't think there will be much rubbing. Course, now I may want to remove it and check for myself and maybe add some tape or something.
Excuse the picture below, but I suck at such things. The fins happen to be made exactly for this sort of thing, the included allen head bolts fit great in there, but are much too short. Using hex head stainless, I ground down only one side a small bit and they went right in there, solid as can be. You'll have to take off the end cap on the non-power cord side to get the heads installed. I also bent the fins a small bit on both sides of each bolt to keep them still and straight to make it easier to install.
I think it worked absolutely perfectly well, and no modification at all to the truck, save maybe some tape to protect.
I'm quite happy with the light output. As some people say, it's super bright to look at, but doesn't seem to throw light a long distance. Course, I don't NEED a spotlight so it's great for my needs. My wife doesn't like it, says I installed it just to **** other people off. (I've not had an opportunity yet to do such a thing)
The picture helped! Thanks for the additional details, i ordered the light it should be here this week.
The way I mounted it was to get two 5-1/2" and two 6" stainless hex bolts and locknuts. The heads of the bolts need a tiny bit of grinding on two opposite sides, then they can slide nicely into the heatsink fins on the back of the lightbar spaced nicely. I used a 1/8"x1-1/2"x36" aluminum bar held behind the inside edge of the grill, and both ends cut to fit, about 33" long I think. You'll see when you take off the top plastic trim and look. Mark and drill four holes and you're set. Super easy to do.
A better view of the front.
I am 100% doing this to mine. That is such a clean install! You're right, if you're not looking for it, you won't see it. Thank you for sharing!
I went with the same light bar as ceejay used, pretty impressive light output for a economical light bar. I did pull off both end caps and added additional RTV sealer even though the light is supposedly IP something waterproof.
No modifications to the grille at all, i just feed 4 bolts through the bottom chrome opening and used some small aluminum C-channel sections on the backside of the grille spanning across the ribs on the grille to basically trap the grille between the light bar and the C-channel. I put a nice length of heavy duty electrical tape over the bottom row of the grille that the light bar sets up against so it wont chew the chrome up with any grime that gets in there if i ever remove the light bar.
Here is what my 2022 looks like. The wife only agrees to an in-grille light. She vetoed anything under, on or in front of the grille/bumper. The RC in-grille lights don't match up to anything on my grille. Any thoughts?
I very much like this one, because my state requires a front plate. Which light is that? Did you just drill 2 holes in the bumper and mount it?
I also had to go below the plate. Light bar came from Rough Country. 30" curved Cree LED (single row black series) SKU 72730BL. Correct - 2 holes in the bottom of the bumper. My only bitch is the light bar has started to get moisture in it on like 3-4 LED's. Doesn't affect the performance that I can tell. Just annoying. I emailed Rough Country about it and no response. I wired it to #1 upfitter switch. Hope this helps.
The thing about lights..... the lower they are towards the road, the less light they put ON the road. Roof-top lights do a fantastic job of lighting the road but they look ridiculous. It's a choice of functionality, requirement and aesthetics for every location.
Think I'll see if I can mount my 20" double row in the gap for the trans cooler, like a few have illustrated above. Only thing is, those trucks don't seem to have the sensors for the adaptive cruise?
Not sure if that will work or not. My current mounting solution (light bull bar) works great, but the light bar ends up covering the fuel of view for my front camera.
So looking to correct that on the new truck
