Athens, Georgia - Jeep 12. Build Thread

[heartyfield]

Mounted the lightbar last night. I did it by myself and I have to say, it was a pain in the ass.

[COBrian]

Yeah the shop that made my lightbar worked on getting the old bolts out for 1/2 the time it took to do the whole bar. Best $150 I spent EVER having them do it all.

[ratrace427]

i remember my bolts. i thought i was going to brake my nice snap on bit. I actually thought i did when it broke loose with a *crak* sound. looks great!

[heartyfield]

Got the bolts out with a little bit of coaching and a lot of penetrating oil. The install itself was a pain to do by oneself. Had to rig a pulley on one side while I bolted the other.

As of right now I'm waiting for it to warm up some to paint the Jabscos and the side steps.

I made these a while back for the front fogs, but haven't posted them yet. I made them out of the same material as the mounting plate for the top of the lightbar, just a decent gage metal. No real design here, just looked at what the originals looked like and tried to get it close. Going to see how they hold up, but I think they'll work.

Just made a template, cut and drimmeled the radius out of square stock.

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Hit them with primer and black spray paint.

Mounted them on the bolts that hold the bumper horn.

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With the 6" fogs mounted.

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[MattMaher]

Haven't been on here in a long time. My God that looks brilliant!!!