I bought a Real Wheels light bar from Dom a while back, and just put it on this weekend. No lights yet, and I already hate it. The install is tricky, and there are air gaps on the tube ends that now give some kind of scarry whistle when I drive.
So.....
I'm looking for suggestions from those of you that have or have opinion on the stock roof rack mounted light bars. I've seen one from Manik (which is where I'm leaning), the Toyota one with air dam, and then I believe there are others.
Hook me up with some good SoCal forum info. Thanks!
I bought a Real Wheels light bar from Dom a while back, and just put it on this weekend. No lights yet, and I already hate it. The install is tricky, and there are air gaps on the tube ends that now give some kind of scarry whistle when I drive.
So.....
I'm looking for suggestions from those of you that have or have opinion on the stock roof rack mounted light bars. I've seen one from Manik (which is where I'm leaning), the Toyota one with air dam, and then I believe there are others.
Hook me up with some good SoCal forum info. Thanks!
I would try and weld some slugs on to the ends to cover up the air gaps to get rid of the whistle.
It you still want a new one All Pro has one, there are a couple forum members that are making some pretty sweet looking Baja style light racks Uphill has one from another company. I have the All Pro one still haven't finished wiring I am lazy and to big of a chicken to drill the hole in my roof so I haven't finished it. but other then the lights not working right now it is nice. But if I was doing it over I would go with one of the Baja style light racks and mount it on top of the rack with an actuator that will fold them down and have an air dam in the front if you can understand what I am saying.
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send a pm to mud i think his was made by defiant or it was his front light bar but yeah ash him
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We have gotten really positive feedback on the Tuffy light bar. Not sure how much all of the other ones cost, but this product is pretty easy for us to make and we are able to sell them for $76. It is all powder coated 1/8" steel. More details at:
.....I'm looking for suggestions from those of you that have or have opinion on the stock roof rack mounted light bars. I've seen one from Manik (which is where I'm leaning), the Toyota one with air dam, and then I believe there are others.
Hook me up with some good SoCal forum info. Thanks!
Thanks for posting this thread CADavebert, I am also looking for a light setup that bolts to stock roof rack. I hope you don't mind I jump on this bandwagon.
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I would try and weld some slugs on to the ends to cover up the air gaps to get rid of the whistle
It you still want a new one All Pro has one, there are a couple forum members that are making some pretty sweet looking Baja style light racks Uphill has one from another company. I have the All Pro one still haven't finished wiring I am lazy and to big of a chicken to drill the hole in my roof so I haven't finished it. but other then the lights not working right now it is nice. But if I was doing it over I would go with one of the Baja style light racks and mount it on top of the rack with an actuator that will fold them down and have an air dam in the front if you can understand what I am saying.
You can also use JB Weld to fill it the holes; it's a putty and it solidifies hard, so you can sand it, shape it, paint it the way you want. This stuff works great in situations like this.
The Baja style light setups look great, but aren't they very expensive? Also, why the need to fold the lights down, is it for noise reduction?
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tuffy previously said:
We have gotten really positive feedback on the Tuffy light bar. Not sure how much all of the other ones cost, but this product is pretty easy for us to make and we are able to sell them for $76. It is all powder coated 1/8" steel. More details at:
You can also use JB Weld to fill it the holes; it's a putty and it solidifies hard, so you can sand it, shape it, paint it the way you want. This stuff works great in situations like this.
The Baja style light setups look great, but aren't they very expensive? Also, why the need to fold the lights down, is it for noise reduction?
Noise and drag. Some people have seen a couple mpg lose with adding big lights up top there not very aerodynamic, so if you can fold them down when not in use you will get that mpg back and also lose the wind noise. Definitely not needed just a nice thing to have.
__________________ "Because in the end it has almost nothing to do with the bike and everything to do with setting
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have a good chance of failing at but doing it anyways and slowly but surely proving yourself wrong." Mike Ambs
www.corva.org "Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
- Thomas Paine
Noise and drag. Some people have seen a couple mpg lose with adding big lights up top there not very aerodynamic, so if you can fold them down when not in use you will get that mpg back and also lose the wind noise. Definitely not needed just a nice thing to have.
OK, makes sense now. I did not realize that you loose that much mpg with the lights up there. Thanks for the explanation Jeshua!
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