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General Forums => The Mess Hall => Topic started by: Jeffy on December 12, 2005, 07:58:52 PM
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Well, you probably know about those lights I added to my Jeep. Well those fancy aluminum brackets were iffy but I figured they'd last till sunner rolls around. Well, they didn't. I started to notice that one beam was pointed really low and off to the left. Finally got around to taking a good look at it and the bracket was cracked 3/4's the way through. :shock:
So any way, I spent the day fabricating new brackets out of 1" angle iron. I guess I could have used 1/4" flat but I didn't have any and didn't feel like driving. So I had to do a lot more cutting then I would have with the flat stock. They looks cool and don't bounce at all. I didn't bother painting them since it's too cold. :roll:
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/yokomura/4BangerJP/lights/th_a9bdbc0b.jpg) (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/yokomura/4BangerJP/lights/a9bdbc0b.jpg)
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Nice work.
I don't know if it's a Jeeper credo, but I myself have run into the 'do it once, and then do it again correctly'.
I had to put a tranny in the YJ, so I picked up a rebuilt one for fairly cheap out of of a XJ. I was told "do it once, correctly or I'll have to do it again". Luckily I haven't had to do it again (yet). Guess I'm upholding the credo for the rest of us.
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Oh I knew it would break after I mounted the lights and gave them a flick. I just wanted them to last longer then a month. I even has the steel sitting around back then. I was goign to hold off and use flat stock though.
The new brackets are bolted on. If I had a welder I would have put some tabs on the bumper instead. The added lights help a lot. Basically, they are my headlights. I can't see squat with my normal lights since they're up high and together.