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Old Nov 15, 2007 | 05:52 PM
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wow.... this is interesting... what if you just put a bumpstop in the center of the bar?? You can get something so that the rubber doesn't mar the paint.
 
Old Nov 15, 2007 | 06:09 PM
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i still think you will get some vibration,unless you make it to where when you tighten it it pushes the rubber down tight
 
Old Nov 15, 2007 | 06:13 PM
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wellllll..... then put some limb movers on it like the Rover guys do.... anchor it to your brushguard and you are set....
 
Old Nov 15, 2007 | 06:33 PM
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lol........actually,i think if i can get it to press down hard enough,yet not hurt the rig,it should be fine.i just dont want it to be goddy,i will try something,it cant be too hard.i hate talkin about something that i cant go out and mess with right now,it will be nice in the end,i dont have any doubt.does anybody even want one
 
Old Nov 15, 2007 | 07:45 PM
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ORIGINAL: importkiller

I don't see how a bar there will eliminate vibration on the front of the bar....gotta somehow dampen the bouncing caused by the weight of the lights. Unfortunately you will always have vibration in a roof mounted light bar...justnature of the beast. You would need some sort of a neoprene or rubber block that attaches to the bar and the top of the truck with 2 sided autotape maybe. They would absorbthe bouncing and the vibrations. just my
Without 4 mounting points, it's like a lever with all the weight (lights) being on one end.

What I was trying to illustrate with that child like MS paint drawing
(You're dead by the way HJ)
was how 4 mounting points would better balance the bar and offer a more secure/steady
platform for the lights. Even moreso if you moved the whole thing back about 6 inches
on a rig with no sun roof. If the shipping specs were to be believed, 4 KC Daylighters are
12 lbs +. Try holding a 3 foot length of broomstick with one hand and 12 lbs hanging off
the opposite end....Now put a second hand in the middle....See.........

For the record, I have no idea if that made any friggin sense as I;ve been up for 36 hours
straight and just put in another 13 hour day......Someone may have to get out the
decoder ring and translate...
 
Old Nov 15, 2007 | 07:47 PM
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sorry gunner,i had to show them what we were talking about,hopefully sunday i can get something figured out
 
Old Nov 15, 2007 | 07:53 PM
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Did that explanation make any sense?

BTW: My VP walked in on me while I was doodling that stupid pictureduring a conference call but never said a word.....Uhhhhhhh...It's a VISO diagram........
 
Old Nov 15, 2007 | 08:11 PM
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come on now,dont get gunned down,do some recon b4 you doodle at work.lol
 
Old Nov 16, 2007 | 02:01 PM
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you two crack me up.....
 
Old Nov 16, 2007 | 03:36 PM
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hes a funny guy
 



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