Cali Raised LED Light Bar Bracket behind Grille Review

[colo4runner]

I had to trim my grill since it was pressing up against it pretty damn hard and was preventing me from bolting up the top of the bumper.
The hole where the light bar mounts up to is a slot, so the light bar can be moved forward and aft, which is nice.

Overall, the bracket will require you to trim some things (grille and bumper, if you are really OCD). I personally didn't trim the bumper and just let my bumper sit right against the bracket.

I ran into the same problem this past weekend - installed the caliraised (same as rago?) brackets in your link, and the front of the top 1/2 of the brackets are too far forward hitting the grill preventing the bumper to go back on the way it should. I ended up using a reciprocating saw with a metal bit to cut off the front of the brackets so they didn't hit the grill when putting the bumper back on.

I installed an opt7 32" bar.

 

[RagoFabrication]

I ran into the same problem this past weekend - installed the caliraised (same as rago?) brackets in your link, and the front of the top 1/2 of the brackets are too far forward hitting the grill preventing the bumper to go back on the way it should. I ended up using a reciprocating saw with a metal bit to cut off the front of the brackets so they didn't hit the grill when putting the bumper back on.

I installed an opt7 32" bar.

Rago Fabrication is not the same company as CaliRaised LED and they are no longer an authorized dealer of any of our products. Many of our products are currently PATENT PENDING. We design and manufacture all of our products ourselves.

Our brackets Hidden Bumper Brackets fit a 32" Dual Row Straight Bar and do not require any trimming on the bumper or grill. It does require trimming on the air valance. Rago Fabrication designed the brackets and have design patent which you can check out here .

If you have any questions regarding our products, please let me know. I would be glad to help.

EDIT to INCLUDE PATENT INFO

 

[Caliraisedled]

I haven't seen a review for these brackets so I figured I might as well post my experience with it given I took a shot in the dark with these.

I just installed the Cali Raised LED 31.5" Light Bar Hidden Bumper Brackets the other day and I now realized I should've taken pictures of the installation. Here is a link for anyone insterested.

Cali Raised LED ? 2014-2016 TOYOTA 4RUNNER 31.5" LIGHT BAR HIDDEN BUMPER BRACKETS

I will try to take pictures of the bracket installed on the truck sometime next week since I need to make adjustments (it's calling for rain all of this week and I don't have a garage).

The bracket is very nice. I like the fact that I don't have to drill into the bumper reinforcement and get nutserts, etc. I did, however, have to trim the air dam on both the driver and passenger side. I made little slots so that it just slides in, as opposed to hacking up the whole air dam.
Fitment is OK. It bolts up no problem but the bracket protrudes past the bumper line (if that makes sense). I had to trim my grill since it was pressing up against it pretty damn hard and was preventing me from bolting up the top of the bumper.
The hole where the light bar mounts up to is a slot, so the light bar can be moved forward and aft, which is nice.

Overall, the bracket will require you to trim some things (grille and bumper, if you are really OCD). I personally didn't trim the bumper and just let my bumper sit right against the bracket.

I know it's not too much help without pictures so I'll be sure to take pictures next week when I make adjustments to it.

EDIT: added just a few pics of the trimmed grill and also where the bracket rests against the bumper. Doesn't look that bad from picture but it is enough to "deform" the bumper when installing. Fine with me but maybe not for some. I will add pics of the actual bracket later this week.

Thanks for the little write up! We just become vendors so sorry if we are a little late

 

[RagoFabrication]

Thanks for the little write up! We just become vendors so sorry if we are a little late

They actually have Rago Fab brackets.

There was confusion between our companies but I cleared it up that Rago Fabrication manufacturers and labels our PATENTED brackets with our signature "R".




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[DKFTPNYC]

They actually have Rago Fab brackets.

There was confusion between our companies but I cleared it up that Rago Fabrication manufacturers and labels our PATENTED brackets with our signature "R".




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Sorry, not trying to confuse anyone or start any trouble. When I purchased it off their website (Caliraised) at that time, there was no mention of you guys (Rago) anywhere at all, so I assumed it was theirs. I did notice the Rago when my package arrived and had your sticker in it. Nonetheless, I'm happy with the brackets and they are well made. :cheers: