Rigid Industries light mount?
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phillyd2
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Laubage
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Haha... alright let me rephrase. Any mounts for RI light bars for people who aren't Antman?
I'm jk. I was more so trying to find a way to mount a light bar to a factory roof. Ie, no gobi rack at all and just the factory roof rack towards the back.
Like this, but for a 4runner. Toyota FJ Roof Mount
I'm jk. I was more so trying to find a way to mount a light bar to a factory roof. Ie, no gobi rack at all and just the factory roof rack towards the back.
Like this, but for a 4runner. Toyota FJ Roof Mount
Hellamatic
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N-Fab makes a cool light bar mount for the roof of the cab for a Tundra. It mounts right above the windshield. Maybe one could be used for a T4R with a little modification.
MeBe4running
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Good question. I highly doubt it for one good reason... There's nowhere to mount one without drilling into your roof. The only way I could see it possible as far as mounting a light within a factory location is the middle section on our roof racks (front location on OEM racks) where you can bolt right through the sheet metal. Like the GOBI rack does.
You could easly get two feet fabricated and drilled into your roof at your expense. However I really wouldn't recommend doing that. Potential for leaks being the primary reason. Re-sale being a second.
I think your best bet and most practical setup in accordance to your question which from my understanding your not looking to buy a roof rack but want a rigid light setup is to go with the Diamond Grill by Rigid which are supposed to be out for purchase early next year.
You could use the factory roof bars and fabricate a custom cross bar that places the LED bar far enough forward.
The problem is the distance you need to move forward over the sunroof area.
You could use the factory rails as the rear mounting point and legs with 3M industrial tape for the front (like a Gobi rack does). For the wiring I would still go through the rear hatch like most of us have done and simply run the wires inside the roof rails to hide them. If you plan on using the rails with other baskets or cross bars, then run the wires through the rain gutter, but that likely means you will still need to loosen up the rails in order to feed the wire under the legs. I.E. wire before mounting your light bar bracket.
The one concern I would have it the rigidity of such a bracket in if it puts enough downward force on the legs up front in order to keep everything in place.
If you could mold a base to follow the curvatures of the roof, you could have something made out of fiberglass or ABS plastic. you could use 3M tape to tape ii to the roof and have L-shape brackets molded into the base to attach the LED bar to. this way you're not drilling into the roof and will likely have enough surface area to make sure it's not going anywhere... ever. Wires would still go through the gutter to the rear and into the vehicle via the hatch.
Depending on the quality and availability of a local shop both are interesting options.
Okki
The problem is the distance you need to move forward over the sunroof area.
You could use the factory rails as the rear mounting point and legs with 3M industrial tape for the front (like a Gobi rack does). For the wiring I would still go through the rear hatch like most of us have done and simply run the wires inside the roof rails to hide them. If you plan on using the rails with other baskets or cross bars, then run the wires through the rain gutter, but that likely means you will still need to loosen up the rails in order to feed the wire under the legs. I.E. wire before mounting your light bar bracket.
The one concern I would have it the rigidity of such a bracket in if it puts enough downward force on the legs up front in order to keep everything in place.
If you could mold a base to follow the curvatures of the roof, you could have something made out of fiberglass or ABS plastic. you could use 3M tape to tape ii to the roof and have L-shape brackets molded into the base to attach the LED bar to. this way you're not drilling into the roof and will likely have enough surface area to make sure it's not going anywhere... ever. Wires would still go through the gutter to the rear and into the vehicle via the hatch.
Depending on the quality and availability of a local shop both are interesting options.
Okki
Along these lines, most states allow aux lights to be used on the road if they are below the OEM headlights. So roof lights are off road/private road only; Diamond Rigid grill lights you can use to annoy people with wherever
:cheers: :shrug:Okki
hellview89
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i know you want a kind of low profile one, but this is the only type of thing i could find without having a full roof rack, but you could drill custom holes to have the lights in front of the bar and not on top so it doesnt look so bad. and keeps them low to the roof.
Carr Part car210341 - Deluxe Light Bar
hope that helps a little bit.
Carr Part car210341 - Deluxe Light Bar
hope that helps a little bit.
