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ZUKIWORLD Discussion Forum => Suzuki 4x4 Forum => Topic started by: mahimahimo on January 17, 2005, 10:14:26 AM
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was wondering if any one makes a light bar for a 2 door soft top or any one knows of one that fits
-mo
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The only lightbars I've ever seen were fabbed. possible mounting points - bolts for sunroof swing arms, the top of the frame around the windsheild or possibly a roofrack if you have one. besides that unless you wanted to do something like the TJ Wrangler Tombraider edition lightbar I have no clue. So I think fabrication is the only way. please post your solution. I have my lights, I just need to mount them too. he he
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There are also some mounting points behind the trim for the softop. I can't think how to explain it at the mo but if you look on my site under mods, safari rack, there are pics :)
http://www.rhinoman.org
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I just bought a universal KC lightbar for a truck cut it down and bolted it to the side of the roof bar
(http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/5/web/761000-761999/761931_4_full.jpg)
its kinda hard to see but you get the idea
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i liek the look of that one ^
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NICE and tight to the roof!! Looks good!
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yea thats deff an option for me
-mo
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I'm getting ready to build a light bar for my 2 dr. After looking at the trucklet, a lot of depends on the truck and the owner. Examples:
If you have a 2 pc hardtop, you could mount lights on the bars that are on that (at least mine already has bars). But only if you never take the tops. Or you could mount a bar between the two tops, but only if you aren't going to run a soft top, unless you make the bar high enough for the soft top to go under it and mount it on the sides. Only other option is to mount up all the way up front above the windshield.
Mine is going to be between the 2 hardtops and be about 3-4 inches off the body. It will curve down on the ends and mount on the sides of the B pillars...
Hope this helps
Bryan
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I already ran this post a few months ago and got lots of ideas. I am having a bar fabbed that mounts above the windshield like an Olympic light bar for a jeep. I am then having another one mounted above the middle pillar and they are being made to allow the soft top to function normally. I may go differently by not doing the front bar but having the one over the middle pillar made then one off the rear of the truck that extends above the top in back and has side supports to the side of the body. Seen that on a jeep also. Might add a roof safari box to either in front over the cab, or over the back section depending on which method I use. My goal is to carry my surfboards and extra gear above the top of the truck. I will post photos when done (about 2 weeks away)
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Cool, I love picts!!!!
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I used a Steel Horse rack on my roofbars, its positioned towards the back so there just enough room to swing back the front soft top frame to get the top up and down. The light are mounted to the front of the cage. Its not easy to see in the pic below but there is a bar that runs across between the rails near the front of the cage that serves as an alternative mounting if the cage isn't fitted (it usually is)
(http://www.rhinoman.org/images/images/splain08.jpg)
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rhinoman, thats what Im talkin about!
Where did you get the roof bars? Thats exactly what Im looking to do!
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rhinoman, thats what Im talkin about!
Where did you get the roof bars?  Thats exactly what Im looking to do!
From a Suzuki dealer ;D. They were an optional extra but were discontinued a few years ago. They come up on eBay from time to time but usually fetch high prices. The load rating isn't very high, possibly because of the way the rear uprights fit to the main bars or maybe because of paranoia about lifting the C of G. If you look on my site you can see how it all fits together, there are no holes to drill. I'm sure someone could easily fabricate a tubular version there seems to be a big enough demand. I get a fair few emails asking where they can be bought.
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rhinoman, thats what Im talkin about!
Where did you get the roof bars?  Thats exactly what Im looking to do!
I'm watching one on a local auction site here in NZ, the guy hasn't put a pic up of it yet (I just asked him to) but I'm picking it's like Rhino's. If it is and it looks like it's going cheap I'm going to try grab it in case I get another soft top - but if you've got you heart set on one of those ones you can buy it for what it cost me ( I payed US$70 for my last one) + what ever it cost to ship it to the US. They strip down to just a few rods so it shouldn't be much.
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I"m interested in finding roof bars for the soft top, you said around 70 bucks USD? do you have any more infor?
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Actually if you could give me the dimensions of the contact patches and angles of the bars... and some detailed pics it would be much more usefull :) maybe I could fab something with the pipe from the garage and some plate. I'd like to make a roof frame that I could slide back like a drawer to open the sunroof when the rack is on. My only setback is finding or making a set of drawer rails that will hold up to the weather and weight.
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The G/F is out at the moment but I'll measure it up when she's around and post details for you. I payed US $70 for this one from a on line auction kinda like ebay.
(http://www.eye-irritant.com/august2004/st1.JPG)Front mount
(http://www.eye-irritant.com/august2004/st2.JPG)Mid mount
(http://www.eye-irritant.com/august2004/st3.JPG)Rear mount, you pop out the small cover above the tail light and theres two small holes there all ready.
The tray on the hard top in the back ground is a home built one too,you could adapt the idea to fit to the soft top too
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HoT Diggity! thank you very much. is there any way I could get the angles? he he yeah I"m greedy  ;D any things you don't like about the design?
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What angles are you talking about ?
It would be quite difficult to give exact measurements of the finer details (IE: mounting brackets), but I can give you a rough idea of what the rails lengths etc are ??
Theres nothing much I'd change if I built one it does fine for carrying my Kayaks etc..
(http://www.eye-irritant.com/august2004/soft top 002.jpg)
Thats a pic from Sunday, 90 deg F outside and 6 hours in the water, what a way to spend the day ;D
Kayak was supplied by http://www.bliss-stick.com/news for any one interested.
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looks like that rack system would definitely hold my surfboards and a small safari rack to boot! And the wheels look pretty good too!
By the way Saturday was 75 degrees here, surfed 2 hours, put my board back in the truck by sliding it in through the back opening up onto the dash, board just touched the inside of the windshield and cracked the glass. Can you believe it??? The board just tapped the glass and it cracked!
Then Sunday temp dropped to 32degrees! Welcome to Florida!!!
PS: back up in the 70s again!