Bed-Mount Light Bar

anmut · Mar 14, 2008

Does anyone make one? I'll assume 'no' because I've never seen any pics on anyone else's ride yet...

I'm thinking something like this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ford...nt-Light-Bar-SS-91260_W0QQitemZ270219340228QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item270219340228

roy365 · Mar 14, 2008

I think you should contact the current owners of the Bada Bing strip club and see if they want to sell some of the old poles. Take those and have them mounted in the bed of your truck with some shag........yeah you know it!!!!!

loufish · Mar 14, 2008

I've thought about fabing one out of aluminum tubing that uses the Utili-Trak rails to mount on....But for me it has to have the "race lightbar" look, not the "Texas rollbar" look.

anmut · Mar 14, 2008

Bada Bing! I'll take those poles and the girls too!

Clancy · Mar 14, 2008

I thought I just read last week where the owners of the Bada Bing were asked NOT to do any major renovations - apparently there is a movie in the works...

And the old fake/bedside mounted rollbar thing... yuck.

anmut · Mar 14, 2008

I like it because it's a great place to mount OR lights. Where I drive lights mounted to the grille just shine into the grass. I need height to get any realistic distance out of them.

roy365 · Mar 14, 2008

Clancy said:
I thought I just read last week where the owners of the Bada Bing were asked NOT to do any major renovations - apparently there is a movie in the works...

And the old fake/bedside mounted rollbar thing... yuck.

I read a month or so ago that they were going to tear the joint down. maybe there was just too much $$$$$ history and potential there?

I'm sure someone makes a bar for Titan anmut.....just keep googling!!! :google:

54warrior · Mar 14, 2008

The only one I've seen that comes even close to that is this one:

It is made by OR-Fab, but there is no info on their site about it... http://www.orfab.com/ In the "New Releases" section, there is info on the side steps, but nothing else.

Clancy · Mar 14, 2008

I guess I see the point - if it's bolted to the truck it would make it harder for someone to steal your lights.

If I had the need, I think I'd just try to score some ultitrak racks and fab up a custom mount for the front one. That way they could come and go as I needed.

To me, the faux rollbar look that's not really a [bolted to the frame, tig welded, dom tube monster] roll bar is just so 1985...

Clancy · Mar 14, 2008

54 - I actually like the front bumper guard on that truck...

anmut · Mar 14, 2008

54warrior said:
The only one I've seen that comes even close to that is this one:

It is made by OR-Fab, but there is no info on their site about it... http://www.orfab.com/ In the "New Releases" section, there is info on the side steps, but nothing else.

That's a sick looking truck! Thanks for the info.

14638 · Mar 17, 2008

Iiiiii dunno to me that screams yeeeee hawww

Lizard · Mar 17, 2008

Check my sig. All bars front/rear/bed/sides were made by JD Motorsports. they are in South Carolina. As far as I know it was custom made for my truck. If you want more pics or contact info let me know.

loufish · Mar 17, 2008

I like it because it's a great place to mount OR lights. Where I drive lights mounted to the grille just shine into the grass. I need height to get any realistic distance out of them.

I run 3 lights mounted hi up front and they do a great job. I haven't had a situation were I was "out of light" yet...With 2 wide beam driving lights and one pencil in the middle it provides a kind of a long range pyrimid of light.

I'll be doing a HID conversion to those lights because I'm greedy...

motorvisions · Mar 17, 2008

why not just run a headache rack with some lights across the top.

14638 · Mar 17, 2008

motorvisions said:
why not just run a headache rack with some lights across the top.

I'm working on one myself out of some rectangular tube I snatched up a while back.

Been quite a headache of a project, eh no pun intended. I don't plan to run lights across the top don't do much offroading just want a place to put a ladder or long lumber or tubing on occasion, and I may put a few worklamps.

DarkS1de · Mar 17, 2008

i was going to suggest the bed divider turned upside down
but its not tall enough to act as a light bar mount

anmut · Mar 17, 2008

All fantastic suggestions - thanks all. I'm looking into mounting the lights higher up on my brush guard for now.

loufish · Mar 17, 2008

For what it's worth...
Lights mounted to a bar in the rear lose a lot of light to the top of the cab, and that means they're much better being pencil beams, BUT they have to still mount far enought higher then the cab to get the most light, otherwise they are pointed straight out, and not slighly down as needed.
Unless you are doing a lot of hill climbing where you need some light higher...

Why do you see just about every race truck with roof lights mounting them right in the front of the cab?

DezertRunner823 · Mar 17, 2008

loufish said:
For what it's worth...
Lights mounted to a bar in the rear lose a lot of light to the top of the cab, and that means they're much better being pencil beams, BUT they have to still mount far enought higher then the cab to get the most light, otherwise they are pointed straight out, and not slighly down as needed.
Unless you are doing a lot of hill climbing where you need some light higher...

Why do you see just about every race truck with roof lights mounting them right in the front of the cab?

exactly what lou said...

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