corax
09-04-2011, 04:30 PM
Good stuff - I went to ReRack (used roof rack place on Sandy Blvd in Portland) with a pair of tower/cross bars that came off a used car at work and got a set of Yakima gutter mount towers and load bars for even trade! It may have helped that I mentioned I needed them to mount a light bar for volunteer work ;) So, who has experience running with a light bar, it seems light weight enough, should I expect any bounce from this thing on my roof over rough surfaces? I'm basically working on 2 different ways to mount it. Here's the easy way, all I have to do is weld 2 pieces of flat metal (probably use very shallow c-channel) to bridge the gap between the Yak load bars.
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk171/batardsalamano/Rally%20Support/11090402.jpg
Or, I can recess it 1" below the bottom of the load bar and keep it closer to the roof (still ~1/2" between the light bar and roof metal). It looks like the bottom and top lights will still get out OK, but the clear side lights may cast a shadow from the forward towers. (either way, I realize that I'll need to put a piece of foam on my radio antenna so it doesn't beat the plastic up)
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk171/batardsalamano/Rally%20Support/11090403.jpg
So what are some other consideration I should take into account before I start finalizing the mounting for this?
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk171/batardsalamano/Rally%20Support/11090402.jpg
Or, I can recess it 1" below the bottom of the load bar and keep it closer to the roof (still ~1/2" between the light bar and roof metal). It looks like the bottom and top lights will still get out OK, but the clear side lights may cast a shadow from the forward towers. (either way, I realize that I'll need to put a piece of foam on my radio antenna so it doesn't beat the plastic up)
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk171/batardsalamano/Rally%20Support/11090403.jpg
So what are some other consideration I should take into account before I start finalizing the mounting for this?