I am hoping to install my 10 Fuegos this season and 6 will be up on the light bar. I am already tabbed and in hindsight may have done it different but this is what I have to work with. There are no crossbars above the driver area for protection. A couple of thoughts for safety are. On the v section curve those bars upward so on a forward hit to the light bar they would bend up. Maybe a net like this but it would need to be custom size and how do you attach it to the bars. Wrap some cable around the light bar and mounting point at the b pillar cross bar with crimp connectors to help contain parts if tabs break off. I also always wear a helmet. Thanks for any input.

If you bend them upward, they can intrude into the passenger area even further, since the bars would be longer. Tube clamps might work for mounting without having to repowdercoat it.

I was thinking just a slight curve in the bar so not sure it would be that much longer. Good point though. Maybe go a little thicker on the tubing and using steel vs chromo so it bends. I already have the bottom cross piece of the light bar made and it is chromo.

I'm interested in the side mirrors you have. Are those mounts custom? any info on them would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Those are $10 checker mirrors and I hand fabbed the steel. I wanted a little bit bigger mirror vs the billet ones. Trick is a big chunk of pipe or steel to heat the rod and wrap it around.

My brother in law had what I thought was a great Idea. Two bars (shown in blue) running between the a and b pillar crossbars for the sole purpose of stopping the lightbar from coming down into the driving compartment. Then the little struts (shown in green) would be short and made of aluminum to bend or before bending the bars break, and would be short enough to not be able to reach inside. They could be maybe 14" long and I could score the center in the lathe so they would break in the center leaving 7". Since I dont want to weld after powder, I would just make them clamp on the same as my intercooler upper mount. Probably go with chromo on the two bars and even buy these chromoly ends from Kartek
Jury is still out on what to make the light bar itself from but I am leaning towards mild steel for crumple factor and not hurt the frame.

My lightbar thread from 3 years ago Ya, I am just a little slow getting this done.

So if I do short little aluminum struts coming down like in the pic but just to the outside parallel bars instead of the two bars shown what clamp would you use? The top connection at the light bar would have a heim going into 2 tabs but how would you connect the heim at the aluminum clamp. Hope that makes sense

Sell those HID's and get an LED light bar. You will be happier and safer. 42" LED bar and 2 HID driving lenses and you will be MUCH HAPPIER! Very Easy to fab a straight bar across those tabs to mount your new LED bar.

Still havent bought anything yet! My concern from the Baja Designs lightbar thread is the width of light from the lightbar and the glare when mounted up top. What I was thinking is 2 led 10 inchers on the nose, 2 wide cornering Fuegos on the nose, And 2 wide driving on the outside and 4 driving Fuegos for a total of 6 on the light bar. Still thinking.

Here is a pic of my LED light bar set-up. It keeps em low............
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Also another note: It appears that the LEDs dont go out quite the distance and are more of a flood. If I am spending $3k on lights I want to be able to drive fast at night.

Do you get any glare on the hood?

You wont need the Wide cornering Fuegos, do two driving beams on the nose, two spots on the a pillar and the LED bar on top. There is nothing worse than an HID light bar and the dust it reflects off of. I hated the three I have had with different Brands and LOVE the LED bar. PM me, I have a few 30" and 42" LED bars I will make you a deal on. Will be much cheaper than buying 6 HID Fuegos.

Here is another LED set-up I did on my RZR. Rigid 20" led up top. 2 Rigid flood duallys on pillars and 2 Rigid spot duallys on front bumper. Also did a Rigid flood dually on rear for a backup light.
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Thats what the two Driving beams are for. I haul arse at night with 640 HP and never have had a problem. I am going to be at Gordons next weekend if you want to come check out my setup.

No glare, The rigid LEDs are spot in the middle half of bar and floods on the outer quarters of bar. Best of both worlds in one bar.........