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Old Sep 3, 2013 | 07:57 PM
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I love my 50" rigid and I got the n-fab mounting brackets. You have to take the molding out where you want to put them and have them in the right spot so I would have a professional do it but I would say the mounting gear from nfab is the way to go
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Old Sep 3, 2013 | 07:57 PM
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Originally Posted by nickpatton_189

How do you plan on getting the wire in the cab
I'm gonna have to take off the headliner to bolt it down so prolly down the piller where the O-**** handle is.
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Old Sep 3, 2013 | 09:30 PM
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Anyone know if there's a good write up or video on removing the headliner.



Not gonna lie but the n-fab mount looks kinda weak like pushing it side to side. I'm sure it's not but it kinda looks like it.

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Old Sep 4, 2013 | 11:05 PM
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Originally Posted by B.Reed
I love my 50" rigid and I got the n-fab mounting brackets. You have to take the molding out where you want to put them and have them in the right spot so I would have a professional do it but I would say the mounting gear from nfab is the way to go
I have a few questions.. Have you had any issues with leaking and such? Was it professionally installed or DIY? And last, how did you wire and where did you put the switch?
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Old Sep 7, 2013 | 05:33 PM
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It's here. But it might be a couple days before I get it installed. This thing is heavy.

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Old Sep 9, 2013 | 11:35 PM
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Not sure what mount in gonna make it's betweeen some of these designs. What do yall think.
Not sure wich one would be easier or wich one would be more sturdy
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Old Sep 10, 2013 | 07:33 AM
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Wouldn't the mounting points on all the light bars be the same as the rigid one? I mean come on they look exactly the same! You would thin they would mount the same! Lol
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Old Sep 10, 2013 | 11:25 AM
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Yeah but there are slight differences like one mounts flat on the roof and the other kinda mounts sideways and the way they screw onto the light bar.
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Old Sep 10, 2013 | 11:26 AM
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They are 3/4 of an inch longer than rigid bars with the screw going into the bar instead of coming out of the bar like rigid. The roof mounts should mount the same tho cause you can just spread them apart a little bit to make it fit.
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Old Sep 10, 2013 | 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by buster096
They are 3/4 of an inch longer than rigid bars with the screw going into the bar instead of coming out of the bar like rigid. The roof mounts should mount the same tho cause you can just spread them apart a little bit to make it fit.
Are you talking about my eBay bar. Because I saw another one of your post about a torton bar being longer. But these will be made by me so I can easily make the adjustment since I don't have any real measurements of n fab or rigid mounts.
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