My $4 lightbar

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My $4 lightbar

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When I bought my 1500, it had a fleabay lightbar that was rusting out and the PO had covered some of the worst areas with silver paint.
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I was living with it until I could do something, but I also didn't like the fact that there were 2 bars across the front for turn signals and the spot lights.

I got a smoking deal on a NOS OEM windshield with lowers so I bought it. The problem with these is the lowers make most light bars un-mountable.

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I wasn't heart broken because I didn't like the old bar, but I did want my lights back. The bar that does work is around $500 CDN and I wasn't going to spend that on mounting lights, so I got to thinking.

These brackets are for mounting concave mirrors on tractor trailers and they are $2 a piece

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They fit perfectly between the shield and the lowers and the holes even line up so I would not have to drill my new windshield mounts.

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Here they are mounted

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Re: My $4 lightbar

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Finding a simple solution like that can be very satisfying! [emoji106]

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There is always a way, the trick is finding it.
Thinking outside the box, well done.
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Nice job!

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Cool! [emoji106]

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Re: My $4 lightbar

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Thanks guys :cheers:
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Re: My $4 lightbar

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Fun times there! LOL [emoji106] :cheers:

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+100 for ingenuity!!
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