Code 3 XL Off Road?

[tsquale]

Is this thing a factory made bar or a hack job? It has two rotators, four takedowns, and the rear mostly blacked out. Very neat looking.











Code 3 XL Off Road Lightbar | eBay

 

[tacomabanga19861986]

definitely different i would say, never seen something like that before


looks cool, but with all those takedowns i dought you will seen the amber light lol

 

[ERIC6913]

those domes look spray painted to me.

 

[twodogs603]

I've seen an XL bar on a tiller before that had the back side completely blacked out. But that set up is strange.

 

[tsquale]

those domes look spray painted to me.

I initially thought that too, but the rear "cutouts" are too neatly done IMO to be spray painted.

 

[philyumpshus]

C3 sold factory blacked domes- FDNY had them on the minibars that were on the backs of their engines so that they didn't flash into the sideview mirrors. I don't know if the ones you have are legit or not.

 

[Richard P]

That could be factory, code 3 offered that to compete with trail blazer in the off road market, code 3 discontinued because it wasnt as affordable. I think it was offered with 100w h1

 

[ERIC6913]

I initially thought that too, but the rear "cutouts" are too neatly done IMO to be spray painted.

You obviously haven't noticed my masking taping skills, lol. i think those domes were a different color underneath with cut-outs there and he carefully masked them off.

 

[tacomabanga19861986]

some of my code 3 bars have blacked out backs to them, but i never seen something like this tho

 

[CrownVic97]

I remember seeing a mini-Code 3 Force 4 XL off-road bar on here a while back and that had a stock blacked-out rear with a cut-out window for the single rear spotlight. The plastic was glossy and was not painted, so it was a molded piece of XL lense. This has a flat-black finish, so I'm guessing somebody took their time and masked off the cut-outs real well on the colored lense parts, then went to town with the spray paint for a few coats.


Still a cool looking lightbar, though. I'd put it on my pickup (or car even )!

 

[ERIC6913]

that was the deciding factor for me to, the lack of gloss on the lens.

 

[lite-em-up]

those domes look spray painted to me.

Nope. Factory job.


Back in the late 80's Code-3 offered a line of off-road lights with all of their warning features available as well. Mainly used 100 watt H-1's as someone has already mentioned.


I think the reason that the dome looks like more of a matte finish is due to weathering. They made the lens piece out of black lexan. If you look at the clear front section it looks dull as well which leads me to believe the lenses are just badly weathered.


If you could take the lens off you will be able to see for sure by looking at the inside of the lens.


I have a catolog that I will find and post some pics of when I get home in a couple of days.

 

[JohnMarcson]

Nope. Factory job.

Back in the late 80's Code-3 offered a line of off-road lights with all of their warning features available as well. Mainly used 100 watt H-1's as someone has already mentioned.


I think the reason that the dome looks like more of a matte finish is due to weathering. They made the lens piece out of black lexan. If you look at the clear front section it looks dull as well which leads me to believe the lenses are just badly weathered.


If you could take the lens off you will be able to see for sure by looking at the inside of the lens.


I have a catolog that I will find and post some pics of when I get home in a couple of days.

These were offered factory, as was anything really... The number of options for "build your own XL" were staggering at one point, not to mention they offered a "ranger style" bar using he XL. The only thing I question is if the black has been hit with paint aftermarket. Again I know you could have ordered this bar factory, I'm not sure if that's faded factory blacking or repainted.

 

[jmap]

Hey Guys, The lightbar is factory made I was the one who posted this lightbar on Ebay . I have been a Code-3 Distributor for years . I was contacted years ago from the Code-3 rep offering me a new line of Off-Road Xl lightbars made by Code-3 and I ordered the 4 different versions. This lightbar was installed on a service vehicle they traded that for a different type of lightbar. This is the real Deal. PS: I think I have 3 more different versions in stock never installed. I will be posting a lot of my items shortly. Thanks, Marty

 

[ERIC6913]

No doubt it could be factory. i was just commenting on the krylon paint job