Light bar installation

[mdlighting]

Hi everyone this is my first time installing a roof mounted light bar and was wondering if any one could give me instructions on the best way to go about this. I have installed all interior lighting before now my job wants me to install actual light bars on our patrol vehicles. To make things worse we have 2010 Chevy traverse's and they are buying some cheap uniforms warehouse Opti-range strobe light bars to try and save money. Any help would be greatly appreciated

 

[MEVS06]

Hi everyone this is my first time installing a roof mounted light bar and was wondering if any one could give me instructions on the best way to go about this. I have installed all interior lighting before now my job wants me to install actual light bars on our patrol vehicles. To make things worse we have 2010 Chevy traverse's and they are buying some cheap uniforms warehouse Opti-range strobe light bars to try and save money. Any help would be greatly appreciated

Im sorry you have to use those lights, I will make sure and pray for the people using the units when they get in a crash because they arent seen and/or the bars catch fire with someone in the units... Good luck with that.

 

[Hoser]

Tryn to figure out why a proffesional upfitter would need help doing a lightbar?

 

[911]

Tryn to figure out why a proffesional upfitter would need help doing a lightbar?

im trying to figure out why a professional upfitter would put a uniformswarehouse lightbar on anything but a power wheels kids car !!!!!!!!!

 

[Bill Boyd]

im trying to figure out why a professional upfitter would put a uniformswarehouse lightbar on anything but a power wheels kids car !!!!!!!!!

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[HILO]

I'm trying to understand what patrol functions these Chevy Traverse will do. Cant see a LE agency buying a Taverse as a patrol vehicle when most PPV's are cheaper.


opcorn:

 

[JazzDad]

Cool! Uniforms Warehouse offers lightbars with "Halogan" lamps in them. :dielaugh:

 

[SireLite]

Those lightbars are only suitable for indoor disco's.


I've seen these lightbars in person and they totally suck during daylight.


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Opti-Range Strobe Lightbars Uniforms & Accessories Warehouse - Security Uniforms, Law Enforcement Badges, Lightbars

 

[TCO]

kinda confused,you listed yourself as a pro installer but have no idea how to install a lightbar.. i am far from a pro and have installed them but thats a different story.do yourself a favor talk your work into putting real lightbars on the vehicles

 

[TritonBoulder47]

Hi everyone this is my first time installing a roof mounted light bar and was wondering if any one could give me instructions on the best way to go about this. I have installed all interior lighting before now my job wants me to install actual light bars on our patrol vehicles. To make things worse we have 2010 Chevy traverse's and they are buying some cheap uniforms warehouse Opti-range strobe light bars to try and save money. Any help would be greatly appreciated

With those lightbars... I'd suggest Magnets... LoL

 

[GPC]

With those lightbars... I'd suggest Magnets... LoL

Hell I'd just use some zip ties and bungee cords. Oh almost forgot you need glue. Lots and lots of glue.

 

[Tlauden]

All the bars I ever installed I used gutter mounts for, I've seen them installed by drilling through the roof and bolting them. Any decent light supplier will have the brackets you need. It's really not that hard. Good luck

 

[calebsheltonmed23]

With those lightbars... I'd suggest Magnets... LoL

And insurance! lol.

 

[TCO]

well you will need plenty of deck screws and some construction adhesive.


o sorry you where talking about a light bar not a actual bar:razz:


regardless of lightbar manufacturer try to see if they have vehicle specific mounting brackets or generic ones you can modify. type of vehice you are installing on you have options of either drilling the roof , running the cable in thru the back hatch,or running in thru a door that is not used much (not recommended ),whatever you do kake sure you seal everything good

 

[SlickTop Solutions]

PM inbound to the OP, give me call next week when I am back in town.

 

[MPD 818]

 

[rwo978]

Tryn to figure out why a proffesional upfitter would need help doing a lightbar?

im trying to figure out why a professional upfitter would put a uniformswarehouse lightbar on anything but a power wheels kids car !!!!!!!!!

Which is exactly the reason I think the whole 'professional' name should be assigned by a moderator/admin and not any Joe Public. "Hey, everyone, I'm the Grand Puba. Can I add that to my name?"

 

[TritonBoulder47]

Which is exactly the reason I think the whole 'professional' name should be assigned by a moderator/admin and not any Joe Public. "Hey, everyone, I'm the Grand Puba. Can I add that to my name?"

:thumbsup: Agreed

 

[rwo978]

Hell, I've done plenty of installs on the side way back when, but I am no where close to a professional. Even I wouldn't add that to my name.

 

[mdlighting]

thanls for the advice to the ones that tryed to help. for the rest first off i cant control what my work buys i make recomendations but they never listen they always go with the cheapest stuff. second i have mounted lightbars before my problem comes with mounting them on a chevy traverse there is no specific mounts for them and it looks like they will be mounted to the roof rack i wasnt to sure if that was a good idea or not but a buddy of mine said it was the only way i guess i will try to post pics when im done. third the traverse's do pretty good on patrol i work at N.A.S.A. and we dont have any really bad roads or long streches of highway so dont knock it they are mad comfortable.