crucialcolin
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Throwing this out there as I have been racking my brain a bit on the best way to go about mounting a new Axis Plus 600 Warning Bar I picked up from Tom at Advanced Warning lights in the rear window of my Ford Ranger. Hoping to gather some better ideas before going forward with the install. Sorry if its lacking in clear organization/thought process.
Anyways the bar itself is pretty standard for mounting purposes. It comes with 2 L-Brackets with a sliding bolt rear channel.
My plan as of now has been to install it towards the bottom of the window near the red line i drew in. One of the tricky things about my truck is the fact that it has a sliding window which I would like to keep functional if possible. Not ideal, I know. It opens off to the passenger side manually.
In fact thanks to a post by How2075 and his got a couple of long 6.5" L-brackets from Ultra Bright Lightz to mount on the frame just below then window. Then tie the shorter end into the L-brackets that came with the lighthead.
* Side note I really like how they did the install in his back window as its very similar to mine, however I'm not sure how they managed to do it(or bend the brackets). Plus I'm not exactly sure if want to mess with my headliner. Mainly I worry about sagging. Could that be an issue if i drop it?
Other then that I found a few photos with the interior trim pannels removed(Thanks to a Hushmat Ranger tutorial by Korey89 at Explorer forums). It may help to identify possible body mounting points below or even above the window.
Anyways the bar itself is pretty standard for mounting purposes. It comes with 2 L-Brackets with a sliding bolt rear channel.
My plan as of now has been to install it towards the bottom of the window near the red line i drew in. One of the tricky things about my truck is the fact that it has a sliding window which I would like to keep functional if possible. Not ideal, I know. It opens off to the passenger side manually.
In fact thanks to a post by How2075 and his got a couple of long 6.5" L-brackets from Ultra Bright Lightz to mount on the frame just below then window. Then tie the shorter end into the L-brackets that came with the lighthead.
* Side note I really like how they did the install in his back window as its very similar to mine, however I'm not sure how they managed to do it(or bend the brackets). Plus I'm not exactly sure if want to mess with my headliner. Mainly I worry about sagging. Could that be an issue if i drop it?
Other then that I found a few photos with the interior trim pannels removed(Thanks to a Hushmat Ranger tutorial by Korey89 at Explorer forums). It may help to identify possible body mounting points below or even above the window.
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