Has anyone put spot lights on their A pillar (like what police cars have)? I am considering doing this on my Toyota as it has a rust spot on the drivers side A pillar right where one would mount.



I normally don't like to cut into the A pillar (or any part that is not easily replaced), but I figure since it has a pin hole where it rusted out, why not put something useful there instead of just fixing the rust spot.

 

Good place to check for parts would be a junkyard. I was there recently and saw piles and piles of old taxi cabs. For being in an area that doesn't have a big taxi service, this was a huge shock. We have like 2 taxis for the entire city.

 

like this

 

In thinking of doing te same thing on my 93. Nice for spotting out crittiers and scerery at night on the trails

 

toyospearo: where from and how much?

 

Junk yard in central Utah. I pulled off an old utility truck. I get a ton of stuff in there so the guy was like "the spotlight you can have!"
It was crome and I used a reverse electrolysis to strip off the crome and then powder coated every part. The tricky thing was getting the angle right. I pulled it off an old 70's Ford where the widow was much more steep than my Yota. I had to machine a special part to get it to work. It took some monkeying but wasn't too bad. The great thing was when I wired it up it TURNED ON!! Still works. I didn't have to replace the bulb. The thing works great. I use it for spotting cattle on our ranch. I can seem them for over 1000 yards with that light.

 

we don't have any cool j/y down here just the ones by the border, and they aint got s. as far as useful parts go.

 

Just when I thought your truck couldn't get any better, and you go and do that!

 

Im trying to figure out what a crittier and scerery and crome is....LMAO.

 

I just have to make sure the handle on a spotlight wont interfere with the wing window or view through the corner of the windshield.

 

Good Lord thats awful! I even have spell check and my mom was an english professor. I really have no excuse other than I am a total idiot.

 

Yeah my bad. Stupid iPhone messes up words. Critters and scenery.

 

I still don't know how to spell crome

 

chrome =)

 

Funny stuff guys! Ive done the same thing and then had to go back and edit.Makes for funny ass reading : )

 

Krom, with a line over the "o".

 

"ass reading"

Is that something like palm reading?

 

Similar, more obvious life line and fewer callouses (I never can spell that word).

 

toyospearo
hey man how long is the pole that goes to the light? from the handle to the light.
do you have any problems with leaks?