have had a marlin crawler bumper mounted on my rig for some time now. just wend out and bought 4 hella lights and a smitty build winch.

winch is an easy mount. no problem.
the problem is. i want to mount the lights on the bar some how.

ive seen jeep tube bumper light clamps. but only in a 3 inch.

the marlin crawler ones have 1 3/4 inch tubing.

so the question is. without doing any welding since its already painted and on. how do i mount the lights?

ive tried finding clamps everywhere online. in stores. found something at lowes i thought would work. a split ring clamp. but its not going to work either.

any ideas?

 

drill through the bumper

 

ya might check over in Bleeder's thread about his AOR front bumper...i think someone posted up an option for mounting lights to the bar!

but if not, just get creative

 

yea or that^^^

 

i think the best way would be to weld a tab on the bar with a hole in it so you can bolt the lights on

 

i would say if weldin is out of the question then drill a few holes then thred them so u can use bolts in it. it would look better then if u drilled all the way though it. then just get u some brackets to mount your light. like this l_l

 

wrong picture. front bumper!!!!

 

soo...i take it we're talking about the front bumper right LOL

still..best thing would be to drill holes in the tube, or weld tabs!

 

Is that flat black paint?
If it is, just sand some of it off and weld tabs on the back... seriously..
Flat black paint is easy to fix with a can of primer and a can of flat black or satin black..

 

dude..just sand it where ya want the lights..weld the tabs..primer it..paint it..and be done LOL

 

no. in the picture it looks like that cuz of the lighting.

all together it has 4 coats primer. 3 coats gloss black. and 2 coats clear. and its welded onto the truck now cuz a buddy had a miller welder at the time.

what if i put a piece of steel like 2 inches wide. .375 under the winch so it was bolted through. and drilled holes in that for all the lights?

does that make sense?

 

i still say u drill holes though the top piece of the tube thead the holes. use l_l brakets for your lights if u cant weld on it

 

the qestion is. if i drill the holes in the tube...

do i just run a bead of caulking around the hole when its done. or do i drill a hole somewhere in the bottom.

i dont want the bumper to hold water inside and rust thru.

any ideas?

 

just drill though the top part of the tube . tread the hole and use that white tape stuff that seals the treads. u should be good. u know what tape im talkin about?

 

yea i know what your talking about. the crappy white tape you use for air fittings and stuff like that.

ight. thanks man. ill probably do that. its about the easiest and best idea so far.

next question is. go with 4 lights, or 2 lights?
dont forget i have a winch in the middle too

 

do u got a pic of the bumper on your truck? looks like the lights wont fit beside the winch. where u goin to mount them? on top?

 

no i dont have a front view of it right now.

here is one from marlin crawler site.

i would mount the lightson the inside of the headlights. and then a couple more inches in from that. if i do 4

or just the 2. i would put them a couple inches in from the headlights

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"Teflon Tape" commonly used for household plumbing and some gas fitting ( illegal as hell) easy to use, trim and waterproof!! That's how I'd go!!

 

ah yes indeed, conduit hangers

I just ended up having tabs welding on during the construction of the bumper though

 

what hardware store did you find them at? and would they be at home depot? or lowes?

im still thinking about just drilling. but for the time being mabeh get these