LED Light Bar for xtreme stepside

[xtremedreams]

What size lightbar would I need to order for an xtreme stepside.

[sonomanator]

to bad they dont make a tool to measure things that would be a good idea. just kidding i dont think they make a small enough size isnt it like 42 and 52 i dont think either will fit.

[sonomanator]

36 48 60 i will go check to see how wide my tail gate is i think its 42 that just a guess tho

[sonomanator]

ok its 45 1/2 and its not a step side so maybe the 36 will work just measure the bumper or roll pan and how much of a gap you have.

[shortS10owner]

Why do you keep posting in threads when you have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. Half the time its not even relevant to the topic....

Anyways man, your gonna have to do get a 48 inch one, and do a little modifification to get it to fit. I used a drill and drilled two pilot holes where the led bar met the sheetmetal on the sides where its about an inch too long on each side, then used a metal step bit to bore it out big enough to slide the led bar through each hole. When you order it youll also see it has a plastic flange thats about a half inch taller than the led bar itself, I myself trimmed that off on the sides where I needed clearance to fit just the bar through the holes and mounted it up on the roll pan like you would on any other vehicle.

Heres a pic for reference...




Hope this helps you out man, it can be done, just takes some creativity
Edit. my rollpan isnt all jacked up now like it is in this pic. I didnt have my screws in on the sides yet b/c I kept taking it on and off to test fit and drill my holes

[xtremedyme]

Thanks Bro

Quote: Originally Posted by shortS10owner

Why do you keep posting in threads when you have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. Half the time its not even relevant to the topic....

Anyways man, your gonna have to do get a 48 inch one, and do a little modifification to get it to fit. I used a drill and drilled two pilot holes where the led bar met the sheetmetal on the sides where its about an inch too long on each side, then used a metal step bit to bore it out big enough to slide the led bar through each hole. When you order it youll also see it has a plastic flange thats about a half inch taller than the led bar itself, I myself trimmed that off on the sides where I needed clearance to fit just the bar through the holes and mounted it up on the roll pan like you would on any other vehicle.

Heres a pic for reference...




Hope this helps you out man, it can be done, just takes some creativity
Edit. my rollpan isnt all jacked up now like it is in this pic. I didnt have my screws in on the sides yet b/c I kept taking it on and off to test fit and drill my holes

[sonomanator]

i thought they had a smaller back bumper chill and thats an ugly ass roll pan and exhaust tips i hope you fix that to.

[shortS10owner]

I really could care less what you think about my truck. How about you do the forum a favor and STFU and GTFO

[turbo4xtreme]

x2 he has an amazing truck if u didnt read his post he didnt have roll pan in all the way... so please....if u have something to say....go post on a mustang forum...:P shorts10owner...ignore him ur truck is a badass lsx it!!

[shortS10owner]

haha, thanks man. I might be picking up a built 4.3 bored .30 over with full upgraded internals and a big cam for 200 bucks from a friend who built it out of the truck, sold the truck, and now its just taking up space and he doenst want it anymore, so I can't pass that up. But I won't be putting it in for a long time, just gonna sit in my garage now. Bags are first, haha.

[Mikz86TA]

Yup. I could never find one short enough either.

I decided to make one using a few LED bars from the Blazer 3rd lamps. But waterproofing was a factor and I didnt like the results of my ideas. So I scrapped the plan and made those same Blazer LED bars into a rear-window monted unit.



Sorry for the not so great pic. Only one I had apparently of it on the truck. The rest of the pics are build pics of it.

[shortS10owner]

I also ran mine in my back window for a couple weeks until I could figure out a way to put it under the tailgate, heres a pic of it to for reference. Some people like it just as good in the rear window as they do in the rear, but I wanted mine where its supposed to be....

[turbo4xtreme]

Quote: Originally Posted by shortS10owner

haha, thanks man. I might be picking up a built 4.3 bored .30 over with full upgraded internals and a big cam for 200 bucks from a friend who built it out of the truck, sold the truck, and now its just taking up space and he doenst want it anymore, so I can't pass that up. But I won't be putting it in for a long time, just gonna sit in my garage now. Bags are first, haha.

yeah cant pass that up...lemme know if u would sell that engine to me for ummm... 201 dollars ull make a proffit

[shortS10owner]

Im probably gonna try and flip it locally. I wouldnt mind having it in my truck, but my truck is my daily, and I don't have anything else to use if it was down for a motor swap. I just dunno how much it would be worth, hes also giving me his set of longtube headers and x pipe and a MAF sensor and a few other goodies that are worth 200 dollars alone. Id say I could probably flip it for about 1000

[wildman ss]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mikz86TA

Sorry for the not so great pic. Only one I had apparently of it on the truck. The rest of the pics are build pics of it.

Would you mind posting the build pics as well?

[9K CRAZY]

I Put A 48" Under The Gate On My 96' 2dr Blaze. Had Lots Of Room To Spare But It's Bout The Same Width As A Fleet Side. I'd Post Pics But The Damn Thing Wont Let Me

[Mikz86TA]

Sure. It was pretty simple and I used materials I had.
The way I mounted it, I had to either modify or remove the panel under the rear window. So I used some leftover black carlet from the sub box build and draped it over the back using Super33 3M sprayglue.

Link to it. Ask any questions..PM me
http://www.s10planet.com/forum/showt...ighlight=Brake

Quote: Originally Posted by wildman ss

Would you mind posting the build pics as well?

[O1xtreme]

bodyworks not done yet, please no negative comments thanks.

[Firm]

Shorts10owner, How did you have that mounted on the inside of the rear window??(any pics?) I kinda like it there....plus it would help make me more visible cuz my taillights are tinted pretty dark.

[shortS10owner]

haha, its funny you ask that. I literally just found 3 nails I had laying in the shop, and just wedged em between the plastic trim piece to hold the bar up, But it was only like that for like two weeks at most, so I didnt care, i knew it wasn't permanent. I have no idea how you could make it look clean from the inside though....just will take some creativity and modification

[xtreme8808]

Quote: Originally Posted by shortS10owner

I have no idea how you could make it look clean from the inside though....just will take some creativity and modification

Duck Tape? ...

[shortS10owner]

couldn't be much worse than what I did

[Mikz86TA]

Hey. looks good from outside right? hehehehe

If interior cosmetics are no issue, then you did OK