WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR TRUCK TODAY!

[drinksoptional]

touch hairy wood i have never had an engine issue with the sport.
On look out for a lock up to store sport for a month or so bro in law might know someone

[AskDean]

fitted the soft a bar i go off andy at the weekend with a 95p store bodge

started with some shelf brackets curtesy of the 95p store in the shed cut to make the center mount brackets



then attach to bumper and a bar and bolt on







then bolt on number plate tohid bodget brackets



then use spare thorttle cable and cruze control cable mount off the carbs to hold broken bottom bracket till filler can be applied



job done for today time to get some filler

[AskDean]

just bought a lovely set of 5 spots to make a nice light bar with or to blink up the soft a bar from flea bay for £13.45

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/120750577097?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.co.uk%3A80%2Fi.html%3F_nkw%3D120750577097%26_sacat%3D0%26_odkw%3D120750577097120750577097%26_osacat%3D0%26_trksid%3Dp3286.c0.m270.l1313%26_fvi%3D1&_rdc=1

[Drift]

You got a bargain there

[James Bass]

WOW WHAT A RESULT!! Nice one Dean.

[AskDean]

i know kust considering what formation to mout them in either 5 up front as alight bar infront of the sunroof or go 3 in the middle of the nudge bar where there is holes for two and then mount the other two wither on the top of the nudge so i can see them from in side so i know the nudge has not fell off see above images for why. or below under numberplate so .

considered putting 2 each side on the out side and ine in the top will photo shop some options over the next few days to see what the wife approve of and what i can do with the bits i have. now i have managed to find a proper centre bracket thanks to glynn

was considering either these
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VOLVO-SCANIA-DAF-CAMION-LKW-STEEL-TRUCK-GRILL-LIGHT-BAR-/140573695676?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CommercialVehicleParts_SM&hash=item20bad85ebc

or these for the roof

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/IVECO-EURO-CARGO-92-02-TRUCK-ROOF-LIGHT-BAR-HIBAR-/390094784615?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CommercialVehicleParts_SM&hash=item5ad3760867

[Big Dav]

If using them for "on road" use, I believe they should be fitted in pairs; eg. 2,4,6 etc.

[AskDean]

i dont mean to be funny but lights on a light bar they tend to be in 5s

and there is no statue i know off that stiplates the amount of or sequence that fog or high beam lights have to be in, from my understanding of the law the lights on the front of the vehicle have to be white, and as long as your normal driving lights are white and on the front there ok,

spots and fogs are classed as additinal lighting and so not part of the mot and as long as they are not above i think it is 500w as this is where they dazzle on coming traffic if used as driving lights then they are legal as full beam should not be used when on coming traffic is present.

someone on here will no dout have the exact definition

seeing as most lorry bars are either 3 low and 5 high see the links for the lights i was thinking of buying.

[Drift]

Roof lights are illegal to use on the road in the UK even if they are fog lights, I think the fog lights need to be mounted below the line of the headlights, but roof lights are definitely illegal on UK roads.

[James Bass]

As far as I'm aware Dean, any roof lights are illegal when used on the road...regardless of how many there are. Only the ones on the nudge bar would be allowed for on road use. BUT I COULD BE WRONG!

[AskDean]

so if roof lights are illegal in the uk how come so many lorries have them and so may 4x4 have them and i could of swore i said i was putting them in the soft nudge bar i got off andy as a moot point on the subject

[James Bass]

It isn't illegal to have them fitted, but it IS ILLEGAL to use them!

[Drift]

You said light bar so assumed you where fitting them to the roof not the bull bar
As said they can not be used but can be fitted, they may get used offroad but no on lanes as thats a public highway or used as work lights.

[Big Dav]

Going off topic slightly with this aspect but have a look at the Road Vehicle Lighting Regulations 1989 - full legislative should be contained in it.

[AskDean]

this is what i was on about when all this started

one of these 4 options quick photoshop mock up to give demo only not these lamps before any one starts my ones are white not blue

[Drift]

If I had to choose it would be pic number three, I think there may be too many though, be careful you dont obstruct air flow to the rad

[James Bass]

I agree with Drifty. Pic three is the bast. I however would put them all on a roof bar, and get two round ones for the nudge bar. But that's just me.

[dave1966]

If I had to choose,I would have to agree with Ste and pic number 3.

[steveM]

yesterday..
left the Fronty at local 1-man garage (pressure test radiator & few other checks), asked him to reseal r/diff same time.

'before' (after many hits with wd40):



'after'

[Big Dav]

Thats a really tidy job SteveM, has he recoated inside the cover for you? If so, what did he use?