Help with custom install

[nightmatt]

honestly i wouldnt worry about doing mesh or billet. I think it will look good without it. but if you do decide to add it I may be able to help with making it. lucky for you I work with metal fabrication all day ever day. if not me, I know a few guys from work who probably could.

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

Originally Posted by 0212353 how deep is the led bar? can you just cut a part out of the insert and the bar fills it? And yeah, you'll have 1" at the bottom and its flush at the top? that kind of deal?

Haven't measured, but it's probably 3 or more inches deep. I'm not sure what you mean by the part I bolded.

Originally Posted by myoung84 Didn't think about window tint. Would that hold up to the heat?

I'm not sure. I'm sure it gets hot, but how hot? I thought about asking my tint guy that.

Originally Posted by 0212353 side note...........kinda surprised with this mod. Interesting addition to the truck David!

Thanks bud. I just figured it would be different.

Originally Posted by Matt tinting plastic is tricky bc if you decide you don't like it or it fades real easy or anything makes getting the adhesive off that plastic extremely difficult i would cut the red line and then go from there .. if you don't like it you could always add mesh to it later ...

I didn't know about that. I really wanted to do Lamin-x but it's $50 for a 4"x50' roll.

Originally Posted by DoubleTakeDodge I'm not big on the mesh idea just because it wouldn't match. BUT.... Do the mesh and get a nice looking black mesh grille? Otherwise I would just make the cut and leave it be

The only mesh uppers I've found are either cheap crap or horribly expensive (like $300+).

Originally Posted by nightmatt honestly i wouldnt worry about doing mesh or billet. I think it will look good without it. but if you do decide to add it I may be able to help with making it. lucky for you I work with metal fabrication all day ever day. if not me, I know a few guys from work who probably could.

I'll definitely keep that in mind bud...as a matter of fact. I'm going to text you now.

[0212353]

I mean that if you centered the bar, then put the insert over that, you'll have......an underbite or whatever - but it would probably look the cleanest....i think?

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

Oh, yeah, I agree. I think I'll just mount it completely centered horizontally and vertically and then cut the plastic piece as little as possible.

[(S.M.R) 101]

Gunna be sick man!

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

I had to take a couple days off from work so I'm getting some time to toy with this. I have the dash apart and have run the power wire for the relay as well as finding a good hiding spot for the relay. I should get the rest of harness completed tomorrow and then start fabbing up the mounts for the bar.

[(S.M.R) 101]

Awesome Dave... I'm pretty stoked to see this all installed man.

[0212353]

rockin'

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

Alright, the wiring is completely done. I have to figure out what I'm going to do for tinting the lexan because what I thought would work, won't. Also, tomorrow will be completely devoted to fabbing the mounting brackets...which is going to suck.

[0212353]

oh thats the fun part!!!