Roof spotlights - advice required

Ok I want spotlights on the roof............but on a budget!!

I have the roof bars but the thule bars to fit it in halfords are £40 and ebay are not much cheaper, so any ideas??

Also need rectangle lights? Any cheap places? Halfords for four are £56, disgusting, and cant find any on ebay just chrome round ones that I have on my other mav.

(might even just bolt them to the roof but the sunroof takes up a lot of that)

Thanks

[mav]

Hello 4x4xford,

Did you see the roof pods with the 4 round lights built in in which we covered on here a short while ago and very reasonable price too.

Mav.

[Deleted Member]

I got all my gear at Halfords...Roof bar kit was about £70 all in and the spots were £20 a pair,could probably get them cheaper of ebay but i have this bad illness that when i get an idea,i have to do it KNOW!!...lol
Just measured and drilled four holes on the cross bar and attached the spots that way...makes them easier to come off if you need them off! :smile:

I will have a look round for that, although I do know of a set I posted not long ago but think they were £80 or so??

Do you mean these:

http://www.direct4x4.co.uk/index.php?p=view_product.php&product_id=645

[mav]

There the ones, You beat me to it,
I remember Boggert was looking a short while ago.

http://www.nissan4x4ownersclub.co.uk/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=5441&highlight=pod

Mav.

i have this bad illness that when i get an idea,i have to do it KNOW!!...lol

I have exactly the same illness. Ive already bought 4 round lights off ebay for this but they are to big really so ill get some smaller ones.

In fact I will take a pic of them in some kind of situ and people can tell me if they look daft or not????[/i]

[Deleted Member]

I got 4 6" round spots on roof rack,think they are great!! :lol: :lol:

[Deleted Member S]

Sorry 4x4xford did you say yours has the factory roof rails :? If you do you could get a squared steel/alloy bar to go across the rails from one side to the other & fix it in place with something like exhaust claps & the mount the spots to the bar. It was the 1st thing I could think of doing it on the cheap :oops:

Sorry 4x4xford did you say yours has the factory roof rails :? If you do you could get a squared steel/alloy bar to go across the rails from one side to the other & fix it in place with something like exhaust claps & the mount the spots to the bar. It was the 1st thing I could think of doing it on the cheap :oops:

Well funny you should mention that cause thats what I did first of all, mounted my round ones on a bar with exhaust clamps but thought it looked a bit to cheap!! how do thule bars fit in the rails??can something replicate that??

[Terranosaurus]

I went in to halfords and looked in there catalogues at what other cars used the same clamps and then looked on ebay for some bars. I ended up with some for £5 that the guy had had on a renault laguna. I've actually got skoda felicia estate roof rails too, but they are the same profile as T2/Mav ones, well they take the same clamps anyway.

Should have bou........... :lol:

Have a look at how mine are mounted, dead cheap and don't care if they look it either but they work.

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e285/theonlycameraman/Rocky2.jpg

[dinky]

Here we go

Should have bou........... :lol:

Have a look at how mine are mounted, dead cheap and don't care if they look it either but they work.

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e285/theonlycameraman/Rocky2.jpg

Dont say it!! :lol: :lol:

Why Nissan couldnt put gutters on I dont know. :? :?

I will mount them on square tube its the mounting to the rails I wont to get better.

Where did you get your spots from??

Where did you get your spots from??

Somebody who needed the money, 8 of them for twenty of them little gold chocolate pieces :lol:

Ive done it.....there on!! 8) 8) 8)

35 x 25 square tube, mounted underneath the roof bars with 2 exhaust clamps. :wink: :wink:

Budget roof lights....................done!!

And in case your wondering they look fantastic :lol: :lol:

[NNMan]

lets see then!

Tis a bit dark out!! I shall get a pic tomorrow.

[Deleted Member S]

Wheres the photo :wink: If you've got alot of thread showing on the clamps you could cut them off for a neater finish

Wheres the photo :wink: If you've got alot of thread showing on the clamps you could cut them off for a neater finish

Will be up tomorrow!! Well they are big clamps really and Ive put some lock nuts on in case of vibration so no thread left.

Ill just paint them black. :lol:

Ive done it.....there on!! 8) 8) 8)

35 x 25 square tube, mounted underneath the roof bars with 2 exhaust clamps. :wink: :wink:

Budget roof lights....................done!!

And in case your wondering they look fantastic :lol: :lol:

Well done :!: Thought my budget idea may have been some inspiration to you :wink: Nice not having to worry about the cosmetics isn't it? Your learning fast, cheap and cheerfull.

So you fancy trying some lanes after dark on the 30th then?? start with Leeside, Hurstclough then up Pindale??

So you fancy trying some lanes after dark on the 30th then?? start with Leeside, Hurstclough then up Pindale??

sounds like a plan Dad .... I'm up for that even if nobody else is ... I want to see you do the deviation on Pindale :wink: :wink:

sounds like a plan Dad .... I'm up for that even if nobody else is ... I want to see you do the deviation on Pindale :wink: :wink:

The big one? in the dark? I take it yopur riding shotgun then :lol:

sounds like a plan Dad .... I'm up for that even if nobody else is ... I want to see you do the deviation on Pindale :wink: :wink:

The big one? in the dark? I take it yopur riding shotgun then :lol:

Not a chance in daylight ... never mind the dark ... you have more chance of my getting behind the wheel than me doing that section in the daylight ... but I would be very happy to film you and the rest of the lads attemtping it though ... :wink: :wink:

Well done :!: Thought my budget idea may have been some inspiration to you :wink: Nice not having to worry about the cosmetics isn't it? Your learning fast, cheap and cheerfull.

So you fancy trying some lanes after dark on the 30th then?? start with Leeside, Hurstclough then up Pindale??

Cheap and cheerful are my middle names (although some might put "very" in front of one) 8O

Up for doing night lanes not a problem...... :wink: :roll: :| :lol: 8O

... I want to see you do the deviation on Pindale :wink: :wink:

Do you mean the deviation we saw with the holes the size of trucks? 8O 8O

Here you go.............

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh226/4x4xford/DSC00043.jpg

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh226/4x4xford/DSC00044.jpg

[Deleted Member S]

Hi 4x4xFord I think it looks canny m8 :smile: If you eanted to make it a bit more secure you could drill the light bar & fit the U part of the clamp through the bar to stop any side ways movent :smile: It was just an idea :oops: :oops:

[NNMan]

You could just drill through the bar and the roofrail and put a bolt through.

Hi 4x4xFord I think it looks canny m8 :smile: If you eanted to make it a bit more secure you could drill the light bar & fit the U part of the clamp through the bar to stop any side ways movent :smile: It was just an idea :oops: :oops:

Good idea!! I dont mind ideas, just fitted them quick last night was getting very cold and dark. Might need to get smaller clamps tho, if they are the other way up they sit on the roof.

You could just drill through the bar and the roofrail and put a bolt through.

There is a recess in the bar where the thule bar clamps in so not sure its possible, and if you ever see me with a drill you'd shout noooooo!! a bit accident prone :lol: :lol:

[Deleted Member S]

Hi 4x4xford :smile: if you fit smaller claps then you could use just the U part over the top of your rails & through bar & fit the nuts on the under side of the light bar with a flat, spring washer & a locking nut. They should'nt come loose with that lot on :smile:

Not a chance in daylight ... never mind the dark ... you have more chance of my getting behind the wheel than me doing that section in the daylight ... but I would be very happy to film you and the rest of the lads attemtping it though ... :wink: :wink:

I was going to do it Sat morning ..........but your going shopping :roll:



Up for doing night lanes not a problem...... :wink: :roll: :| :lol: 8O

Good Oh, there will be more on the day too 8)


Do you mean the deviation we saw with the holes the size of trucks? 8O 8O

Oh yes, down in daylight, up in the dark :twisted: (but not for the begginers I must add)

Here you go.............

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh226/4x4xford/DSC00043.jpg

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh226/4x4xford/DSC00044.jpg

Have you tried them in the dark yet? I think you may get reflection off the bonnet with them being so far back :|

My only critisism is, if you'd used a piece of timber it would have been cheaper :P -rotfl- (and maybe 2nd hand exhaust clamps -rotfl- -rotfl- -rotfl- )