OpenTrackRacer

I see lots of 50" lightbars and hear lots of people complaining about the noise from both the light bar itself and the mounts. Does anyone have a light bar mount that doesn't make a ton of noise?

Thanks!

agentjohnson

Noise comes form the cooling fins, you can breakup the air flow with a piece of door trim insulation type stuff and it kills the noise.

See this for help: 5 dollar 50" led light bar whistle fix - Jeep Wrangler Forum

mhockey9090

^ Exactly what he said. I have the JCR mounts which are lower than any other mount out there i've seen. I was not getting any noise until I hit 60 MPH, but when it started, I would get a headache. I put 1/4 irrigation tubing between the fins every couple inches, problem solved.

OpenTrackRacer

Interesting. I know about the noise from the fins and how to quiet it down but I've seen many complaints about noise from the mounts themselves. I'd like to go with the Rough Country mount due to the price and reported decent quality and fit but have read lots of comments about noise from them.

I've heard good and bad about the JCR mounts (lead time, finish issues and fit issues mainly).

I'd hate to get it mounted up and be driven crazy by noise (not that my Jeep isn't noisy enough as it is).

budmanm3

I don't get much noise with my rock slide engineering mounts. I have the bar slightly turned down a bit and it keeps the whistling to minimum and the noise isn't bad at all. There will always be wind noise, but these mounts are low and keep the bar close to the windshield.

OpenTrackRacer

How's the glare with the Rock-Slide mount position?

budmanm3

In its current position there is some glare on the hood.

JKnewb

Don't mean to hijack, but has anyone done a write up on how to wire the LED light bar? I'm plenty mechanical, right up until it becomes electrical.

budmanm3

Depending on the bar you get, many come with the wiring harnesses complete so all you need to do is plug in and connect to the battery or other power source. Only thing I had to do was swap the switch as I have the rugged ridge pillar switches. Pretty simple and I'm sure there is a writeup somewhere around the interwebs

nickjk33

I just ran a couple beads of caulk down a few of the cooling fans and mine makes hardly any noise