Yeah, mine had that to, I didnt like the way it looked, so I circular filed it and got a shorty antenna instead. (Actually, I cut my stocker down originally, but recently replaced it, didnt like that corkscrew lookin thing anyway.)

 

U n l e s s, you keep in touch with people at the dealership you used to work for and score the whole lot for $20.

You all need to become good friends with two people at your local dealership. The PDI guy (pre-delivery inspection) and the accessory guy.

 

It's super nice how people can totally answer a question quickly and even share pics. Thanks neoxxis! Here are his pictures of the brackets installed with the new antenna spacer.

 

I am thinking about getting the mopars and some lights. Do the lights have to be a certain thickness? Am I limited to certain lights? Also, where does the wire(s) run? Any pics would be helpful.

 

I Had KC Slimlights on mine originally, thought they looked kinda smalll at 6", so I put those on the bumper, and put 8" KC Rally's up on the Mopar brackets. Both fit fine, except the larger ones would interfere more with your antenna ~ depending on your choices in that department. (An 8" shorty antenna fits perfect under mine)

The wires run between the cowl piece and the center section that has the cheesegrater air vent and windshield wipers through it. inside some wireloom. I will try to find some pics of it later.

This one is blurry, sorry about that, but you can see where the wires route through to the right of the light:


You can sort of see what i was talking about with the antenna in the above pic and this one:



This shows my light fetish in greater detail.

If you look at the passenger light you can somewhat see the wireloom snaking down into the top near the cowl & behind the light.
You dont have to drill any holes, there is enough room to feed them through there. From there they run into the engine compartment to your choice of destinations.


Side Note for all the light Nazi's & general haters:
Yeah, yeah, yeah, i have a lot of lights ~ whatever, it's my Jeep and i like them. They all have a specific purpose and I use each set accordingly; Long range on the a-pillars, fogs on bumper outboard, driving lights on bumper inboard.
If you dont like them, i really dont give a damn.

 

Good point about the depth. I can confirm slimlights, the IPF's shown above, and KC Rally's all fit, deeper ones may not. Also, I failed to mention the ever so minor hole issue. Yes, you may need to enlarge the hole in the brackets some, i did. It took about 2 seconds each, and a squirt of black paint to appease the rust gods ~ probably could have done it with a mini grinder wheel. However, be careful DONT DRILL THEM ON THE JEEP! One of the guys I used to wheel with did that, and ended up with a very convenient cowl hole to route his wires through.

I dont have a good shot showing the depth, there are a few pretty dark side shots in my gallery if you are interested (though i doubt they will help much)

 

Thanks...I can see where the wire goes but it looks really tight. At some point, if you decided to remove the lights/mounts, will the mount leave some type of permanant marks or scratches? Are you running the KC Rally 800's? Are they bright? Sorry for all the questions.

 

It is snug, but i ran them in wire loom which makes it look worse than it is. As was menioned, there is a space there that they fit through quite nicely. This is also right where Mopar has you route them if you read their wiring directions.

There is a thin gasket between the mounts and the windshield frame, I doubt it would damage the paint, i would be more worried about eventual paint fade than abrasion.

Yes they are rally 800's (long range spots) and are very bright and more than adequate for my uses.

No problem with the questions

 

Happy, great light setup. My question is where to put what. I mean long-range vs driving lights go on windshield, bumper etc? And the diff between 130 or 100 watts.

 

I am no expert on lighting, but i can tell you why i did mine this way.

The idea to me of fogs is to keep light low and to the outside so you can cut through the stuff. So those went on the bumper outboard.
(Also, at the time i had no other place to mount them as i didnt have a filler plate for my bumper, and i hadent picked up the windshield brackets yet, but dont tell anyone that, my first answer sounded more like i knew what i was doing)

The driving or the spots could go on the a-pillars. i did in fact have the driving ones up there briefly, but didnt care for them, they just looked small and i did get a small amount of glare from them. I put the spots up there to get them up high for long range, also the long range beam gave me less hood glare. not that the driving ones where bad or anything, I just noticed less with the different beam pattern.

Others have driving lights on the a-pillars and say they dont get any noticable glare, i suspect i am just getting it from a combination of the lower Mopar brackets, and the silver hood.

As far as wattage? honestly, i just ended up with what was available. I didnt plan that out at all.

As a side note: I was recently told that my state has a certain maximum candlepower rating allowed for lights. I have no clue what that is yet as I have not had time to find out. I seriously doubt these lights are high enough to cause a stir because i am guesing that that law is about the handheld spotlights more than offraod lights. I will end up checking it out though as I am around a lot of LEO's and state officials for my job ~things get noticed.