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What do you put between your windshield light mounts and the paint?

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Old 12-06-2009, 04:38 PM
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Default What do you put between your windshield light mounts and the paint?
I got my Smittybilt light brackets, and going to pick up a pair of KC SlimLite to install on my Jeep.

I don't want to scratch the paint, in the event I ever take them off. So what can I put between the brackets and the body?

Thanks very much.
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Old 12-06-2009, 05:00 PM
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I bought a set off ebay and mine had a foam backing on them to protect the paint.
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Old 12-06-2009, 05:02 PM
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I bought a set off ebay and mine had a foam backing on them to protect the paint.
Your brackets were Smittybilt?
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I bought a cheap gasket kit at Autozone. Traced the outline of the bracket and cut. I think the kit was like 6 bucks.
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I just used some foam sheet I had laying around.
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Could make a gasket with an old bicycle inner tube, just trace and cut out, should work.
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My KC brackets had a foam gasket around them. I'm sure there are 100's of ways to do it but, I would just buy a gasket set from an automotive store and cut it to fit.
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I've had very good luck with 3M industrial double sticky tape. It's got the consistancy of weather stripping but a little thinner and it compresses fairly easily. Plus it has the byproduct of holding the bracket in while you screw it down.
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Originally Posted by SFD1248
I bought a cheap gasket kit at Autozone. Traced the outline of the bracket and cut. I think the kit was like 6 bucks.




That's what I did too and it worked like a charm!
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Put 1/16" wetsuit material on my MBRP's, you would never know it was there.
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