DIY Rigid Industries Tail Light Brackets
 

Rigid Industries puts out some extremely great products but I have a hard time paying their price. I wanted some brackets for my LED floods to mount on top of my tail lights. Here's my solution that I made from 1 & 1/2 inch aluminum angle stock from Home Depot (Approx $17.00). I also had a can of black textured paint, but I did have to purchase a rivet gun and some 3/16" rivets (Approx $20). I still have enough stock left to make 7 more brackets!!!!!

As far as wiring goes i just tapped into the existing back up lights. I do plan to use a relay, come off the battery, and make it switchable from within the cab as soon I build my DBox.

Sorry for the crappy cell phone pics.
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Nice job! Now just find another use for that rivet gun, otherwise you ended up paying nearly as much as you would have for the brackets to begin with. :rotflmao2:

looks good, did you remember to seal the wire that goes into the tail light box and the rivet points against leaking a ton of water into the light box?

Tools are never a waste of money!
I bought a large rivet gun just so I didn't have to pay dealer prices to put in the Mopar hood lock. I've already installed 4 of them for friends and family.

I not sure if I need to seal the rivets or wire holes because I didn't invade the sealed compartment where the light bulbs sit. There is a slim space between the outer plastic and the light bulb compartment. I ran the wire out through that slim space and tapped into the wires that are readily accessible. I think if water leaks into the taillight it will just drain out through the cavity behind the tail light which is open-ish to the bottom. If it becomes a problem, I will have to cut the rivets, seal it, and re-rivet the bracket.