I really want to get a windshield light bar for the JK but I've been looking around and I don't see a single Canadian rig with that kind of light bar... is there a reason for this or am I just imagining things?

 

I wouldn't fit in the garage if I had one!!

There's a guy in Winnipeg with one, but I don't think he is on the forum. I've tried to get him to stop and talk but he looked at me like I was a crazy man. Oh well.

 

I'd be to worried about knockin them off when wheelin. Whats wrong with mounting them to the windsheild hinges?

 

i am looking at getting the New RR light bar soon

 

 

i was going to post up for you but i knew you would be all over it

 

Awesome pics! I've been looking at the RR at Northridge4X4 and the MBRP at Q-tec! Reason I asked is that I heard something about it being illegal to have lights above the windshield... anyone else heard anything like this? Also, once I get the bar what else am I gonna need? Lights of course, but will I need wiring kits or brackets or does all that stuff come with the lights?

 

not illegal. if I remember right its illegal to have lights that arn't covered above the headlights, so you need light guard things...but I've never heard of anyone getting in trouble for that...and no ones every said anything to me.

one word of advice about those light bars. i'm not sure what your trails are like in AB, but if they are anything like the trails I've wheeled in BC/ONT/QUE with lots of trees and tight trails those lights will be knocked off or wrecked so quickly on a lightbar like that which mounts them up high and without protection. That being the reason I designed mine how I did.

I would assume that you would have to buy a wiring kit if they offer one, or come up with your own harness to wire everything up. and brackets should come mounted on the bar.

 

In BC and Alberta I know for sure that you can have one set of driving lights mounted lower than your headlights, any other lights that you have on your vehicle whether above or below headlights must have covers on them when on the street or you can get a fine. The only other way around this is to have them wired in such a way that you have to open the hood in order to turn them on, that way if you were ever pulled over you could show the cops that you cannot activate them from inside your vehicle. I have done this a number of times for customers. I just use a toggle switch under the hood as well as another one inside the cab so you can still turn the lights on and off when you are offroad.

As for the wiring most lights can be purchased in a pair and will come with a wiring harness that includes relay,switch and wire to run the lights. You may have to add a little extra wire to the centre lights but you they usually come with lots of wire. Atleast the IPF and Vision X lights do for sure. These lights also come with covers and have a grille guard that you could also purchase if you wanted to protect them when offroad.

If you have any others questions please feel free to PM me

 

EXCERPTS FROM THE BC MVA REGS:

Auxiliary driving lamps
4.09 (1) A motor vehicle may be equipped with 2 auxiliary driving lamps, mounted on the front of the vehicle at a height of not less than 40 cm and not more than 1.06 m, that are capable of displaying onlywhite light.

(2) An auxiliary driving lamp must be directed so that the high intensity portion of the beam is, at a distance of 8 m from the lamp, at least 12 cm below the height of the lamp and, at a distance of 25 m from the lamp, not higher than 1.06 m from the road surface.

(3) An auxiliary driving lamp must operate so that it is illuminated only when the upper beam of a multiple beam headlamp is illuminated.

[en. B.C. Reg. 476/98, s. 2.]

Fog lamps
4.11 (1) A motor vehicle may be equipped with 2 fog lamps, mounted on the front of the vehicle below the headlamps, that are capable of displaying only white or amber light.

(2) Each fog lamp must be

(a) mounted not more than 30 cm below the headlamps, and

(b) adjusted and aimed so that, at a distance of 8 m from the lamp, the centre of the beam is at least 10 cm below the height of the fog lamp.

(3) The fog lamp wiring and switch must permit simultaneous operation of the parking lamps, tail lamps, licence plate lamp and, if required, clearance lamps.

(4) The operator of a vehicle may use fog lamps instead of headlamps when atmospheric conditions make the use of headlamps disadvantageous.

[en. B.C. Reg. 476/98, s. 2.]

Any additional lighting that does not fall into either of these categories would be for off highway use only. An astute traffic cop may consider your light bar to be "Unauthorized Lighing" and COULD net you a $109 fine. (DOES NOT INCLUDE MARKER, SIGNAL OR PARKING LIGHTS)