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Roof Top Lights... How and Where?

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09 Jan 2011 16:37 #9179 by ooky_123
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the Brackets were sourced from Wickes (Gate hinge mounts) and the square "U" brackets were from a trailer.
I had to re-drill the mounting holes a little, but they fitted the bar width perfectly.
Will look tomorrow for them in the garage (Been out of the country for 2 weeks).
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09 Jan 2011 16:41 #9180 by lukeyblunt
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That's great ! Thanks very much :) Just the kinda thing i'm after!
Hope you had a nice couple weeks!

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09 Jan 2011 16:48 - 09 Jan 2011 17:01 #9181 by ooky_123
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Working .... flew out just before the new year ... Bratslavia, Austria, Poland

Not looking to 2 weeks work in Pakistan & a possible few weeks a few hundred miles south west of Islamabad (check a map!)
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09 Jan 2011 16:55 #9183 by lukeyblunt
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Working?! I guess that's you flying that jet, is it ?? B)

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09 Jan 2011 16:59 #9184 by ooky_123
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haha.. No, its me that took the picture though !!...
No, im in IT (Telecomms)
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09 Jan 2011 17:03 #9185 by lukeyblunt
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ooh Very Nice :) RAF Valley? i'd love to go there.
I got a few aviation pics ,myself :) There's a few airbases quite closeby.

www.flickr.com/photos/lukeblunt/sets/72157622730686415/

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09 Jan 2011 17:13 - 09 Jan 2011 17:15 #9186 by ooky_123
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Nice Pix. A lot of my pix are on my facebook albums.

The Tornado pic was taken at the Mach Loop in Mid Wales

there are a few of my pix also on the last page of my album here

s452.photobucket.com/albums/qq246/wibblef00f/

Incidently the munitions on the B52 were live ordenance, pix taken @ RAF Fairford (on Base & Pan) back in 2003
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09 Jan 2011 19:21 #9210 by mcjimny
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Heres a couple of poor pics i pulled off my phone. The bars are the shorter ones that are just the width of the roof, exactly the ones i was after. I've used exhaust clamps with fence repair brackets with the holes re-drilled to suit then the lamps are bolted through them. I wanted them to sit slightly further forward of the bars in case i ever wanted to carry anything on the roof still.

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09 Jan 2011 20:37 #9228 by lukeyblunt
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mcjimny wrote: Still to wire mine up, when i get 5 mins i'll get som pics though.


My Dad's just informed me that any light mounted on a vehicle must be wired up and working...? Otherwise it's not road legal. Any thoughts?? :blink:

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09 Jan 2011 20:48 #9236 by ooky_123
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Not really ...
if they are part of the vehicles lights and are needed for the MOT then they must be, but any auxillary lights are not pat of the MOT.
As for the legalities of them, I cannot imagine ANY policeman stopping you to ask if the roof fitted to the vehicle are working or not if they are additional to the vehicles standard fitted lights
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09 Jan 2011 20:51 #9240 by lukeyblunt
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Great! Thanks :)
I'll just have to put up with the wires tapping on the roof! lol
Thanks again.

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09 Jan 2011 20:57 #9245 by ooky_123
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I taped mine to the roof using electrical tape. If the roof section your taping it to is clean, and you use warm tape .. you can make a waterproof seal that will last a few weeks if you work the tape down well.

These days, I use a bit if black silicone, and when its set will hold wires etc nicely
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