Mind ur roof lights.

[A1 Mech]

Just thought id post this so others dont make the same stupit mistake. Decided to put 4 spots on the roof a few months bak when the 4runner was only at a 2" suspension stage. Managed to fit under most carparks and got to know where I cud and cud not fit. Recently fitted a 2" bodylift and 33's and In a hurry to make it to a band the other nite forgot that i was 2-3" higher. Snap Crackle and Pop ther goes my lights, luckily it didnt peel the roof off like a tin can, just cracked and bent the rhino rack that ther mounted on flush against the roof. Also luckily it didnt smash any of the lights, but now they hav the scars of yellow paint and scratches on the covers to prove it. Remember that the higher u go the less places that can accomodate ur vehicle, I no ill be sure to check in the future. Also a trick I used to do b4 I replaced it was measure on my 2m aerial wer the top of the lights line up, put sum tape ther so if the flexy aerial hits on or under the tape u no ur lights will hit. (bit cheaper to replace aerials than 2 pair of spotties)...cheers

[Disco_Alex]

Mate i do the same hahah where aerial dont fit then i dont fit haha:D:D

[KRUZIN]

ooopsy.......

[HRT01]

Bwahaha woulda been good to see

[crankycruiser]

My car jsut doesnt fit in any sorta carpark..:eek:

[RoddQLD]

Yes it would cranky! You just need more of a run-up!! lol

[Disco_Alex]

hahaha

[crankycruiser]

Yes it would cranky! You just need more of a run-up!! lol

LOL.. it would be a permanant fixture in the car park then :D

[A1 Mech]

Haha the thing i failed to mention was that i was well on my way thru my 6th or 7th schooner and the mrs was driving. She more or less got out and started running, but id neva hurt a women..............unless they hurt my baby? :)

[cpt-mud]

always pays to know the height of the car/truck you are driving

[Synergy]

My chick mate moved down the coast, and going down to the underground parking this happened

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v425/synny/5t334.jpg

Once i get the 2"suspension my car will not fit and it'll have 2 stay on the street

[hilux_bondy_007]

i get that everywhere on the southside of brissy... and with 4 spotties comin gotta be more careful.. almost got stuck on sunday at bowling..lol

[T90 USSR]

I was thinking of lights on the roof, but it will not fit in my garage, I was working on a quick release system that can easily be disconnected when I dont need them.
Thinking of a rack with butterfly nuts for quick release and some sort of de-attachable plug under the bonnet. Almost like a power point.

[T90 USSR]

also want to make a custom Snorkel, I dont like any of the ones that are available for a GQ, wanted one out of stainless steel, would look much better

[redhummer]

T90-USSR: I am going to fab and drop-down light bar so that I can fit kayaks on my roof rack without havingto remove my light bar. My roofrack stops about 1' from the windshield so I plan to have attach the lightbar to the front of the rack and hinge it so that it is able to swivel forward and lock down. I'll post pictures when I get it made.

[T90 USSR]

sounds like a good idea. will like to see the pics once you have done it :)

[Davo1]

I was thinking of lights on the roof, but it will not fit in my garage, I was working on a quick release system that can easily be disconnected when I dont need them.
Thinking of a rack with butterfly nuts for quick release and some sort of de-attachable plug under the bonnet. Almost like a power point.

One of those anderson type plugs would do the trick for quick release elecky connections - think they cost between $10 -$20.

[bundylux]

im glad i have a work car it means i can leave the lux at home

[4bdan]

What really peeves me off is that my 4b is still standard height with 31's and it only just fits in the carparks now. Even with a slight lift i will be buggered...

[ravofireman]

im glad i have a work car it means i can leave the NAV at home

x2.

[MRF-Dru]

i drove into one of those automated car washes after a 4x4 trip and i forgot that i didnt have my torno cover on the tray:P bad bad bad things happened that day. i realised half way through the wash when i looked in the rear view mirror to check out the chick in the subaru behind me lol.

[jergalea]

lower your tyre pressures to get in and out of carparks !!!

[minipatrol]

ive got about a 1 1/2 finger gap between the roof of the truck and the 2100 marker at the shopping centre near me. the first time i went into the s/c i nearly pooed myself. i came to a screaming halt, cause from inside the cabin it looked like it was going to have an argument with the sign.

cant park there if i get 36's (o well, you win some and you loose some :D)

[4runner4]

i got a cb arial thats just taller than my spotties so i use that as a gide

[jet-6]

Yer same, set my antenna 50mm higher than the roof, if it touches stop

[taresk]

T90-USSR: I am going to fab and drop-down light bar so that I can fit kayaks on my roof rack without havingto remove my light bar. My roofrack stops about 1' from the windshield so I plan to have attach the lightbar to the front of the rack and hinge it so that it is able to swivel forward and lock down. I'll post pictures when I get it made.

I took the lazy way out for this problem, bought a set of roof racks with extended legs, so my kayaks sit above the lights.

I've been trying to figure out a quick release system since I fitted them to my car (very first mod, lol), but still looking...

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t152/taresk/DSC00137.jpg
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t152/taresk/DSC00138.jpg

[rosedog]

i also run my ariel just above my roof height as a guide. not that i need it(yet) at standard suspension and small ass h/t tyres.... cant wait for the lift and muds.... my brother went into an under ground carpark in brissy cause the sign said he was just able to fit. what the sign didnot account for was the raw sewage pipe that had been only recently installed. it lowered the roof height by another 4 inchs, which did not agree with the head boeard on is cruiser ute..... lets just say he made a speedy get away, luckily still had a clean truck but ..and now take a lot more notice in car parks.... it was the following morning by the time the motel realised they had a mess to clean up, and a very bad odour....

[cambo-84]

yeah im the same as disc alex. I got an aerial thats the same height as the lights so i use it as a measuring stick. Doesent protect you from rogue low branches though. My 75 series doesen't fit in my garage or carparks. then some people park their little bubble cars and rice burners outside because their too scared to drive underneath. Its getting harder and harder to find a park anywhere these days.

[Rogue Patrol]

Funniest thing is when u have a new person in ur car, u know how tall it is but they don't...... Zip into an underground CP and they PANIC!!!!

I don't have roof lights coz they just won't fit in my carport.

[taresk]

Funniest thing is when u have a new person in ur car, u know how tall it is but they don't...... Zip into an underground CP and they PANIC!!!!



LOL, I used to do that too, before I lifted it, now I'd be the one panicking, PIAA lights aren't cheap :(

But it's good if you can have an aerial to guide you, (my UHF is about 4" too short, and the AM/FM one cops a hiding if I put it higher than the snorkle)

[atari4x4]

lower your tyre pressures to get in and out of carparks !!!


i had to dropped the valves out of my tyres to get the zook out of the workshop under the house after installing a lift kit that was suppose to be 3" but turned out more lit 4" at the front & 5" at the back.

only just squeezed it out now it will never go back in.:eek:

[Disco_Alex]

yeah im the same as disc alex. I got an aerial thats the same height as the lights so i use it as a measuring stick. Doesent protect you from rogue low branches though. My 75 series doesen't fit in my garage or carparks. then some people park their little bubble cars and rice burners outside because their too scared to drive underneath. Its getting harder and harder to find a park anywhere these days.


hahah yeah i dont fit in anywhere any more that could be ment for too things but yeah :D Now thats its back on the road people like to say oooo thers a big disco lets look at it whille driving towards you!!! And u say ooo FU$$$K NOT AGAIN:mad: :eek:

[Sea-Dog]

There is a small bridge on Brissy South East somewhere.. sorry about the suburb as I am from the Northside (I think it is around Redland Bay maybe) where the road goes under this bridge but there is only about 6 foot clearance!!! seriously!

Bugger the roof lights I was in my Hilux coming up to this thing thinking "How low does that thing look" then hit the picks when I realised that my roof wouldn't go under let alone the 4 spotties I had up there!

I felt a bit silly having to come to a grinding halt and having to back up and find another way around but I was also pretty concerned that if I had been a bit more asleep and not realised that there was bugger all clearance that I would have slammed into this thing.. as it was I was close enough to actually stick my hand out past the windscreen and touch it by the time I stopped!

This was a number of years ago now and the last time I went there which would have to be 5 years ago now the bridge was still there but there was plenty of warning signs etc this time..

My young fella comes home the other week and shows me the roof of his Hilux with fresh scratches and some dents.. turned out he had a tressle tied down from his tray and sticking forward of his cab.. forgot it was there and tried to go into the underground carpark to the local shops... He hooked up the height bar and tore it out as he went.. funny story when he was telling me but what could I say... I have done stuff just as silly!

I loaded a fridge etc all onto the back of my Hilux ute while helping my sister move out of a unit she was renting once.. drove off only to hear this almighty crash.. I didn't realise there was a friggin big overhead sign and facade at the entrance to the units.... Didn't do much to the fridge but bent the crap out of the signs and stuff!!! D'Oh!

[Badass Bundy]

There is a small bridge on Brissy South East somewhere.. sorry about the suburb as I am from the Northside (I think it is around Redland Bay maybe) where the road goes under this bridge but there is only about 6 foot clearance!!! seriously!

hahaha yeah i know that bridge. Before the Bundy, i had a Corrolla and i thought even that would hit it!!!

[Tired Triton]

Speaking of spotties on the roof. My brother had two on the rack over the roof of his Triton when he went to visit our old man in Victoria. An hour after crossing the border from SA, he was pulled over by a cop and told to remove the lights as they were in an illegal position. Apparently all forward facing white lights must be in front of the driver to minimise windscreen glare. Anyone else had trouble with the law regarding roof mounted spotties?

[taresk]

No, they've never even been mentioned on countless RBT's, or at rego checks, but then, I haven't been to VIC with roof lights. :confused:

[highlift80]

In Melbourne they will write you up for it no worrys, I know of at least 7 blokes that have got a defect notice "canary" for lights above regulation height. But now that I have said that I know someone that has never been touched for it six bull lights on a roll bar on a Hilux living Western suburbs of Melb so go figure.

[fullmetaljacket]

I have one of the big white pogo stick areals, just measured to the highest point of my 4by and marked the uhf with texta at the same hight.....justs a tip

[Lookfar]

I have one of the big white pogo stick areals, just measured to the highest point of my 4by and marked the uhf with texta at the same hight.....justs a tip

That's a bit academic...
The UHF aerial will get busted pretty quickly scraping on the roof of an underground carpark...unless you take it off, and there goes your measuring stick.

FWIW

[fullmetaljacket]

That's a bit academic...
The UHF aerial will get busted pretty quickly scraping on the roof of an underground carpark...unless you take it off, and there goes your measuring stick.

FWIW

it can bend under its own lenght with the spring on the bottom to make it horrizontal, if that happened I would have no roof from the bottom of the w/screen upward so the condition of the uhf would not be my main concern

[Disco_Alex]

I remember waching a lux with 1 of those big white aerial going under kfc should have hurd it bang bang bang bang this was the the aerial smaking the shit out of the roof! the guy was pissing him self laughing in the lux . ;)