I didn't know there wasn't light brackets already on the single brush guard. I didn't realize you had to fab brackets just to get the lights on. I have the double-tier and it has a boxed bracket on it already (I had those high quality OEM hummer lights there to begin with).
On the hood issue, I had to fab brackets to shorten the throw of the hood because the Warn Light Bar and the Warn Winch Bumper is not compatible with each other (go figure). Anyway when you would open the hood the light bar would hit the top of the winch bumper. So, I fabbed a bracket that took the springs out of of the equation and it shortened the cables enough that the hood does not go completely to 90 degrees. Also, it is far enough open so that it doesn't close back on your head if a good gust came along.
Patriot came up with a whole better bracket than I did but here is the thread on what we did:
http://elcova.com/groupee/forums/a/t...3768#607103768