Gobi Rack - Lights wiring

[Centerfire]

You got me there.. The most time consuming part was finding something to use as a hoist.. My new barn is up ,but not finished and I've not replaced all the gadgets and widgets that went up with the old barn.. I buy them as I miss them... Been working on rebuild of barn since AUgust.. hopefully will be done soon.

At least I was out of the rain and cold. Not to mention the barn is over 50ft from the house so I am in charge of the barn.. WIfe has control of house and a 50 ft circle around it.

I still need to run all the wires for the lights and will do so as soon as they all get here. ONly want to tear into it once.



Mike
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Hum2:
Hey Mike:

At least you had a barn to hoist the rack up into!



Ric

OMAHOG/IHOG
Hum2@cox.net<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

[Hum2]

Acheron:

I haven't done so yet but will probably do both to have better range when adjusting.

Mike:

Good luck finishing the barn...every mans' dream is to have their own space like that. LOL on the "house and a 50 ft circle"

Ric

OMAHOG/IHOG
Hum2@cox.net

[cinci]

Ric,

I am just finishing installing my stealth rack as I am typing this. I wanted four of the fogs for the outside two lights up front and for the two lights in the back. However, after talking to the guys at Hummer Solutions, they advised that they had had complaints with the fog lights since they were the crystal ion lights that give off a yellow light. They recommended that I go with all six of the clear driving lights, which I did. I haven't had an opportunity to play with them at night but I would still like to have four of the fog lenses if they were clear. Do you know if these are available?

Also, the four brackets that the lights mount to in the front of the rack are adjustable if you loosen the bolt on the bottom of the rack. This will allow you to aim them from side to side. I also ended up turning the housing for the lamps over which gives them a lower mounting height. This gave me greater range of adjustment up and down. I don't know if any of this addresses your problem but I thought it might help.

Additionally, I have the factory sunroof on my H2 and was interested in whether I should remove the factory wind deflector or not. Has any one had this done? Also, the installation directions with my rack were for the full size rack which installs over the factory roof racks. If I try to use the spacing that they call for in the instructions it interferes with the sunroof wind deflector. Any thoughts?

Thanks,
David
Black H2

[Centerfire]

You should have gotten the 2" brackets.. They will clear the Wind visor for your sunroof. These are the same ones I use for the standard raclk.. & yes you have to take the factory bars off the top.

Mike

[Hum2]

Hey David:

Agreed, the yellow tint fogs are not what I would have chosen, I have not looked into replacing with clear "floods" yet, but I will. I need the light at the rear to close gates behind me once I pass thru at night. The yellow are OK but not great.

My front lights/brackets are only slightly adjustable. Maybe I just need to flip the bracket around, or the lamps as you did. I need a bit more movement especially the outer 2 which I want to point at the sides of the road ahead, not down the middle of the road where all 4 seem to focus now.

Thanks for the hints!

Can't help you with the sunroof issue as I don't have one. Is Mike's answer above helpful? I couldn't use the higher mount brackets or I wouldn't get in my garage...I now only have .25-.5 inch clear.

I'd call GOBI regarding the Sunroof issues you are having.

Ric

OMAHOG/IHOG
Hum2@cox.net

[cinci]

Centerfire,

You are right and it did come with the 2" brackets and they do clear the sunroof. However, I wire tied the wiring harness for the lights to the bottom of the front bracket and with the current positioning of the rack this puts it directly over the sunroof wind deflector. After looking at the situation I didn't see any need for two wind deflectors so I removed the factory one. I can always put it back if I change my mind.

Ric,

The brackets that I was referring to on the front lights were four metal plates with two small threaded screw holes for the two screws that mount the brackets that came with the PIAA lights. These plates also have a threaded bolt hole in the middle where they are attached to the light bracket of the rack by a bolt from through the bottom. If you loosen this bolt you can pivot the light left or right 360 degrees. This is the way it works with my rack, I don't know if the design is different from previous models.

Thanks,
David
Black H2

[Hum2]

Thanks cincih2:

I didn't think to check the rack, light mounting bracket...may be just what I need.

Ric

OMAHOG/IHOG
Hum2@cox.net

[Hum2]

Hey cincih2:

Checked what you pointed out to me...they do rotate..cool...except for the 2 center ones as they rest up against the front wind deflector brackets so there is no ability to rotate the plate. Oh well, the outer 2 will help.

Thanks much!!

Ric

OMAHOG/IHOG
Hum2@cox.net