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sh4717
Explorer
Jun 28, 2015

Jeep toad rear auxiliary lights-where to mount them

I want to put auxiliary (magnetic type) lights on the rear of my jeep unlimited-which is my new toad vehicle. The roof is fiberglass and the rear bumper is plastic so I am having a hard time finding something to attach the lights to. I thought about putting some kind of a bracket in the Jeep's tow hitch, but I am planing on putting a bike rack in that hitch so I don't believe that will work.

Not really interested in running a diode system as I only plan on towing this 2-3 times per year.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Scott

9 Replies

  • dubdub07's avatar
    dubdub07
    Explorer
    Jun 30, 2015
    I drilled in lights into my taillights for both my jeeps. Looks awesome, and not permanent (so to speak) as I just ran a flat four cable from the taillights to the front and plug them into a 4 to 7 adapter. Less than $100 did two vehicles and the taillights are very functional.

    WW
  • wilanddij's avatar
    wilanddij
    Explorer
    Jun 30, 2015
    What wilanddiJ said but use double stick foam tape to hold the steel sheets. Then it's reversible back to original condition if you sell the jeep.
    You all must have better experience with double back tape than I have. I wouldn't trust it to hold during hiway travel. IMO, four small holes in a black plastic bumper are easily hidden with the correct size hole plug from Ace HW come selling time.
  • sh4717's avatar
    sh4717
    Explorer
    Jun 29, 2015
    DougE wrote:
    What wilanddiJ said but use double stick foam tape to hold the steel sheets. Then it's reversible back to original condition if you sell the jeep.


    Thanks for this idea-I'm all about not putting anything permanent on so this might just work.
  • DougE's avatar
    DougE
    Explorer
    Jun 29, 2015
    What wilanddiJ said but use double stick foam tape to hold the steel sheets. Then it's reversible back to original condition if you sell the jeep.
  • wilanddij's avatar
    wilanddij
    Explorer
    Jun 29, 2015
    Screw a correctly sized piece of sheet steel to the top of each side of the plastic bumper and mount the mag lights on the steel.
  • BTPO1's avatar
    BTPO1
    Explorer
    Jun 28, 2015
    On my 78 CJ-5 I just wired in another complete lighting system. On yours it seems as though you could use a dual receiver and have your bike carrier and some other attachment for your lights.
  • Tom_Barb's avatar
    Tom_Barb
    Explorer II
    Jun 28, 2015
    sh4717 wrote:
    I want to put auxiliary (magnetic type) lights on the rear of my jeep unlimited-which is my new toad vehicle. The roof is fiberglass and the rear bumper is plastic so I am having a hard time finding something to attach the lights to. I thought about putting some kind of a bracket in the Jeep's tow hitch, but I am planing on putting a bike rack in that hitch so I don't believe that will work.

    Not really interested in running a diode system as I only plan on towing this 2-3 times per year.

    Any ideas?

    Thanks!

    Scott

    Once installed a "Cooltech" harness doesn't care how many times it is used per year.

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