5th Gen Ram 1500 30" Light Bar Bracket Set

[bushman77]

Looks nice and clean. I’d be a little leery of drilling blindly into that spot with my 12” display. (And as an electrician, blind drilling is a no go.) But if I can see behind the info center like your last picture shows, I might feel more comfortable doing it. Plus it looks like with the right spacing, a few switches could be drilled there. Well done sir!

I checked out some videos of people taking the dash and radio apart where I could get a good look behind it all and came to the conclusion that I was just gonna send it. Since that spot is meant to hold a module, I figured worst case I have about 1.5 inches of depth before I hit something I’d regret

 

[Redz72]

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I checked out some videos of people taking the dash and radio apart where I could get a good look behind it all and came to the conclusion that I was just gonna send it. Since that spot is meant to hold a module, I figured worst case I have about 1.5 inches of depth before I hit something I’d regret

Good point about the spot having a module there. Something I will def look into.

 

[bushman77]

Okay so I made a small mistake I think. The brackets may have been a touch too wide to the point where the bar would pitch up a bit after driving over rough roads and speed bumps, I tired torquing the light bar bolt and ended up stripping one side I think. The other side is good and tight now but the bar still moves with some decent pressure. To help with this I made a support thing with an L bracket through the bumper support to stop the bar from pitching up. It should stay where I have it aimed now.

 

[1BADRAMLIMITED]

Okay so I made a small mistake I think. The brackets may have been a touch too wide to the point where the bar would pitch up a bit after driving over rough roads and speed bumps, I tired torquing the light bar bolt and ended up stripping one side I think. The other side is good and tight now but the bar still moves with some decent pressure. To help with this I made a support thing with an L bracket through the bumper support to stop the bar from pitching up. It should stay where I have it aimed now. View attachment 176023

Dam that sucks. Can you remove the bolt and re-tap the hole ?

 

[bushman77]

Dam that sucks. Can you remove the bolt and re-tap the hole ?

I'll try that if my contraption doesn't hold up. I have until late spring to make sure its 100% since that's when I am going out west and would really need this setup

 

[ferraiolo1]

For those that aren’t using some sort of controller, where did you decide on mounting the switch? I just decided to go through the blank trailer brake controller. Didn’t need to take the radio out, just drill the hole, stick a fish tape through and reach up in and grab it to pull back through View attachment 175577View attachment 175578

Here. Didn’t require drilling and easy to turn on and off

https://a.co/d/elRD9AC

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[Ready Go]

Many thanks to @Shifts And Grins Fab for their Ram 1500 Lightbar brackets!

I mounted their brackets as high up as possible, then used the top mount holes for a RC 30" Curved Dual-Row LED & DRL Lightbar..and it is nearly perfectly centered vertically in the lower grille opening!

I mounted the bar as far forward as possible (still has adequate clearance to the Park Sensors) which made getting the lower grille pushpins a real exercise in patience (top 8mm bolts weren't bad)...completely mounted the brackets and lightbar first, then mounted the new "open" lower grille (my Laramie had the closed lower grille originally).

Very happy with the Shifts-N-Grins brackets..THANK YOU!!

 

[Shifts And Grins Fab]

Many thanks to @Shifts And Grins Fab for their Ram 1500 Lightbar brackets!

I mounted their brackets as high up as possible, then used the top mount holes for a RC 30" Curved Dual-Row LED & DRL Lightbar..and it is nearly perfectly centered vertically in the lower grille opening!

I mounted the bar as far forward as possible (still has adequate clearance to the Park Sensors) which made getting the lower grille pushpins a real exercise in patience (top 8mm bolts weren't bad)...completely mounted the brackets and lightbar first, then mounted the new "open" lower grille (my Laramie had the closed lower grille originally).

Very happy with the Shifts-N-Grins brackets..THANK YOU!!View attachment 198599View attachment 198600

That's awesome!!! Looks great. We kept making changes to the brackets until we got them as perfect and versatile as we believe they can be. These are version 6.2 if I recall. lol

 

[23LaramieJim]

I'm trying to do this on my 2023 Ecodiesel. Crawled under it today and I have a massive radiator in the way and no apparent way to access the void to install the light bar. I read almost every post in this thread but haven't seen any mention of this happening to anyone else, figured my only issue was going to be the active air dam... dam-it!

 

[1BADRAMLIMITED]

I'm trying to do this on my 2023 Ecodiesel. Crawled under it today and I have a massive radiator in the way and no apparent way to access the void to install the light bar. I read almost every post in this thread but haven't seen any mention of this happening to anyone else, figured my only issue was going to be the active air dam... dam-it!

Can you post a pic for us I’ve not heard of a radiator hanging that low or in the lower bumper