Liquid Li0n
Well-Known Member
Okay, so yesterday was the day of mounting the LED bar. It can indeed be done by 1 person but it is easier to do with 2.
Actually swapping the closed lower grill with the open lower grill is still the most of a PITA. Especially taking out the parking sensors out of the housing ánd then the housing out of the plastic grill. But nothing broke.
What we also did was removing the airdam, it is only 4 bolts in total and 1 connector. Which results in the fact that afterwards you have a lot of room for your head and arms.
It has so many plastic and metal clips it is crazy, if they would use half of it, it would stick as good too.
this were on the top of the grill:
These at the bottom, why they do not use the more easier screws, like on the top part, instead of these plastic delicate things, unsure...
Most delicate of the whole evening. The sensor itself. the connector is quite easy to release. But the sensor and also the bracket for the sensor are very delicate. Luckily nothing broke.
Then removed the 2 factory bolts and also released the lower bolt and squeezed the S&G bracket in place.
driver side:
passenger side:
Cause the grill was open in the front, it was easy to put the led bar via this opening in the car. I rested it on the plastic and then installed the open grill. It is easier than fiddling the led bar from the underside in to the place behind the grill.
tight fit
But here it comes to my remark. As I read here in the topic earlier, I also should better have bought the double row light bar, as it is indeed very low in the grill. But already bought the single row before those posts.
So, Actually the lightbar should be 1 to 1.5cm (so 0.39 to 0.59 inch) higher which would bring it more in the middle of the lower grill.
The opening to mount the light bar to the bracket should not only be an oval opening front to back, as you see on my above picture, but also have the option to mount it lower or higher.
What I will perhaps do is to take a piece of stainless steel, drill 2 holes in it. Use one hole to fix it to the S&G bracket and the other, higher hole, to mount the led bar to it so that it gets more centered.
It is difficult to take a picture of it to see how low it is, but on this below picture you see that it is almost in front of the bumper below the grill instead of the opening. You see that the biggest portion of the lower grill opening is "empty" and at the bottom there you can see the led bar for 80 or 85%.
Actually swapping the closed lower grill with the open lower grill is still the most of a PITA. Especially taking out the parking sensors out of the housing ánd then the housing out of the plastic grill. But nothing broke.
What we also did was removing the airdam, it is only 4 bolts in total and 1 connector. Which results in the fact that afterwards you have a lot of room for your head and arms.
It has so many plastic and metal clips it is crazy, if they would use half of it, it would stick as good too.
this were on the top of the grill:
These at the bottom, why they do not use the more easier screws, like on the top part, instead of these plastic delicate things, unsure...
Most delicate of the whole evening. The sensor itself. the connector is quite easy to release. But the sensor and also the bracket for the sensor are very delicate. Luckily nothing broke.
Then removed the 2 factory bolts and also released the lower bolt and squeezed the S&G bracket in place.
driver side:
passenger side:
Cause the grill was open in the front, it was easy to put the led bar via this opening in the car. I rested it on the plastic and then installed the open grill. It is easier than fiddling the led bar from the underside in to the place behind the grill.
tight fit
But here it comes to my remark.
As I read here in the topic earlier, I also should better have bought the double row light bar, as it is indeed very low in the grill. But already bought the single row before those posts.So, Actually the lightbar should be 1 to 1.5cm (so 0.39 to 0.59 inch) higher which would bring it more in the middle of the lower grill.
The opening to mount the light bar to the bracket should not only be an oval opening front to back, as you see on my above picture, but also have the option to mount it lower or higher.
What I will perhaps do is to take a piece of stainless steel, drill 2 holes in it. Use one hole to fix it to the S&G bracket and the other, higher hole, to mount the led bar to it so that it gets more centered.
It is difficult to take a picture of it to see how low it is, but on this below picture you see that it is almost in front of the bumper below the grill instead of the opening. You see that the biggest portion of the lower grill opening is "empty" and at the bottom there you can see the led bar for 80 or 85%.
