Davyo Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 Made a roof mounted lamp holder,cheep but works,if the sucker comes off I mighg resort to unibonding it to the sunroof as the extension are slides off.It has an on/off switch on the handle and moves up so you can open the door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy.plinker Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 Is the pipe fastened to the roof rail,or is it only the sucker holding? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davyo Posted May 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 (edited) Just the sucker,was thinking about maybe a u bolt for the roof rail but now thinking I will unibond the sucker to the class after painting the sucker in nato green.The tube then just slips onto the sucker in seconds and just connect the cable from the light to the perminatly wired 12v connector up by the sunblind.To open the door I just put it in a horizontal position which allows you to open the door wide.Its only my shooting truck so perminatly fixing the sucker to the sunroofs no issue. TOTAL cost to make £3.75 as already had a couplr of suckers. Edited May 19, 2014 by Davyo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricky green Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 wHAT i did for mine was cut a piece of plywood to fit inthe sunroof opening,and put the light mounting in the plywood.i cut it so the sunroof would hold the ply some clips to hook under the front edge.it holds fast with my lightforce 170.even at motorway speeds for fast lamping .if you would like some pics of it pm me and can txt em to you. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davyo Posted May 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 (edited) wHAT i did for mine was cut a piece of plywood to fit inthe sunroof opening,and put the light mounting in the plywood.i cut it so the sunroof would hold the ply some clips to hook under the front edge.it holds fast with my lightforce 170.even at motorway speeds for fast lamping .if you would like some pics of it pm me and can txt em to you. . Cheers mate,but my sunroofs are not the slidy back ones but the lifty out.I bought them from a scrappy and fitted the myself £20 each.I could do the wood thing but it would mean taking the glass panel out every time. Edited May 19, 2014 by Davyo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-G Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 Plywood, vinyl tape, cable ties etc are my kind of DIY. No laggy bands? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricky green Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 could do it that way and just it it when out lamping.nice and warm aswell then as you only need to open window to shoot.good luck dave what works for one does not always suit everone.so if it works for you succes.shoot straight and enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davyo Posted May 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 could do it that way and just it it when out lamping.nice and warm aswell then as you only need to open window to shoot.good luck dave what works for one does not always suit everone.so if it works for you succes.shoot straight and enjoy. Funnily enough I have had the glass out this evening measuring up. Going to give it a go it will be handy in the summer when we do all nighters once the harvest starts when I use a lamp man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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