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Generally it’s recommended that you leave a gap To prevent rubbing and squeaking. How much depends on the bumper and your vehicle’s soundness. I cut off that lip that you used to rest the bumper on, and have between 3/8” and 1/2” gap. No squeaking, even on rough roads and trails.
Yeah, I still have a gap from the top as the instructions state, but it seemed to make sense to rest it on the lip to hold it in place. I probably should cut it off like you said. I will see if I can do it without removing the bumper hopefully.
Where on the bumper were you thinking of using the Rigid pods? I don’t recall the exact dimensions of the holes I filled with these lights (shown in photo) but I’m pretty sure the Rigid lights would not fit well there. Also, if you’re planning on running a winch there’s not much room in the face of the bumper for lights as well. Flush mount lights really felt like the only option to me (As seen in the photo). i ground down a bit on the lights cooling fins to get them to fit without cutting into the bumper, though I had to drill and tap bolt holes for the lights.
That looks great!
Thank you!! Exactly what I’m looking for.
Yes I custom made a switch for the spots on ch4x4.com. I wired the Rigids into my oem fog light wiring and switch. If I were to do it over I would wire up an old school foot switch on the foot rest so I could turn them on and off hands free. The lights really come in handy when you’re in the country and you need to see deer that might be on the side of the road/highway
I would check that LC supermarket in the cloud called Partsouq.com using your vin and see if those caps are available. If so, order a pair and have them welded back in place. If not, get someone to fabricate something that’ll work out of 3/16” material and weld it in. Mine were bent and I hammered them back into place so that the bumper would fit, which worked fine. Either way, try to make something work there.
My guess is you are going to need to weld a piece on or your are going full custom.
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No you can’t remove the covers with the way I mounted mine. You have to unmount them to get to the covers.
Thanks to everyone for their help over the last few months and answering my questions. I finished my TJM bumper install this week. Before installing, I had it painted to match the body color as I wanted everything to look as close to how factory might look. Here are a couple of pics. I installed the Rigid Cube lights I already had inside the bumper. I didn’t want to drill any more holes so I used a magnetic mount. It is rated for 150lbs per mount. I figured it should hold it pretty well. It does so far and during my testing I put it on the bumper without the light attached. Don’t do that, those magnets are very strong and I barely could get the mount off. I used the existing turn signal light wires and spliced them to wiring provided by TJM.
