DIY Functional Light bar

[Speedtospare]

This uses 2 sized of aluminum u channel to make and is painted rattle can black. The lights are wired for 11.1V. The 2 outter led's are standard bright led's but the inside are six 3 chip 5050 SMD led's. The setup is freaky bright. I also have two 9 led flashlights converted for headlights. I am waiting on some 47 ohm resistors to get the headlights at full brightness. It literally will light up a dark room. The entire light bar can be submerged in water.

Is this 100% scale? Probably not but it does resemble the new LED off-road light bars.

The bar is just placed on the top of the truck. I will tap the holes and bolt it down tonight. I lit up pictures is just resting on top of a 3S lipo. The truck is used for mainly trail running and some scale crawling. We have night runs so this should light up the trail a little better

tried taking some pics

 

[Speedtospare]

lol guess no one likes hand made trail lights. For anyone interested in function of fashion. Here a picture of them with the heads.

 

[jebster]

do you have any more pics of the bar itself? this is a good idea. what led light strip are you using?

 

[Speedtospare]

No more pictures on me but I will take some this weekend. The strip led's are 5050 SMD (3 chip) with black PCB backing. Only downfall is that is designed for 12V. I bought 25 ft off of ebay for $28, just look p 505 smd strip black. Its cheaper without the black pcb backing. The aluminum channel is just from the local hardware store. There 2 different sizes that I just flipped around to fit one inside the other. The ends are just bent to over the openeing. This is the second version I made. The 3rd will be even better I will silver solder and grind the gaps for a complete smooth look.

 

[mitchr97]

that thing looks great!!! that is awesome man! were did u get the lights?

 

[karlos]

Fantastic job on those lights!

 

[Hotrodvw]

Any updates on this set up? Pics of the frame work would be awesome.

 

[TacoCrawler]

nice job of putting that together
looks great !

You could paint the front facia black
leaving clear openings just over the light diodes
maybe still not to scale... but would look cooler "thumbsup"

^ plastic dip spray... so you can change yer mind

 

[Bullfroged]

Awsome looking lightbar, might have to try make this myself