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- JT
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- 2022 Black Diamond Sashquatch
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- Black Diamond
We're thinking along the same lines. Not sure if you saw this before, but I posted this photo of how the ZroadZ light bar mounts, and I believe this particular design could make it possible to modify and mount. Immediately from the base, it shoots out forward instead of straight vertical.That's exactly what I'm looking to do as well! My Badlands is arriving next week, so I did some measurements on the Capable bumper at the dealer. Zroadz responded to my question "our front bumper LED bar will not work on the factory-capable bumper. We do however plan to bring on in house for design later this summer." This makes sense given it uses the factor bolts on the Modular bumper, however, as pointed out in the replies, it looks very close. I believe the bar leans forward enough that clearance on the grill won't be the problem, although I don't know that for a fact. I also think I can drill holes on the top of the bumper to match the two bolt holes on the bar. I'm worried about the four bolt holes that go in the front of the bumper. The capable bumper has a lip that narrows to about 3/4" above the D-rings where they would attach. The four forward tabs on the bar might have that hole too close to the bottom of that lip. I'm also not sure if the curvature of the bumper is the same between the Capable and Module, as the capable extends about 1/2" at the center compared to where the D-rings are. If anyone knows of any other option to mount 4-6 small off-road lights or if this will work, I'd be interested.
I also reached out to ZRoadZ, but hadn't heard about the proposed adapter or modification, but that is great news!
The other option I had in mind was to simply to take a Dremmel and cut off the front end (that turns downward) portion of the mounting bracket - then just round it off on top. In essence, I would just mount it using the 4 holes on the top portion of the mount. That way there would be nothing else sticking out or extending further beyond the bumper. 4 bolts would be plenty to secure it.
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