spotties on roof rack

cheers truckie (he he...sorry, i don't get out much),
I thought about this but wondered if it would be better off being out of the way up on the roof due to the potential for people to attack them if they are unprotected on top of the bar.

I already have ralley 1000's in the bull bar, but i guess i could attach my other set (rectangle IPF's) to the top of the bull bar using some CB aerial mounts or something, interesting...

What do you think about the security of placing them on the top of the bar? as it would seem to me that anyone could easily kick or hit them.

Let me know your thoughts.

Cheers.
Jono

I had mine ontop of the bullbar for 12 months. never had a problem... Id be more worried about them on the roof, forget they are there and your gone.

How often do you hear of them gettin kicked? just the same as having them IN the bullbar...

Also its not legal to have them up there from what I understand. Although mate has 4x4000's on the roof of his 4skinner... Amazing things to see in action out Kingslake on a night run we had... Hes been pulled over few times with his and never nailed for them..

With them on the bullbar, Engineer told me that as long as you can see an object on the road 11mtrs infront of the car with the object on the ground (didnt mention what the object was to be) from normal driving seated position, they are ok. He passed my Engineers with my Rally 2000's on top of the bar.

You might want to have a look at this before you decide to put lights on top of the bullbar.
http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/registration/downloads/vib05.pdf
MikeyS

Agree with that. It is illegal but if you use them purely Offroad, then this is the way to do it. Shouldn't get hassled but still not guarantee.

If you use them onroad, you will get pinged.

Lights on the top of bullbars are illegal, and I guy I know had them on his Hilux has been told to remove them.

in wa as far as i can recall it is not illeagle4 to have them on the roof but it is illeagal to have them conected dont that make a lot of sence
Regards bruce

sort of like its not illegal to have a Radar Detector, but its illegal to use one..

wa radar dectors not illegal to have or use them just illegal to import them

Roof mounted lights are not illegal in WA wired up or not. There was a belief they once were but a recent discussion by the dept of infrastructure (formally Dept of Transport) states they are OK. Law requires you dip your high beam before 200metres of an oncoming vehicle.

You could conform the lights on the roof rack story by calling the Dept of Infrastructure in WA.

cheers

That is an interesting one, thats why they were delayed on being released onto the market.

There was discussion on another forum about it while back... Will look for it.