Flags on LC100 without a bullbar

Hi Dev, Before I fitted a bullbar to mine I had a piece of flat steel about 50mm wide and had a kink put in it, and attatched it to the front recovery point mounting bolts. The bracket extended out past the bumper bar with a hole drilled thru the end to fit the flag pole to, it had a threaded end on it so was easy to bolt to the flat steel. depending on what you are using for a flag pole you could still attatch it to the piece of flat steel. This piece of steel is reasonably long so it was about 13mm thick for strength.
Cheers Peter and Lez

Roof rack/or roof bars...

If you are in a convoy, and have UHF to communicate with the rest of the convoy, just stay in the middle. Only the lead vehicle really needs a flag, as everyone else will know about oncoming traffic from the leader's yell over the UHF.

Have fun, it's a great trip.
John

On a Prado, I drilled a 3/4" hole through the top of the bumper directly in line with a metal upright adjacent to the chassis mount, and inside the bumper. I cable tied a length of 25mm RHS to the metal upright. Then I was able to slip a sandflag through the hole, and it stayed there nicely. For a sandflag, I used the 3/4" orange electrical conduit, with the bottom metre reinforced by shoving some dowel up the middle. I used the sleeve on the conduit to make a 2 piece pole. I kept the hole covered with a grommet.

I have the same problem, my UHF ariel uses a Z shaped bracket which is held by an (existing) bolt down the side of the bonnet, there are usually a couple to choose from. I plan to get a second one on the other side and use that to mount the flag. I'll probably use the base of a cheap second hand ariel and lash an old fishing rod to it for height. It can then be easily unscrewed and taken apart. I'll probably use a bit of gaffer tape where the two parts of the rod are joined just for peace of mind.