Interior/Exterior My Palo Uber Light Bar experience
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My Palo Uber Light Bar experience
With all the light bars out there today and all of the ones forthcoming, I went with the Palo Uber for the following reasons:
-hidden mounting system
-flexibility of lights
-comes with an interior switch panel for the light switches
-no drilling into metal (only 4 small holes in the plastic bumper)
-custom wire harness designed for our cars
I went with 2 Hella 500 driving lights and 2 Hella 500 fog lights. The great thing about the bar is you select what you need for lights. I didnot see the need for 4 huge Hella driving lights. I wired the driving lights to the high beams to be legal, but then left the fogs on there own indpendnet switch.
Installation was pretty easy, you need to be a little handy around the shop, but you also do not need to be a pro. It took 3.5-4 hours to do the full installation. And I installed it after work one evening
Quality of the bar and the wire harness are top notch. The bar is a very heavy piece of metal that bolts directly onto the metal frame of the car. I feel like now I have a metal push bar thething is so soild! The wire harness ia also, very nice. Hella sends a harness with each set of lights, but the Palo Uber is a much thicker guage wire. The really nice thing about the Palo Uber wire harness is that it makes the installation so much easier by having just one harness to install and not trying to run a bunch of wires under the hood.
Customer service, I feel also needs to be mentioned. The guys over there called me once I placed my order and went over the installation and gave me a few pointers. Also, whenever I had a question he would either call me or email me right back with an answer.
I am willing to pay a little more for two reasons, great quality products and great customer service.
Check it out here for more information or if you want one:
http://1346843.estore.networksolutio...etail.bok?no=1
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My Quick Tips:
Once you remove the front bumper, you will see another valance underneath the car, also remove that part.
Test fit the light bar to the frame, make sure it bolts up easily, mine needed a little help at first.
Drill your holes in the bumper with the template.
Then mount the light brackets to the bar and bumper with the bumper off. You will see this bar adds a lot of strength to your front bumper now.
Now reinstall your bumper. Line up the bar with the bolts and the bumper should slide right on.
You may need to jack the front end of your car up to reach the light bar bolts. Since, there is not a lot of room to fit underneath and reach them.
The rest is cake, running the wires is pretty simple inside the car. The only thing that slowed me down inside was the darn columns. You have to push them down and then pull them out once you remove the bolts.
Once you remove the front bumper, you will see another valance underneath the car, also remove that part.
Test fit the light bar to the frame, make sure it bolts up easily, mine needed a little help at first.
Drill your holes in the bumper with the template.
Then mount the light brackets to the bar and bumper with the bumper off. You will see this bar adds a lot of strength to your front bumper now.
Now reinstall your bumper. Line up the bar with the bolts and the bumper should slide right on.
You may need to jack the front end of your car up to reach the light bar bolts. Since, there is not a lot of room to fit underneath and reach them.
The rest is cake, running the wires is pretty simple inside the car. The only thing that slowed me down inside was the darn columns. You have to push them down and then pull them out once you remove the bolts.
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Looks awesome. I'm doing something similar on my WRX, with the same light layout. But I'm using all Home Depot parts for the light mounts. It's been taking a bit longer to do in terms of getting the right parts to fit the way I want, but the price will be in the two digits which is cool for me. I wouldn't mind paying a bit more for a more turn-key solution, but there aren't that many light bars like this available for WRX's surprisingly. And I don't want to pay that much and have to adapt the heck out of a Mini part.
Nice job. Looks great.
Nice job. Looks great.
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Carol-
Have you seen these backlit, lcd, touch sensitive 12v switches? (linked below) They look like they may fit in your faceplate. I was looking for a switch that is a little different than a standard rocker/toggle switch. Thanks in advance for your input! I'm just about ready to pull the trigger on your light bar.
Matt
http://tradervar.zoovy.com/product/1...A=nextag-11000
Have you seen these backlit, lcd, touch sensitive 12v switches? (linked below) They look like they may fit in your faceplate. I was looking for a switch that is a little different than a standard rocker/toggle switch. Thanks in advance for your input! I'm just about ready to pull the trigger on your light bar.
Matt
http://tradervar.zoovy.com/product/1...A=nextag-11000
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Carol-
Have you seen these backlit, lcd, touch sensitive 12v switches? (linked below) They look like they may fit in your faceplate. I was looking for a switch that is a little different than a standard rocker/toggle switch. Thanks in advance for your input! I'm just about ready to pull the trigger on your light bar.
Matt
http://tradervar.zoovy.com/product/1...A=nextag-11000
Have you seen these backlit, lcd, touch sensitive 12v switches? (linked below) They look like they may fit in your faceplate. I was looking for a switch that is a little different than a standard rocker/toggle switch. Thanks in advance for your input! I'm just about ready to pull the trigger on your light bar.
Matt
http://tradervar.zoovy.com/product/1...A=nextag-11000
My guess, would be yes. If anything, it does not take much to enlarge the hole if needed. And post pictures of the switch once you get it done!
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All you have to do to mount the front plate with the bar is move it up using the top screws on the bottom of the plate. There won't be anything holding the top of the plate, but it is plenty secure. That is how we have our europlate mounted. I am in SoCal and have had no front plates on both of my cars for over two years, no tickets
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