Awesome look and Awesome job. Looks very nice.

 

well done. Looks great

 

Lookin good!

 

Clean install, very well done!

 

That is a very good look at a clean install. Putting this on my to-do list! Looking good.

 

Great write-up and pictures. This will be very helpful in answering peoples questions who are considering the bar for their own Patriot.

 

Are they driving lights or spot, flood

 

They're a nice, even flood beam. Extends from the ditch on one side of the road to the ditch on the other, and all the way up into the trees.

And can you post more close up pics of how the lights are mounted and the wiring.

I'll get out there today and take some closeups for you.

 

And can you post more close up pics of how the lights are mounted and the wiring.

 

Thanx. Want to get 1 but need to know if i can mount 4-6 light on it. I want to put 4 led light on it from Amazon. what was the harness that you used.

 

The bumper has two metal tabs to mount lights on. You could probably mount up 4 lights but you would have to make brackets for them. I used the "OPT7 Off Road LED LIGHT Bar On-Off Power Switch 40 Amp Relay Wiring Harness (Dual Light Bar Harness)" from Amazon. It has two waterproof connectors, so if you wanted more than two lights you would have to modify the harness too.

 

Thanks for the write up. Thats actually on my list for the hopefully near future. I'm assuming l.e.d pods would wire up pretty much the same way?

 

If you were using a light bar, they make a harness of the same brand I got but with only one lead going to the lights - mine has 2 leads. The only thing you would need to change (if you were using conventional lights or LEDs) using a 40amp harness would be the fuse. The harness I got came with a 30amp fuse, but my lights draw WAY less than that - so to be safe I replaced it with a 10amp fuse that would burn out faster in the case of a short.

 

Looks good! The bumper kits and lights are awesome to upgrade our Pats from all the other ones on the road. If you want, feel free to add to the RRO Stage 1 thread in the Product Review section with your install. Or just add a picture since yours is red lol.

 

I have thought about this bar. Thanks for the write up. Is there a way to mount the front license plate after mounting the bar? Do they have an adapter?

 

The four little indents where the normal front plate goes are covered up by the bumper entirely. There's no adapter, but i bet you could use the bolts for the bumper to hold a simple bracket... Or just shove it up underneath and screw it to the lower fascia.

 

Yeah I would be down to buy too...

 

Not going to be any time soon for me to upgrade credit card bills have to get paid first before I can put more on them...

 

Hahahahh! Understood!

 

for us FD1 with out front hooks would you feel this bumper with the bolts holding D ring brackets be better than factory hooks?

 

I wouldn't apply any torque to that bumper. While it may be a good tie down point for canoes, or a solid little piece to push things along with, I wouldn't trust it to hold weight. I would go through the dealer or RRO and get a pair of honest-to-god tow hooks and be safe.

To clarify - The steel bumper that the bolts run through is a hollow tube that is meant to crumple and absorb energy in a crash. It isnt a part of the frame - it's attached separately. The factory tow hooks have a much more solid installation point and are intended to bear the weight of our little Jeeps.

 

Very nice. I got the same kit last week and funny thing is that the box was also missing the mounting hardware and the instructions I received were for the winch mount bar. Quick call and they emailed me the install instructions and shipped the parts out the same day via UPS. Got everything Friday, just need to find the time to install it.

 

Thank you very much for this posting. The Stage 1 bar is on my list. I need a place to mount my Bosch old school rally lights and that really cool light bar I purchased from the estimable The_Jeep_Now.

 

if i would have stayed lifted this was going to be the next thing on my list. but then needs changed and someone close to me bought a new cummins i can use whenever and now im lowered lol