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skidd
04-21-2018, 07:14 PM
Another DIY I wanted to share. Again... borrowed from someone else in here.
Made from a pair of wheel chair calf pads, 2 sets of aluminum roll-bar light brackets, and a piece of 2" steel.
LAMPHUS Cruizer LED Off-Road Light Horizontal Bar Clamp Mounting Kit
$10 each on amazon. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01FETT3FO/
To mount to the 1.5" F5 rollbar, I had to use a combination of the provided rubber isolators.
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81I%2BjeE8K4L._SL1500_.jpg
Wheel Chair Calf Pads.
$20 for 2 on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0711YNQ7R
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/21NnGtsGRYL.jpg
A piece of 2" x 1/8" steel cut, drilled and painted. I used 4 3/8" Stainless Steel counter-sunk machine screws and acorn nuts to secure the steel to the brackets.
Then, the provided screws to secure the calf pad to the steel. A little lock-tite to keep it in place.
https://www.ludicrous-speed.com/zp/cache/Shanes%20Cobra/TheBuild/IMG_20180421_183240_595.jpg
https://www.ludicrous-speed.com/zp/cache/Shanes%20Cobra/TheBuild/IMG_20180421_172631_595.jpg
https://www.ludicrous-speed.com/zp/cache/Shanes%20Cobra/TheBuild/IMG_20180421_172616_595.jpg
https://www.ludicrous-speed.com/zp/cache/Shanes%20Cobra/TheBuild/IMG_20180421_172631_595.jpg
cgundermann
04-21-2018, 07:28 PM
Very creative; well done!
Chris
BEAR-AvHistory
04-21-2018, 09:14 PM
Nice. Will give it a shot.
RickP
04-22-2018, 07:43 AM
Now that’s a mod I can get behind. Bravo!
Jeff Kleiner
04-22-2018, 08:52 AM
Clever, well executed and cost effective! I go for all of those :)
Jeff
DadofThree
04-22-2018, 01:28 PM
Great Idea! Thank you for sharing
Very clever idea, might look into doing it myself.
Walt
GoDadGo
04-22-2018, 04:05 PM
Love It & Might Copy-Cat Your Idea If You Don't Mind!
skidd
04-22-2018, 05:11 PM
Please.. copy away guys! It's not originally my idea anyway.. I just simplified it from the original I saw. This is what I based it on. . I just can't recall where I found this image from.
84649
84650
@Kleiner.. that's been my moto this whole build so far.
CraigS
04-22-2018, 05:44 PM
Excellent work. This is another example of why these forums are so great.
KDubU
04-23-2018, 05:32 AM
Bloody brilliant! Take a bow you have earned it for this.
dallas_
04-23-2018, 06:38 AM
Nice work, and a nice find on those clamps.
steno
04-23-2018, 07:38 AM
Very nice... right up there with Jeff’s O-ring mod! Simple and effective.
MisterAdam
04-23-2018, 09:52 AM
Please.. copy away guys! It's not originally my idea anyway.. I just simplified it from the original I saw. This is what I based it on. . I just can't recall where I found this image from.
84649
84650
@Kleiner.. that's been my moto this whole build so far.
Those are mine.....my son made the mounting plate and the clamps were purchased. Almost looks like they belong there.
skidd
04-23-2018, 12:17 PM
There ya go... Credit to MisterAdam for the idea. Thanks amigo!!
I loved it when I saw that pic.... who knows where. Such a simple effective, decent looking idea.
I just needed to find black mounts since I'm going with black roll-bars. Plus, the rubber-inserts mean my rollbar won't get marred up at all either.
MisterAdam
04-23-2018, 07:36 PM
no problem. i also added a small liner inside the clamp to protect the bars. what would we do without this forum
AC Bill
04-24-2018, 01:00 PM
So would those clamps also fit the older 2" roll bars I wonder? EDIT- I see Lampus calls for using two sided tape, if you use them on 2" bars. I wonder if that method is used instead of the rubber inserts, to allow the larger bars, or if the clamps are supposed to be held in place with it, instead of screws? They don't go into detail.
I have had a pair of those same wheelchair pads sitting on my work bench for several years, imagining how i could incorporate them as head rests. I like the size of them, and they have good quality material as covers.
My pads came, each with two stainless hoops attached to them. They act as pivots for the bars on the wheelchair, that they attach to. When you say you used the provided screws, are the ones that attach those hoops to the pad, the ones you mean?
skidd
04-24-2018, 01:25 PM
yes.. these clamps should fit a 2" bar. They come with an asortment of sized rubber inserts... including at a minimum just a 3m strip of thin rubber.
This 3m strip is I assume what is supposed to be used for a 2" bar. I used one of the middle sized ones, and one of the thnner sized ones to get a nice snug fit on my standard Mk4 roll bar.
As for the screws.. the pads I bought simply came with some mounting screws that screw into the threaded inserts at the side of the back of the pad. No metal hoop on mine.
It's my understanding that these calf-pads are prety standard, and thus most are designed to fit all chairs. Actaully, the pads I bought came with 2 pairs of mounting holes with different sized screws.
I opted to use the larger of the screw hole sets. The 2" spread holes on this diagram.
http://www.alcosales.com/images/66068BK(Diagram).jpg
MattGlandorf
10-22-2021, 11:32 AM
Very nice... right up there with Jeff’s O-ring mod! Simple and effective.
This was such a great Idea, I was wanting to know what the O-ring mod was. I searched and could not find anything.
dstelter
10-22-2021, 01:03 PM
did the same thing for my coupe. Had some extra seats with head rests. remove them and had to do some mods but used the same roll bar brackets. feels and looks like it will do the job. Doug
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jrcuz
10-22-2021, 06:12 PM
This was such a great Idea, I was wanting to know what the O-ring mod was. I searched and could not find anything.
The "O" ring mod is another brain child from Jeff Kleiner. He may chime in but he used a large o ring to fill the gap between the chrome front indicator ring and the base.
JR