Got the Rigid 40" and 30" installed today. Installing the 30" wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. Thanks ruffstuff for the idea of using rope to tie the hood as a comfortable hight. It worked like a charm.
At first, I was going to shamelessly copy the M&R bracket, since I couldn't buy a set. I printed out a templete from the pictures available, but quickly into the project I figured out it wasn't going to work. I figured out that I would only need to drill one hole in each of the grill support bars and spacer of some sort. I did use the templete I made to help position my drill holes and later to transfer the location to the other side.
After eyeballing the placement, I ended up drilling a 15/64" hole about 1/4" closer to the grill and 1/2" higher than the hole positioned on the templete I printed out. The 15/64" hole was a tight fit and I had to widen it just a little with the drill bit to be able to side the screw in at an angle. So probably a 1/4" drill bit would be better.
After transferring the location and drilling the hole on the other side, I test fitted the light bar. There was about a 1/4" gap between the light bar and grill support bars on both sides. After contemplating some options for the spacer (running to home depot, finding something around the house, or making something), I decided to modify the bracket that came with the light. I ground the outer ridge of bracket that would recess the nut flat to the inside. This provided the perfect spacing. In order to side the screws through with the spacer attached I had to losten the bolt securing the grill support bars at the bottom on both sides.
After checking that it wouldn't interfere with anything I decided to leave the remainder of the bracket as is. It was starting to get dark and cold out and I wanted to get the lights hooked up tonight. Later I plan to cut off the excess metal and repaint it black for a cleaner install.
I ran the wire up the hood following the front camera washer hose. Then down to the uplifter wires where I connected it to the red wire along with the 40" bar.
Finished Install
