i have a 97 4door blazer, 3"s w/ 31's in need of better lighting. I dont like any of the brush guards for my blazer w/o having to modify the brush gaurd. so i cant mount anythign there there........... may be. I was thinking of an HID kit, but i know w/o projectors they really wont work well. I was thinking about puting 4 KC daylighters on my roof rack. But i wanted to get others opions on how they look up there. I was always kinda of against it but im kinda of out of chioces. I had a set of KATZ hid fogs on the air dam, they worked great untill the found a stump the hard way on a offroading trip. Any ideas?

 

Try the westin safari bar. . . its not much protection but it give a good location for lights. . I put one on, instally in about 45 minutes or less depending on mechanical skill. . . I would advise the KC Slimlites though. . .It's hard to squeeze the full size daylighter on the bar but it is possible. . . . also its relatively inexpensive and you can keep your tow hooks, unlike most brush guards. . .


if you notice, the 2006 ROTM sledneck16 also has the bar

 

that was my first choice b/c i like that look the most. But i have a 97 blazer, so it wouldnt bolt up, and i have a 2" body lift the top of the bar would almost sit flush w/ my bumber i think it would look weird. If i had the bar and could see what i could do to make a custom braket and mount the bar but i dont wanna drop 200 bux on somthing that might not work.

is there any way u could snap a pick of how that gets bolted on. From what i under stand the 97 and the 2000 style blazer all the bumber gaurd bolt up diff. thanks

 

You could always mount them right to the bumper

 

Sorry bout that... i just checked with westin, and they only make the safari bar for 1998-2004 blazers. .

 

i have the westin push bar with kc 5x7 lights let me try to put a pic on
https://blazerforum.com/albumtn.aspx...a862045569.jpg

 

Thats the only one that bolts up to the 97 style blazer. But b/c my body lift the top brakets wont work on my car. I would have to cut some made for me. If im going that route i would rather try and get the safri one bolted on. I like that look better And about the mounting them to the bumber. I thought about that, i did that on a 91 jimmy and it looked ok, but if im gonna but lights on the bumber id rather have them on a type of gaurd.

 

That bar looks good. . Whered you order it from.. I might switch mine. . can you get the bolt on brush guards for the lights too??

 

hmm i wonder--are the front body mounts in the same place from 96-05? dont see why the westin bar wouldnt fit---they're very adjustable brackets that the come with (although somewhat flimsy) and its just metal plates--thats why they have drill bits


I'll have some pics of my setup by the weekend---i have 3 KC titanium 130W daylighters coming in tomorrow [8D]--it'll be nice to be able to see backwards when i reverse at night lol!

if you dont want a brushguard you could always just drill holes in your bumper (carefully) and put nuts on the underside....i really like that look--if i ever ditch the safari bar thats what i'll be doing with my new lights [8D]

good luck! --oh and dont forget to show us all pics of what you end up doing

 

After doing homework. i think that 95-97 all there brush gaurd bolts on under the tow hook. 98-newer it bolts the back side of the front body mount. I think that sarfai bar will work. I would just weld the braket to the frame and it would work just fine, not a "bolt on" but it would work. but the sarfi would be to low for my taste, i like the look alot , just to low i think buts its still very close on my mind. I dont like the grill gaurds to much, they seem to cheap and stick out to far. If i dont get 4 on the roof rack, im gonna put 2 right on the bumber(sledneck16). i did it before and liked it. I just dont want it to look out of place. Im kinda of **** with things looking right and nothing overwelming or out of palce. it took me about 3 weeks to deiced if i wanted to put ventvisor on my car, haha. Ill deff post pics though. I just figured out how to get my videos on my exhuast on. (highflow cat, flow master, kicked out in front of the rear tire though the leaf spring and frame)