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  These
steel brackets are powder coated for long lasting durability. |
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  The
light bracket installation
is really straight forward, it's just a matter of removing the two upper
windshield mount screws - sliding the bracket under the mount and replacing
the screws. |
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  Unlike
the other design that DOS has, this one keeps the bracket out front. The
other version offsets the light to the outside, but there wasn't enough room
for the mirror brackets. |
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  Line
the mirror up on the bracket and use the bolts supplied to attach it. Make
sure you put the nut side on the inside of the plastic cover. |
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  This
is probably the only tricky part of the installation. These factory hinge
screws are installed with a form of loc-tite. Sometimes they come out easy,
sometimes you need to use a bit of force. First try a #2 Philips
screwdriver. If that doesn't work try an impact driver, or a chisel to start
the screw turning. |
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| Here you can see how the brackets never come close enough to touch. This adds the ability to use an auxiliary light AND reposition the mirrors from the door panel to the base of the windshield. One bonus I found as I drove down the road was that this puts the mirror higher and farther forward. This puts it much closer to your normal field of vision. It gives you a much better view of the road on the drivers side. | ||
  On
the right you can see where I put the mirrors on my trail rig in about the
same place. I did this about 8 years ago, long before anyone had come up
with the brackets. But I screwed them directly into the windshield base.
This is not something I would suggest if you want to be able to change it
back to stock later on...Get the brackets, do the install, and be alot happier with your results. |
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Source:
Designs of
Steel |
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Doorless Accessories
So
you want to put some windshield light brackets on your rig, but you also
want to do the doorless mirror install and you don't think they will fit
together. Well, Designs of Steel now offers a set of their windshield
light brackets that are made to work with their doorless mirror brackets. 
Putting
on the mirror brackets is another simple job. Just remove the mirror from
the door...
