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Old Jul 12, 2009 | 07:10 PM
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I recently bought a Harlen shift light and had been trying to decide where i want to mount it. I decided to go talk to my friend Brett at XP-Racing in Oklahoma City to see what he could come up with. After brainstorming for a few minutes he suggested mounting it inside the drivers side A-Pillar. So off it came to have holes drilled in it where only the LED bulbs would show. The end results were great i couldn't be any happier with how it looks. Brett did a great job drilling out the pillar and wiring everything up. These pics aren't the greatest, but let me know what you think.




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Old Jul 12, 2009 | 07:32 PM
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HEY! That looks fantastic. That's a great idea! Nice job.
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Old Jul 12, 2009 | 07:44 PM
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Interesting and unique mounting for a shift light. Never have seen one like that before. The Harlan is larger than my Raptor so I imagine it took a bit of planning to fit it in the A-pillar. Nice work and cool idea - very creative.

I was already mounting a WB gauge so I decided to move my Raptor from the same position you have yours in to a dual pod. I started with the small C-bracket Raptor provided and moved it over to a custom mount in the pod.

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Btw, along the way, I made several custom C-brackets for the Harlan for some buddies. Here's a pic of it next to the smaller Raptor bracket.
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Old Jul 14, 2009 | 05:08 PM
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thanks for the compliments. Patches i took the shiftlight apart so it fits in there without any problems
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Old Jul 14, 2009 | 08:12 PM
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Smart - nice and low profile. I like.
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Old Jul 15, 2009 | 02:38 AM
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thats what we we're going for something that is not noticeable and looks almost factory
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Old Jul 15, 2009 | 11:54 AM
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Looks good!
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Old Jul 15, 2009 | 12:47 PM
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Looks good! I saw it on OKGMP also. I might have to check that place out.
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Cool ideal!
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Old Jul 15, 2009 | 10:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Jhonathan_W
Looks good! I saw it on OKGMP also. I might have to check that place out.
I highly recommend them
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