GODZ_MFG
Active Member
A slot could totally be done however, even if we used something like a high density polyurethane washer on both sides of the bracket for you to have it tight enough to not rotate while driving, but loose enough to slide, you would probably wear down the powder coat overtime and ultimately this would then require semi-constant adjustment since you are essentially wearing the material away overtime as you slide it. Additionally, a slot this long in a material this thin would be a weak point. If you accidentally tweaked the light one way or another you would risk bending the upper metal where the slot is located, causing the light to sit funky.
That being said, I think what you could do would be a ‘swinging bracket’. What I’m thinking is you would use the hole on the top of the bracket (pictured above) as a pivot point and then you could put a 2 1/2 or 3 inch arm on that pivot point. Then you could swing the light 2 1/2 or 3 inches one way or another, essentially giving you 6 inches of travel. on the outer edge of the swing bracket you would mount your light with a high density polyurethane washer so you could not only swing the arm but also rotate the light.
As for the bracket picture above, it’s sitting in the proper orientation relative to the first picture by the OP, think of that first flat part is sitting on top of the bed rail so it can’t sink too far down. Also when it sits on that flat part it wouldn’t allow the bracket to ‘tip’ over from driver side to passenger side.
That being said, I think what you could do would be a ‘swinging bracket’. What I’m thinking is you would use the hole on the top of the bracket (pictured above) as a pivot point and then you could put a 2 1/2 or 3 inch arm on that pivot point. Then you could swing the light 2 1/2 or 3 inches one way or another, essentially giving you 6 inches of travel. on the outer edge of the swing bracket you would mount your light with a high density polyurethane washer so you could not only swing the arm but also rotate the light.
As for the bracket picture above, it’s sitting in the proper orientation relative to the first picture by the OP, think of that first flat part is sitting on top of the bed rail so it can’t sink too far down. Also when it sits on that flat part it wouldn’t allow the bracket to ‘tip’ over from driver side to passenger side.