Has anybody mounted a police/utility-style spotlight to the a-pillar in one of these minitrucks? I'm thinking of installing one, but I really don't want to use a roof mount. On the Sambar, it looks like a through-door mount would be required, since the door closes to cover almost all of the A-pillar. The only through-door style mounting flanges Unity sells are at more severe angles than a minitruck would require - they fit stuff like GM minivans, GM pickups, Escalades, and Expeditions. Am I on my own here? Colin
I have seen some mounted on police cars where the cut the edge of the door around the light. I would be careful with taking metal out of the A-pillar as this will lessen your rollover protection. Just depends on how much metal you have to take out. Here is a link to a police light...but you might have to buy the right side mounting kit. http://www.galls.com/style.html?assort=general_catalog&style=SL061 What about a remote control rooftop light? like on the front of big boats....I'm sure they have them at www.westmarine.com.
The pillar angle on a Crown Vic is a lot more raked than the minitrucks', so the spotlight shaft would have a downward slope to it, rather than pointing straight out. I was thinking about using the right-side one from an Isuzu cabover (like an NPR, NQR, NRR, etc) but they don't use a through-door type bracket. The 88-98 C/K-series Chevy pickups use a through-door type and have a slightly less laid-back pillar angle than a Crown Vic. Maybe I'll try one of those. I'm not really worried about lessening the rollover protection, since there's only a small hole drilled through the pillar for the shaft of the light itself. The big two-bolt flange piece acts as a bushing for the shaft, but secures to the outside of the sheet metal. Colin
Yeah, I'm kinda trying to work it out in my head... figured I'd document my thoughts as I go in case someone else is wanting to mount a spotlight. I'll post updates when I find something that works. Colin
