Mountaincur
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New to the forum so bear with me if any of the pictures don’t show up properly but I though I would make a post about a recent project that I did on my H3. Between trail driving and even car washes I have noticed that the license plate on my H3 likes to get caught and bent on things and I always liked the look of having the license plate mounted on the spare tire. I looked to find a mount but found none that fit exactly what I wanted (having a space to mount a work light) and were affordable. I took on this project in my usual fashion and took weeks longer than it should have taken and overbuilt it much more than necessary. Started with sheet metal to make a frame for the plate to mount to, adding a bend for a light bar to bolt to, and a plate to bolt under the spare.
Next I found some square tube at the local metal shop and used the drill press at my high school to make straight holes for the pins to attach.
Got all the parts for the project laid out and ready to start putting things together.
Marked center lines on each piece and found where to weld them and then sent it off to a friend of mine to weld.
The next week I had the parts back from welding and added a flat black spray paint job.
Bolted everything together and mounted up for the first time.
And now onto my favorite part of the job, wiring. I already had an auxiliary relay board under my hood with a spare so the light bar was mostly plug and play except running the wires through the door and along the frame and for the smaller license plate light I soldered the new light into the existing wiring and removed the old light.
Overall the project went well ignoring the fact that I spent more on supplies than it would have cost me to just buy one but I don’t mind the metal work and had lots of fun doing it. Hope someone can find some good information from this and let me know any things you think I could have improved on!
Next I found some square tube at the local metal shop and used the drill press at my high school to make straight holes for the pins to attach.
Got all the parts for the project laid out and ready to start putting things together.
Marked center lines on each piece and found where to weld them and then sent it off to a friend of mine to weld.
The next week I had the parts back from welding and added a flat black spray paint job.
Bolted everything together and mounted up for the first time.
And now onto my favorite part of the job, wiring. I already had an auxiliary relay board under my hood with a spare so the light bar was mostly plug and play except running the wires through the door and along the frame and for the smaller license plate light I soldered the new light into the existing wiring and removed the old light.
Overall the project went well ignoring the fact that I spent more on supplies than it would have cost me to just buy one but I don’t mind the metal work and had lots of fun doing it. Hope someone can find some good information from this and let me know any things you think I could have improved on!