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I was gifted the aforementioned lightbar and three led off road lights by my wife. It wasn't until I opened the package and started to try the install that I figured out that this is from the JK. I am pretty sure I can modify this to work, but has anyone else gone through the process? I figure that since the JK bumpers fit the JLs, I can probably get this lightbar to fit as well. Thanks in advance for any advice...
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i looked on the fitment page and did not see anything listed for the jl model. also the jl frame is different from the jk frame.
 
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Turns out, with enough swearing, and a drill, you can do anything you want.
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Turns out, with enough swearing, and a drill, you can do anything you want.
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looks good. nice and clean. at first i didnt think it would fit.
so what did you end up in doing to make it fit.
 
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I had to flip the passenger side to driver and vice versa, I had to trim the top corner to fit around a bracket on the frame rails,
Jeep Wrangler JL JK Lightbar 123220RR on a JL PXL_20201229_143600648

I had to drill a new hole in the bottom of the plates,
Jeep Wrangler JL JK Lightbar 123220RR on a JL PXL_20201229_144541526

I drilled a bolt hole in the actual frame,
Jeep Wrangler JL JK Lightbar 123220RR on a JL PXL_20201229_145427962


I punched two holes in the plastic panel that fills the gap between the bumper and the grille, and I had to trim 1/4 of an inch of the back of the front bumper where it meets the bar.

Sorry, I quit taking pictures after the frame drilling. I painted all of my holes with flat black rust-oleum, drilled three wiring holes in the light bar
Jeep Wrangler JL JK Lightbar 123220RR on a JL PXL_20201229_173036352
, and spent the next day wiring the whole thing up. The lights have three settings. DRL, those come on when the lights come on, low, those are activated by a switch in the dash, and high, which are activated by the high beams, but only when the low beams are activated. I plan on going behind the grocery store at night to see how bright they are, but I've been too busy since I installed them.
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