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Mpeckham22

NAXJA Forum User

Location

MA/NC

• Jul 3, 2012

• #1

does anybody have one of those unity spotlights like the police have on the jeep? i got one, the lens needs replacing but can it mount with the stock parts from a crown vic? i have read some places say you do, some dont. just confused on the whole bit.

 

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Mike Mike

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Tucson Arizona

• Jul 4, 2012

• #2

If its the type that mount thru the A post. The brackets that the shaft go thru are make/ model specific to match the angle of the A post .
Not saying you can't use them. But the light/handle might point some weird angle or the handle my interfere with steering.

 

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Motorcharge

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Location

Richmond, VA

• Jul 4, 2012

• #3

Didn't some of the Forest Service XJs come with them? I know there were some Cherokees made for police use that came with them as well. You might be able to find XJ specific hardware for them if the Crown Vic parts won't work.

 

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Mpeckham22

NAXJA Forum User

Location

MA/NC

• Jul 4, 2012

• #4

Motorcharge said:

Didn't some of the Forest Service XJs come with them? I know there were some Cherokees made for police use that came with them as well. You might be able to find XJ specific hardware for them if the Crown Vic parts won't work.

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yeah you can get parts meant exactly for the xj from them, but they aint too cheap, at all. i just wanted to see if it was actually any different. i just want to have it right the first time.

 

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Mike Mike

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Tucson Arizona

• Jul 4, 2012

• #5

If the angles left/right and back are near the same from the donor vehicle to the XJ it could be close. But the only "right the first time" is the right parts the first time.

 

Vanimal

NAXJA Forum User

Location

escondido, ca

• Jul 4, 2012

• #6

i put a crown vic one on my ranger back in the day, i think it was pretty easy. worse case senario, there's a piece that screws to the a pillar which the rod for the light goes through. just massage that with a flap wheel on a angle grinder until it conforms a little closer to the xj a pillar. seal it, screw it on, and you're good.