can anyone show pictures of how people mounted these? ive heard its hard on our dakotas and have took a look and not sure as to how i would mount one on the tailgate or anything if i buy one.

 

it's not hard. They usually stick on via 3M double sided tape. It was actually pretty its just finding the center that was a little bit of effort

 

yes, you can just use the 3m tape they come with, or you can do this...much better

https://dodgeforum.com/forum/3rd-gen...-ice-pics.html

 

I had to screw mine in when I had the stock bumper on the rear; the 3m tape wouldnt have had enough to hold on to. I had mine perfectly aligned with the top of the stock bumper. I used multiple metal rulers of the same thickness, and then tapped the holes and used stainless sheet metal screws.

Heres a pic with the bumper off. With it mounted below the bed, and flat with the bumper, the only downside was that you had to be a ways back to see it.
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Now that I have my roll pan, I just used 3m tape because it was a flat surface.

For a bar, I suggest the Recon extreme (Click on the 2 pics for videos):

 

here is mine...

 

I just stuck mine to the lower part of the back of the bed under the tailgate. You have to be at a pretty low angle to actually see the LED's because it is recessed. Look at the gap between the bottom of the tailgate and the bumper, but it puts out a cool red glow

 

Here's how I mounted mine: https://dodgeforum.com/forum/3rd-gen...installed.html
The bedliner prevented me from mounting it in the normal spot so I got a bit creative.