Hi all, I've got this fixed light on the top of my rocket launcher that keeps breaking when I put my boat cover on, its also put a hole in the cover. I'm pretty keen to chop the vertical pole in half where the red line is and I'll 3d print a fold down bracket to fold the light down before the cover goes on. My question is can I take to this metal with an angle grinder or will that screw up the chrome coating thats over the top of it? and maybe make it rust too?

Ok cool good to know, cheers, should I spray the fresh cut with something to prevent rust, like a zinc or chrome spray?

Why not mount it on a plastic holder between the 2 rod holders,little less height but shouldnt make to much difference,could feed wire through launcher internally