Lights!!?
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Lights!!?
I have an 06 350 truck and drive in NH on logging trails hunting and usually come out of the woods at night time. I was wondering what people have / know about the bars that you can put on the cab (on top of the truck) to put lights onto. I was going to put 4 of them. Does anyone know how to wire these over the cab bars and lights? Will I have to run the wires under the truck into the engine compartment or drill holes?
I have an aux box in the truck BTW
I have an aux box in the truck BTW
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From: Gilbert
You sure you wouldn't want them on the front? That way you avoid any low slung branches taking them out.
I haven't had any experience with any rollbar type light bars but I did have 4 8" KC Slimlights mounted on the front of my old truck, 2 fog, 2 beam. They put out ridiculous amounts of light, reasonably priced too.
If you're still wanting them up on the roof, you could modify the 3rd brake light to accommodate a wire cluster. I had my old navigation/sirius antenna's up there on the roof. Ran them along the floor boards, up the back pillar into the headiner, then out of the 3rd brake light. There's existing grommets between the cab/engine that you can use, just have to look around. Otherwise, if you wire everything outside of the cab, you can run them under the frame rails to the bed, then up the light bar.
One thing to think about when wiring, are the relays. I had mine hooked up to my parking lights so that I never left them on, and if I did, I got the "headlight on" chime. I had to have the parking lights on or KC's wouldn't light up.
I haven't had any experience with any rollbar type light bars but I did have 4 8" KC Slimlights mounted on the front of my old truck, 2 fog, 2 beam. They put out ridiculous amounts of light, reasonably priced too.
If you're still wanting them up on the roof, you could modify the 3rd brake light to accommodate a wire cluster. I had my old navigation/sirius antenna's up there on the roof. Ran them along the floor boards, up the back pillar into the headiner, then out of the 3rd brake light. There's existing grommets between the cab/engine that you can use, just have to look around. Otherwise, if you wire everything outside of the cab, you can run them under the frame rails to the bed, then up the light bar.
One thing to think about when wiring, are the relays. I had mine hooked up to my parking lights so that I never left them on, and if I did, I got the "headlight on" chime. I had to have the parking lights on or KC's wouldn't light up.
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Welcome to FTE,
There is an access grommet hole between the bed and the cab on the driver side (there maybe one on the pass. side as well but not sure) down on the lower portion of the cab. You could run down the light bar and transition along the outside front of the bed to the cab hole. Easiest IMO.
What part of NH are you in?
There is an access grommet hole between the bed and the cab on the driver side (there maybe one on the pass. side as well but not sure) down on the lower portion of the cab. You could run down the light bar and transition along the outside front of the bed to the cab hole. Easiest IMO.
What part of NH are you in?
