Light bar wiring

corky

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Member
Jan 23, 2012
77
Portland OR
For those of you who have mounted light bars or lights to the top of your rig, where did you run the wiring or how did you, please show some pics if you can, thanks. Looking into fabbing some brackets for a light bar but was wondering if there where any clean wiring options. I like stuff to look factory when I can.
 
Dec 5, 2011
576
Central Pennsylvania
I'll have to grab pics of mine. I have a full "police" style lightbar, so I had to run 2 cables, both about 1/2" in diameter. I despise drilling holes in the roof unless it's a fleet vehicle which mine is not. I ended up cutting a notch in the rear door frame in the upper rear corner on both sides to separate power from signal and installed grommets to prevent cutting the wires. I then ran the cables up through the upper door seal and under the openings for the roof rack. The only way to tell that it's there is to open the door and know what you're looking for. Granted, I do have cables running from the doors to the lightbar, but I have no holes in my roof. I was also able to ground my lightbar to rear floor and had easy access to the rear fuse box to steal power. I also used a fuse in the rear fuse panel as a enable/disable signal for the lightbar controller so that the lightbar cannot be run with the car off so I don't accidentally run down my battery - you'd be surprised how many people don't do this and end up killing a battery in the parking lot of the firehouse.
 

corky

Original poster
Member
Jan 23, 2012
77
Portland OR
I'll have to grab pics of mine. I have a full "police" style lightbar, so I had to run 2 cables, both about 1/2" in diameter. I despise drilling holes in the roof unless it's a fleet vehicle which mine is not. I ended up cutting a notch in the rear door frame in the upper rear corner on both sides to separate power from signal and installed grommets to prevent cutting the wires. I then ran the cables up through the upper door seal and under the openings for the roof rack. The only way to tell that it's there is to open the door and know what you're looking for. Granted, I do have cables running from the doors to the lightbar, but I have no holes in my roof. I was also able to ground my lightbar to rear floor and had easy access to the rear fuse box to steal power. I also used a fuse in the rear fuse panel as a enable/disable signal for the lightbar controller so that the lightbar cannot be run with the car off so I don't accidentally run down my battery - you'd be surprised how many people don't do this and end up killing a battery in the parking lot of the firehouse.
I did not know there is a fuse box in the rear
 
Dec 5, 2011
576
Central Pennsylvania
I finally grabbed those pictures today.
Nothing fancy, really.
 

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