How To Wire A Roof Mounted Light Bar

After installing my a pillar mounted police light i m fully aware of just how full the a pillars are.

How to wire a roof mounted light bar.

I m not a fan at all of the roof mounted light bars. Take the red wire of the light and join it with the red wire of the switch. When having the roof rack installed we added a front 3 slat cross member so that we could mount a light bar it was a 65 addition. The switch will maintain the flow of current on the light bars.

Now comes the critical part. By the way i like the location on the rear because it is easy to run the wire up to the roof by just dropping the rear section of the headliner. I think they are to high and will get caught on trees and what not and get damaged. I need to run wiring to the roof for my 40 led light bar 3 x led camping floods and a cigarette lighter accessory outlet for the roof top tent.

Although not commonly adopted it is possible to loop the wire from a roof light bar into the back of the snorkel head. Of course using that type of wire gives you 3 wires so i paired up a couple of glands on the rear of the roof where the port installed roof rack went. Also like you stated height becomes an issue when in the garage. I go though every step so.

I had a 30 inch across the hood. Also roof mounted bars can have a tendency to cause glare on full windshields. For safety purpose wrap the soldering portion with electrical tape. Make a connection between the light and the relay switch.

This was my midsize. How to install a light bar. The best way to do this is to drill a new hole in your roof near your roof mount brackets and run the wiring down directly into the cab of the truck. We choose the nilight 52 300w spot and flood combination led light bar because it has both spot and flood lenses in one bar was affordable and had decent reviews on amazon.

In this episode of project night light i show you how to wire an led light bar properly using a relay. Once it is in the snorkel head the cable will run down into the dirty side of the airbox and will require drilling through the side of the airbox to penetrate the wiring back into the engine bay.