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Wiring bed lights.

Discussion in 'Lighting' started by euroshowoff, May 17, 2015.

  1. May 17, 2015 at 5:35 PM
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    euroshowoff

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    I have lights that are sitting on top of my headache rack, whats the best way to route the wiring to the front into the engine bay?
     
  2. May 20, 2015 at 2:34 PM
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    Fucking look it up
    Depending on how your headache rack is made and where the lights are pics might help but drill a hole in the supports that run down the truck put the wires through that hole down through the bottom of the rack run them in between your bed and your cab and zip tie the wires to any harness underneath all the way to the battery:worthless:
     
  4. Mar 23, 2016 at 10:42 AM
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    Just run the wires down through the engine bay, along the frame and up to the bed? Is that what you recommend? Im wiring up some bed lights and am wondering how is cleanest and easiest way to do this
     
  5. Mar 23, 2016 at 10:46 AM
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  6. Mar 23, 2016 at 12:22 PM
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    Fucking look it up
    Yessir drilled out a tiny hole up by the bed rail to run the wire through and looks great cant see any wires or anything
     
  7. Mar 23, 2016 at 12:26 PM
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    I might be doing this, just posted a thread on tapping into the trailer harness or something if there is steady 12V on a wire in the ass end. Your method seems easy enough.
     
  8. Mar 23, 2016 at 12:41 PM
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    Fucking look it up
    I think the whole process wired up and ready to go took me about an hour and that was more cleaning under the bed rails to make sure the lights would stick haha
     

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