New Rigid Radiance + install

I got a new Rigid Radiance + light bar with the white back-light. And some of Rigid's bumper light brackets. This new plus model has a bump in lumens of 30% over the original model. This 30" bar is now putting out 11,880 lumens. The new plus also comes with the dual trigger wiring harness, with two switches one switch to activate the light bar and the other to control the back light and it also comes with a relay. The harness is set up to be wired directly to the battery with an in line fuse. I didn't want to run mine this way and have plans of running some ditch lights and a few other accessories later so I decided to build a fuse panel and run a Blue Seas 6 circuit fuse box and a 100 amp circuit breaker for future options. Here's some pics of the install.

You need to remove the grille to access the lower bumper brackets that you will bolt the brackets to. A few clips ad some tugging and the grille pops right out.


I chose to remove the plastic grille insert so the bar didn't have any obstructions in front of it. You can see the piece I removed in the pic above.




So here's where doing your homework will pay off. The Rigid bumper brackets are designed to fit the SR series lights... the Radiance lights are based on the E series lights. So after I mounted the brackets and tried to fit the light bar the mounting slot drilled for the light bar mounting hardware was about 1.5" too far forward. You might be able to see it in the pic above, it sticks out. I had to make new slots in the brackets and this allowed the bar to be mounted behind the edge of the lower grille plate, tucked in nicely.

Here's some pics of the fuse panel I made. I mounted the relay on the panel mounting bolt towards the rear of the plate. This worked out well for this configuration but I'll need to figure out something for future relays.




This is a unique look with the back lighting I like it! I should have taken some comparison pics of the light on and off, I'll try to tonight at work. But parked from the back of my cul-de-sac I can easily light up the wall and house down at the other end. It brought a big smile to my face when I touched this thing off.




There are a lot of single row bars mounted like this that are thin, and there are the dual row bars that are the same physical size as this but this is the only one I've seen that has one large row of optics. It definitely a different look.

Big thanks to Rigid for putting out quality products!

 

You did a good job on the lights man, looks clean.

I’m looking Into the Rigid Radiance pods it seems like there’s not that many people with them

 

Thanks man!
I saw those pods too! They have a good look to them. I'm really happy with the results of this light.

 

Yeah I’m looking at the ones with the Amber surround.
I like the setup you did with the fuse box and relay, I think it’s a simple design I may follow when I do mine, I’ve never done one so I’m still learning on how to build a setup.
Are these two wires coming from the light bar into the fuse box?

 

Yes they are. They are from the rigid wiring harness.

 

Here's what I ended up doing with the relays. I added ditch lights and needed a new spot for them and there's room for more there too.
Also ignore the fact that it's dirty.