Cali-Raised Light Bar wiring question.

Any help is much appreciated. Just put this light bar up on this 2015 Tacoma. The video clip *(YouTube) just says run it down the molding (weather stripping and it easily hides) Before I start tearing up molding etc. it looks like this plug is 3/4 down and will need to be hidden as well. How and where do I do exactly tuck all this in ? and where do I put it and how do I seal it back? I'm new at this and any help is much appreciated. There is a local place that said they would do this for $500 but I passed on that. I've done wiring etc. before so I can probably do this, it will just take much much longer for me. Any help before I destroy the molding, weather stripping will be much appreciated.

Thanks a ton for any help!!

 

Forget to attach photo of where I'm at now.

 

If you’re trying to go down the puller and through the hood, then you’ll likely need to extend that harness. Cut/ splice/ solder / Heat Shrink

You could probably get away with butt connections. But you might need to stager the splices.
Make sure you use heat shrink. Probably wouldn’t hurt to apply some dielectric grease to the connector ends for a little extra protection.
(This would be my second option. And it’s not ideal)

Or........Drill a hole in the cap roof channel. ( Not for me)

Here are a few examples that others have used.
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/how-to-run-wires-for-lightbar-thats-roof-mounted.356843/

 

Thanks for your response. I'm looking into this and will definitely have to splice this.

 

Jesus thats one big ass cable....

 

Surely, no one is having to do this with Cali-Raised light bars and Prinsu racks. The older posts have some rather crude ways of doing this as they date back to 2014. How simple Cali-Raised makes this looks and doesn't show anything on their tutorial sites their customer service emailed me and only verbally said just easily "tuck" these wires away down the A Pillar. Well it would be nice to know how in the world do you accomplish this and not make it look so janky-rigged ??? Surely someone has done this with the new updated equipment for these Toyotas. thanks for any help out there.

 

Sucks that’s where the connector is.

I have a light bar up top, Amazon brand. I ran it just like you are trying to.

I tucked it in the corner, put dabs of silicone, and blue taped into place while the silicone hardened.

it looks great, can’t see any silicone, and is removable if I want to get rid of it.

 

Thanks that's a start, I think that's what I'm going to have to do with this along with splicing the wire. Thanks for the response.

 

I partially installed mine yesterday and thought the same thing. I grabbed the main harness that I ordered and it is a much smaller diameter. It appears to be long enough to run up the A pillar from and connect at the light bar itself. From there, just bundle up the portion of the wire in your picture and zip tie it behind the wind deflector. I can't wait for the rest of my Cali Raised order to come in so I can get everything put back together.