Diode Dynamics Ditch Light Kit

Anyone install these or have an opinion on their Stage Series?

Was also wondering if anyone had wired their auxiliary lights directly into the prewired aux switches, and whether its plug-and-play, rather than trying to wire a third-party switch into the cabin.

 

If you already have AUX switches on your model, you can use the pigtail that is included with the vehicle and connect to any of the 3 AUX wires and the ground. If you ever want to power something in the rear, I suggest you don't use AUX1 as the pigtail is reserved for giving power to the rear via AUX1 only, unless you have a 2025 which I believe gives AUX1 & AUX2. You would then use the pigtail jumper with 2 connectors instead of the regular pigtail with only 1. They usually place it in the glove box or behind the passenger rear seat. That would give you power to the main lights. For the backlighting you can splice into a DRL wire on a front lamp to have it always turn on with your other DRL, or use another AUX port.

If you chose to use their included toggle switch, then the toggle switch functions are: Off, Backlight Power On, and Main Beam Power On.

If it were me, I would wire it to AUX3, since those lights only use 1.1 amps max for the main power, and tap the backlight to a DRL wire harness. That would still free up AUX1 & AUX2 for other toys.

I am in the process of setting up something similar with AuxBeam pods which have DRL and signals, but connecting the power to an AuxBeam switch. I wanted to use their switch because it has the ability to pulse a lighting circuit when desired.